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<p>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.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 03.04.2017 um 16:55 schrieb Michele
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Kurt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">What
“cash surplus”?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Do
you mean the auction funds or something else?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">From: </span>
</b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black"><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org"><gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org></a>
on behalf of Kurt Pritz <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:kurt@kjpritz.com"><kurt@kjpritz.com></a><br>
<b>Date: </b>Sunday 2 April 2017 at 23:16<br>
<b>To: </b>Jeff Neuman <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jeff.neuman@comlaude.com"><jeff.neuman@comlaude.com></a>,
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:avri@apc.org">"avri@apc.org"</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:avri@apc.org"><avri@apc.org></a><br>
<b>Cc: </b><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org">"gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org"</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org"><gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org></a><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Gnso-newgtld-wg] Domain Name Promotion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Jeff, Avri, et al: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I saw that this has been published. <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/diaz-to-atallah-et-al-14mar17-en.pdf">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/diaz-to-atallah-et-al-14mar17-en.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To me, this is not an operations
question; this is a policy question. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">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. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">That recommendation could simply be a
statement that it <i>is
</i> the role of ICANN to promote awareness of domain names
and the benefits of competition and choice in the domain
name industry.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">We can show that we can act. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kurt<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Kurt
Pritz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:kurt@kjpritz.com">kurt@kjpritz.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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