<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div>Forwarding on behalf of Marika Konings.</div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Marika Konings <<a href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org">marika.konings@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 1:49 PM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> "James M. Bladel" <<a href="mailto:jbladel@godaddy.com">jbladel@godaddy.com</a>>, Greg Shatan <<a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a>>, Andrew Sullivan <<a href="mailto:ajs@anvilwalrusden.com">ajs@anvilwalrusden.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span> Accountability Cross Community <<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: [CCWG-ACCT] gTLD Auctions vs Travel Costs<br></div><div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div>Please note that the updated discussion paper which factors in the input received as a result of the public comment forum can be found here: <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/new-gtld-auction-proceeds-07dec15-en.pdf">New gTLD Auction Proceeds –
Update</a>. </div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Marika</div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span><<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org">accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of "James M. Bladel" <<a href="mailto:jbladel@godaddy.com">jbladel@godaddy.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Thursday 28 January 2016 at 12:40<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>Greg Shatan <<a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a>>, Andrew Sullivan <<a href="mailto:ajs@anvilwalrusden.com">ajs@anvilwalrusden.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span>"<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Re: [CCWG-ACCT] gTLD Auctions vs Travel Costs<br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div>To clarify: the CWG itself has not yet been convened. It’s only the Drafting Team is that is starting up.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks—</div><div><br></div><div>J.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span><<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org">accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Greg Shatan <<a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 12:35 <br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>Andrew Sullivan <<a href="mailto:ajs@anvilwalrusden.com">ajs@anvilwalrusden.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span>"<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Re: [CCWG-ACCT] gTLD Auctions vs Travel Costs<br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Andrew,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">There was a discussion paper posted for public comment before Dublin, with comments ended November 8. <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/new-gtld-auction-proceeds-2015-09-08-en">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/new-gtld-auction-proceeds-2015-09-08-en</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Subsequent to that, SO/AC chairs were invited on January 6 to propose members of the charter Drafting Team that James Bladel mentioned. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Like you, I can't find evidence of this (other than having seen a copy of the email referred to above), but I expect that will change once the DT actually gets underway.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Greg</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Andrew Sullivan <span dir="ltr">
<<a href="mailto:ajs@anvilwalrusden.com" target="_blank">ajs@anvilwalrusden.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 12:28:48PM -0500, Avri Doria wrote:<br>
> At the very least, I believe they are holding these funds in a separate<br>
> account, or something like that, until the Board decides what it want s<br>
> to do. Hard to know for sure.<br><br></span>There was a session about this in BA:<br><br><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Pre-CWG+Workshop+on+new+gTLD+Auction+Proceeds" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Pre-CWG+Workshop+on+new+gTLD+Auction+Proceeds</a><br><br>
I am unable to find evidence that the relevant CWG has in fact been<br>
started, but I can never find anything on the ICANN website, so that's<br>
no guide as to whether it's happened.<br><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
A<br><br>
--<br>
Andrew Sullivan<br><a href="mailto:ajs@anvilwalrusden.com">ajs@anvilwalrusden.com</a><br></font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">_______________________________________________<br>
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