[council] Announcement from JAS working group
Rafik Dammak
rafik.dammak at gmail.com
Fri Nov 12 12:24:58 UTC 2010
Thanks Bill,
Rafik
2010/11/12 William Drake <william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch>
> Rafik
>
> While it might have been preferable to get this from another SG, to move
> things along I second your motion on the JAS WG charter extension.
>
> Best
>
> Bill
>
>
> On Nov 12, 2010, at 10:51 AM, Rafik Dammak wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> regarding the JAS working, an announcement was just posted at ICANN website
> about the milestone report
> http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-11nov10-en.htm
>
> Regards
>
> Rafik
>
> Developing Economies and the New gTLD Program
>
> 11 November 2010
>
> A message from the JAS WG:
>
> The *Milestone Report<http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/jas-milestone-report-11nov10-en.pdf>
> * [PDF, 1.2 MB] and accompanying Addenda<http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/jas-milestone-report-addenda-10nov10-en.pdf> [PDF,
> 1.07 MB] published for public comment today deals with a very important
> issue: *how can ICANN assist applicants from developing economies to
> increase their participation in the new generic Top-Level Domain (New gTLD)
> Program?*
>
> A Working Group (WG) formed by ICANN stakeholders has been working since
> April 2010 to address this issue. This followed a Resolution<http://icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-12mar10-en.htm> from
> ICANN Board of Directors in Nairobi, on March 2010 that asked ICANN’s
> stakeholder community
>
> *"...to develop a sustainable approach to providing support to applicants
> requiring assistance in applying for and operating new gTLDs."*
>
> Here are some basic aspects of this important work.
>
> 1. *What is this all about? What is a Milestone Report?*
>
> The Milestone Report is a document produced by this Working Group that
> offers recommendations on how ICANN should develop a sustainable approach to
> providing support to applicants from developing economies requiring
> assistance in applying for and operating new gTLDs Registries. The Report
> proposes initial criteria for qualification as well as several other types
> of support to be considered, for example, technical, informational.
>
> Although this work presents the foundation for ICANN to establish a *Support
> Development Program* dedicated to this issue, the work is not final
> yet. This report is going to be considered by the Board, staff and ICANN’s
> supporting chartering organizations.
>
> This initiative is related to the New gTLD Program, which in the near
> future will allow entities from around the world to apply for a generic
> top-level domain. The applicants passing the evaluation process, will sign a
> contract with ICANN and run a Registry.
> 2. *Who is being considered to receive support? Who benefits from this?
> *
>
> The Working Group is proposing the following group to be eligible for
> support once the "need" criterion is met:
> - Community-based applications such as cultural, linguistic and ethnic;
> - Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs), civil society and
> not-for-profit organizations;
> - Applicants geographically located in emerging markets/developing
> countries;
> - Applications in languages whose presence on the web is limited;
> - Entrepreneurs wanting to serve a developing market that might not
> be sustainable under the current cost structure.
>
> At this phase, the Working Group has not adopted any specific
> classification for developing economies and recommends using a
> classification that is internationally agreed upon, for example, G-77 or
> United Nations or World Bank classifications.
>
> We all benefit from this initiative. The Internet belongs to all as
> well as the responsibility to look into effective ways to reduce the Digital
> Divide, in this particular case, by delivering a sustainable and critical
> support for applicants from developing economies and looking for a solution
> not only at the application phase but also through to the initial years of
> these new Registry operators.
> 3. *Why is it important?*
>
> It is important because the Internet is a virtual real estate that
> belongs to everyone. Entities from around the world should be able to
> increase their participation in the top-level expansion. The Working Group
> also stresses it is important not only to increase participation from
> developing economies, but also to increase the likelihood of success by
> these new participants that will be delivering Domain Name Services (DNS).
>
> The current New gTLD Program, as design, has an evaluation (and several
> other fees) that are considered high for a significant number of potential
> participants from around the world. Besides the issue of high fees, the
> program is in English only and has an evaluation process with criteria and
> requirements that are quite complex to navigate.
> 4. *What are the highlights of this report?*
>
> This report approached the issue of accessibility from several angles.
> First, there are recommendations to lower the fees for applicants the meet
> the criteria recommended by this group. The initial focus is on a relatively
> limited and identifiable set of potential applicants that is often
> considered not controversial to support. The main criterion for eligibility
> is "need". The detailed definition of financial need and the method for
> determining the needs of an application will be part of a continued work.
> 5. *Who is part of this Working Group?*
>
> This Working Group, also called Joint SO/AC WG on New gTLD Applicant
> Support or simply "JAS WG", is comprised of highly respected and experienced
> volunteers from the Supporting Organization and the Advisory Committee. This
> all-volunteer group teleconferences twice each week, and works through a
> wiki and mailing lists. These active contributors are located in Australia,
> Africa, Europe and North America.
> 6. *What happens next?*
>
> Few things will happen in the upcoming months:
> - The general public is strongly encouraged to participate in the
> public forum that can be found here:
> http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201012-en.htm#jas-milestone-report<http://icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201012-en.htm#jas-milestone-report>
> - The Board, staff, supporting organizations will review the
> Milestone Report and public comments received.
> - The Supporting organizations and Board will allow for the
> continuation of this initiative, which means that this or a new Working
> Group will carry this work to a next phase.
> - Staff *might* initiate working on the *Support Development Program
> *, depending on the Board’s direction.
> 7. *How can one get involved?*
>
> One way to get involved is to provide a feedback using ICANN’s public
> comment forum. This is one of the ways ICANN listens to the global Internet
> community. You can find the link to this forum here:
> http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201012-en.htm#jas-milestone-report<http://icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201012-en.htm#jas-milestone-report>.
> The public forum will close on *15 December 2010*.
>
> If you feel strongly about this (and other Internet related issues)
> attend ICANN Meetings – in person or remotely. The next one is in
> Cartagena <http://cartagena39.icann.org/> beginning of December).
> 8. *Where to find more information?*
>
> Relevant Resolutions:
> - http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-12mar10-en.htm#20<http://icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-12mar10-en.htm#20>
> - http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-25sep10-en.htm#2.2<http://icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-25sep10-en.htm#2.2>
> - http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-28oct10-en.htm<http://icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-28oct10-en.htm>
> - http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#201004
>
> Information about the New gTLD Program:
> http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm<http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm>
>
> Archive regarding the WG activities:
> - *E-mail:* http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-irtp-b-jun09/
> - *Wiki:* https://st.icann.org/so-ac-new-gtld-wg/index.cgi
>
>
>
> ***********************************************************
> William J. Drake
> Senior Associate
> Centre for International Governance
> Graduate Institute of International and
> Development Studies
> Geneva, Switzerland
> william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch
> www.williamdrake.org
> ***********************************************************
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