[Ccwg-auctionproceeds] lotsa money, was Fwd: Board reply to CCWG-AP

Jon Nevett jon at donuts.email
Tue Sep 5 14:21:10 UTC 2017


Sean:  No refunds from the auction proceeds were committed to or anticipated. Not sure where this idea is coming from. Jon



> On Sep 5, 2017, at 10:13 AM, Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> +1 to that Alberto line of reasoning Alberto. Though it will be good to know if ICANN has indeed legally committed (as per contract) to provide some refunds from auction proceed.
> 
> If that is the case i don't think its something within our scope to challenge we will just then need to clarify from ICANN how much is really available and accessible in the auction proceeds account.
> 
> Regards
> 
> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 2:38 PM, Alberto Soto <asoto at ibero-americano.org <mailto:asoto at ibero-americano.org>> wrote:
>  do not know how the signed contract is. I do not know if the return is
> correct. Whoever buys a restaurant and does not get profitability does so at
> their own risk. Who buys a domain and does not obtain profitability, does so
> at their own risk. ICANN should not be the guarantee if no profitability is
> obtained.
> 
> Regards
> Alberto
> 
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: ccwg-auctionproceeds-bounces at icann.org <mailto:ccwg-auctionproceeds-bounces at icann.org>
> [mailto:ccwg-auctionproceeds-bounces at icann.org <mailto:ccwg-auctionproceeds-bounces at icann.org>] En nombre de Daniel
> Dardailler
> Enviado el: Tuesday, September 5, 2017 6:56 AM
> Para: John R. Levine <johnl at iecc.com <mailto:johnl at iecc.com>>
> CC: ccwg-auctionproceeds at icann.org <mailto:ccwg-auctionproceeds at icann.org>
> Asunto: Re: [Ccwg-auctionproceeds] lotsa money, was Fwd: Board reply to
> CCWG-AP
> 
> On 2017-09-04 23:48, John R. Levine wrote:
> >> Is the current financial position of ICANN really an impediment to
> >> what ICANN wants to do in support of its mission ? I was under the
> >> impression that ICANN's budget was healthy enough to implement its
> >> mission optimally today, with also a large untouched pot coming from
> >> the new gTLD application process (unused legal costs if I understand
> >> correctly).
> >
> > Not really.  ICANN's operating budget is fully committed.  There is
> > indeed a lot of unspent new gTLD application money, but it's a whole
> > separate can of worms.  It's not ours to spend and since ICANN said
> > the price was set to cover their costs, the obvious and ethical thing
> > to do will be to refund the excess to the applicants.
> 
> I kind of agree with the ethical part (although I haven't read the contract
> those applicants signed and what was promised in writing) but is it really
> going to be obvious to refund hundreds of applicants, some of them
> potentially gone as a business ?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >
> > R's,
> > John
> >
> > PS:
> >> How is it different to give away the funds to the ICANN community
> >> (for projects aligned with the ICANN mission) vs. to give them back
> >> to the board directly, given that the board is driven by the community ?
> >
> > Well, actually, it's the board's money to give away, not ours.  We're
> > just offering them advice.
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