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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 5, 2017, at 10:13 AM, Seun Ojedeji <<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com" class="">seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">+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. <br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>Regards<br class=""></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 2:38 PM, Alberto Soto <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:asoto@ibero-americano.org" target="_blank" class="">asoto@ibero-americano.org</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> do not know how the signed contract is. I do not know if the return is<br class="">
correct. Whoever buys a restaurant and does not get profitability does so at<br class="">
their own risk. Who buys a domain and does not obtain profitability, does so<br class="">
at their own risk. ICANN should not be the guarantee if no profitability is<br class="">
obtained.<br class="">
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Regards<br class="">
Alberto<br class="">
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De: <a href="mailto:ccwg-auctionproceeds-bounces@icann.org" class="">ccwg-auctionproceeds-bounces@<wbr class="">icann.org</a><br class="">
[mailto:<a href="mailto:ccwg-auctionproceeds-bounces@icann.org" class="">ccwg-auctionproceeds-<wbr class="">bounces@icann.org</a>] En nombre de Daniel<br class="">
Dardailler<br class="">
Enviado el: Tuesday, September 5, 2017 6:56 AM<br class="">
Para: John R. Levine <<a href="mailto:johnl@iecc.com" class="">johnl@iecc.com</a>><br class="">
CC: <a href="mailto:ccwg-auctionproceeds@icann.org" class="">ccwg-auctionproceeds@icann.org</a><br class="">
Asunto: Re: [Ccwg-auctionproceeds] lotsa money, was Fwd: Board reply to<br class="">
CCWG-AP<br class="">
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On 2017-09-04 23:48, John R. Levine wrote:<br class="">
>> Is the current financial position of ICANN really an impediment to<br class="">
>> what ICANN wants to do in support of its mission ? I was under the<br class="">
>> impression that ICANN's budget was healthy enough to implement its<br class="">
>> mission optimally today, with also a large untouched pot coming from<br class="">
>> the new gTLD application process (unused legal costs if I understand<br class="">
>> correctly).<br class="">
><br class="">
> Not really. ICANN's operating budget is fully committed. There is<br class="">
> indeed a lot of unspent new gTLD application money, but it's a whole<br class="">
> separate can of worms. It's not ours to spend and since ICANN said<br class="">
> the price was set to cover their costs, the obvious and ethical thing<br class="">
> to do will be to refund the excess to the applicants.<br class="">
<br class="">
I kind of agree with the ethical part (although I haven't read the contract<br class="">
those applicants signed and what was promised in writing) but is it really<br class="">
going to be obvious to refund hundreds of applicants, some of them<br class="">
potentially gone as a business ?<br class="">
<br class="">
<br class="">
<br class="">
<br class="">
><br class="">
> R's,<br class="">
> John<br class="">
><br class="">
> PS:<br class="">
>> How is it different to give away the funds to the ICANN community<br class="">
>> (for projects aligned with the ICANN mission) vs. to give them back<br class="">
>> to the board directly, given that the board is driven by the community ?<br class="">
><br class="">
> Well, actually, it's the board's money to give away, not ours. We're<br class="">
> just offering them advice.<br class="">
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