[Gnso-newgtld-wg] Domain Name Promotion

Mon Apr 3 15:15:27 UTC 2017

The cash surplus does not refer to the auction funds but rather to the 
amount that was left over after the total costs were subtracted from the 
total application fees. Some of that is a legal reserve (for cases like 
dotdotafrica, .web and others), but even after that is taken into 
account, there is a reasonable surplus that should be used in the 
context of the nGTLD program as the application fees were stated to be 
on a cost recovery basis.

Am 03.04.2017 um 16:55 schrieb Michele Neylon - Blacknight:
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> Kurt
>
> What “cash surplus”?
>
> Do you mean the auction funds or something else?
>
> If you’re talking about the auction funds then those are not a 
> “surplus”. Sure, they’re extra money, but that’s not quite the same 
> thing and to describe the money as such is misleading.
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> *From: *<gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces at icann.org> on behalf of Kurt Pritz 
> <kurt at kjpritz.com>
> *Date: *Sunday 2 April 2017 at 23:16
> *To: *Jeff Neuman <jeff.neuman at comlaude.com>, "avri at apc.org" 
> <avri at apc.org>
> *Cc: *"gnso-newgtld-wg at icann.org" <gnso-newgtld-wg at icann.org>
> *Subject: *[Gnso-newgtld-wg] Domain Name Promotion
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> Hi Jeff, Avri, et al:
>
> I saw that this has been published. 
> https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/diaz-to-atallah-et-al-14mar17-en.pdf
>
> The reason I am writing is in reference to the proposal that: “ICANN 
> create a fund, to be seeded with US$3M at start-up, to promote 
> universal awareness of new gTLDs to the general Internet user 
> community, and universal acceptance of new gTLDs across the Internet.”
>
> In the past, when ICANN staff members have been asked in public fora 
> to begin an effort to promote the use of domain names, the response 
> has generally been that it is not ICANN’s role to promote the use of 
> domain names and domain name registries.
>
> To me, this is not an operations question; this is a policy question.
>
> In the current environment, i.e., absent a policy statement, ICANN can 
> easily proceed to take up the RySG recommendation, especially for this 
> relatively small seed fund. I hope we all urge that ICANN do this.
>
> However, if ICANN hesitates to take up an awareness campaign regarding 
> the benefits of domain names (Including how they can be used and their 
> efficacy as a strategic tool), then a policy statement could direct 
> such an action.
>
> ICANN is for two things, the allocation of domain names and IP 
> addresses. Who else is to inform the largely ignorant public on the 
> utility of domain names if not ICANN?
>
> All of us argued about how best to introduce and govern domain name 
> usage - but we are all in favor of domain name uptake and the safe and 
> stable growth of the domain name industry. All of us show up at ICANN 
> meetings to talk about the best way to delegate and register names. If 
> we and ICANN are not for their usage - why be part of this?
>
> Some of us were against the new gTLD program and others were not happy 
> with the final policy or implementation. Does that mean they want to 
> see the program fail? Of course not. The new gTLD program is the 
> culmination of many years and many thousand people-hours of work.
>
> With tools and resources for promoting public understanding of domain 
> names readily available, I don’t see how ICANN (the staff or the 
> community) can sit idly by.  With the cash surplus in hand, as Patton 
> said, “we are at the right time in the right place with the right 
> instrument,” to do something to fortify the domain name system and 
> industry.
>
> During the slow process of launching new TLDs, search, apps and social 
> media became strong competition for domain name adoption. It is time 
> for us champions of domain names to use the tools at our disposal, 
> including a small portion of that excess application fee cash, to 
> create public awareness about the domain name industry that we have 
> created.
>
> My recommendation is that this PDP working group should form a team to 
> consider this issue and make a separate recommendation to the GNSO 
> Council in a timely manner. A separate team is justifiable because 
> this effects the previous as well as the next round. I also think the 
> current PDP working group can be more nimble as compared to the effort 
> necessary to start a new policy discussion.
>
> That recommendation could simply be a statement that it /is / the role 
> of ICANN to promote awareness of domain names and the benefits of 
> competition and choice in the domain name industry.
>
> We can show that we can act.
>
> Kurt
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