Dear Team members,<div><br></div><div>A correction: the 2009 NORC study involved a sample size of 1400 (rather than 1000).</div><div><br></div><div>Since some Team members seemed interested, Staff did some inquiries. The annual cost of such a study likely would be moderately less if the previous methodology and sample design were maintained. It is estimated that <span style>most of the accuracy study recurring cost is calling registrants for verification, and at least one-third of the original study cost was establishing a methodology and sample design. </span></div>
<div><span style><br></span></div><div><span style>So a very rough, informal estimate of repeating the</span><span style> study for 1000 domains is about US</span><span style>$110,000.</span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style>
<span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="background-color:transparent">Please let me know if you need additional information.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style>Regards,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style>Denise</p><p class="MsoNormal" style><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style="background-color:transparent">Denise Michel</span><br></p>ICANN <br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 10:13 PM, Smith, Bill <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bill.smith@paypal-inc.com">bill.smith@paypal-inc.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Probably happy to pay $200,000 a year to get Whois cleaned up, perhaps more.<br>
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On Mar 14, 2012, at 6:58 PM, <<a href="mailto:jbladel@godaddy.com">jbladel@godaddy.com</a>><br>
<<a href="mailto:jbladel@godaddy.com">jbladel@godaddy.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">> So the eCommerce Industry should reimburse ICANN?<br>
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> -------- Original Message --------<br>
> Subject: Re: [Rt4-whois] NORC Study cost<br>
> From: "Smith, Bill" &<a href="mailto:lt%3Bbill.smith@paypal-inc.com">lt;bill.smith@paypal-inc.com</a>&gt;<br>
> Date: Mar 14, 2012 18:18<br>
> To: "James M. Bladel" <<a href="mailto:jbladel@godaddy.com">jbladel@godaddy.com</a>><br>
> CC: <a href="mailto:denise.michel@icann.org">denise.michel@icann.org</a>,<a href="mailto:rt4-whois@icann.org">rt4-whois@icann.org</a><br>
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> Agreed... but it's a small amount if it manages to reduce the 2-3 billion dollars of e-commerce fraud that Visa projected in its presentation at the RAA update/WHOIS Verification Workshop on Monday.<br>
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> On Mar 14, 2012, at 2:29 PM, James M. Bladel wrote:<br>
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> Thanks, Denise. IMHO, that's a pretty significant expense on an annual basis.<br>
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> J.<br>
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> -------- Original Message --------<br>
> Subject: NORC Study cost<br>
> From: Denise Michel <<a href="mailto:denise.michel@icann.org">denise.michel@icann.org</a>><mailto:<a href="mailto:denise.michel@icann.org">denise.michel@icann.org</a>>><br>
> Date: Wed, March 14, 2012 3:15 pm<br>
> To: "James M. Bladel" <<a href="mailto:jbladel@godaddy.com">jbladel@godaddy.com</a>><mailto:<a href="mailto:jbladel@godaddy.com">jbladel@godaddy.com</a>>><br>
> Cc: <a href="mailto:rt4-whois@icann.org">rt4-whois@icann.org</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:rt4-whois@icann.org">rt4-whois@icann.org</a>><br>
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> The NORC Accuracy Study involved a sample size of 1000 registrations, and cost ICANN approximately US$200,000.<br>
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> Denise Michel<br>
> ICANN<br>
> Advisor to the President & CEO<br>
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