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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap: break-word;-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;-webkit-line-break: after-white-space'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jon, I get your general point here, but am not sure that the right answer is to completely “reverse” the given support simply because their application meets contention. First, they would not necessarily, or even likely, know they were going to meet contention until after their application is filed and all attendant costs incurred. Second, the word ‘gaming’ is casually thrown in as the ICANN bogeyman, but there seem to be a bunch of safeguards in the proposal to help ensure that only qualified applicants would get any support. Do you have specific concerns about those safeguards, and/or do you see particular ways the program could be gamed, which might be more appropriate to address specifically? <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mike<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mike Rodenbaugh<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>RODENBAUGH LAW<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>tel/fax: +1 (415) 738-8087<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://rodenbaugh.com/">http://rodenbaugh.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jon Nevett<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 27, 2011 5:00 AM<br><b>To:</b> Caroline Greer<br><b>Cc:</b> 'Ron Andruff'; 'Steve DelBianco'; 'bc-GNSO@icann.org GNSO list'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [bc-gnso] For review: BC Comments on 2nd JAS Milestone Report<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Caroline:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I don't think that we need to add the "not" in the sentence. To make it clearer, however, we could say <i>"Any fee reductions should be reversed if the applicant elects to proceed to a competitive auction."</i> Reversed might be a better word than reapplied.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jon</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Jul 27, 2011, at 4:00 AM, Caroline Greer wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>Jon / all,</span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>I just wanted to check my understanding of the new edit. Shouldn’t we instead be saying that<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><i>“....any fee reductions should<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><span style='background:yellow'>not</span><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>be reapplied to the applicant in the case of string contention with a non-qualified applicant”? </i></span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>Many thanks</span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>Caroline</span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;border-width:initial;border-color:initial'><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org">owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>[mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org]<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></b>Ron Andruff<br><b>Sent:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>26 July 2011 17:41<br><b>To:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>'Jon Nevett'; 'Steve DelBianco'<br><b>Cc:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:'bc-GNSO@icann.org">'bc-GNSO@icann.org</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>GNSO list'<br><b>Subject:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>RE: [bc-gnso] For review: BC Comments on 2nd JAS Milestone Report</span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-BE> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Thank you for your comments, Jon. Any other members have strong feelings about Jon’s amendment? If not, I will incorporate them into our next draft.</span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>As a reminder to all, Steve will be posting our final comment on this topic this Friday, July 29<sup>th</sup><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>– three days from today.</span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Kind regards,</span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>RA</span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Ronald N. Andruff</span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>President</span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:blue'> </span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>RNA Partners, Inc.</span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>220<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Fifth Avenue</span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>New York,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>New York</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>10001</span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>+ 1 212 481 2820 ext. 11</span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:blue'> </span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org">owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>[mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org]<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></b>Jon Nevett<br><b>Sent:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Tuesday, July 26, 2011 8:04 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Steve DelBianco<br><b>Cc:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:'bc-GNSO@icann.org">'bc-GNSO@icann.org</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>GNSO list'<br><b>Subject:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Re: [bc-gnso] For review: BC Comments on 2nd JAS Milestone Report</span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Steve: </span></span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I agree with the BC’s position that "if the JAS WG’s recommendation serves to give one applicant an advantage over another by providing discounts for various parts of the review process is antithetical to ICANN’s impartiality. Once an application is submitted, each and every applicant must face the same processes and costs established in the AG to ensure a fair and equitable procedure." </span></span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In the draft, we seem to deal with this concern in certain circumstances, but not explicitly when considering actual application fee reductions. An applicant that gets a fee reduction shouldn't be able to use such "saved" funds in an auction against an applicant who didn't get a fee reduction. </span></span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The benefits for applicants should be limited to only qualified entities and only to support their applications, not to give them an unfair competitive advantage against another applicant for the same string. A system that gives one party a competitive advantage over another is a big invitation to gaming.</span></span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I offer two changes to this effect in the attached.</span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks.</span></span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jon</span></span><span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=FR-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>