[Ccwg-auctionproceeds] Notes and action items from today's new gTLD Auction Proceeds CCWG meeting

[Seun Ojedeji]

Thanks Erika, your response was helpful. FWIW, I certainly am not implying
any hidden agenda....not at the moment. :-)

Cheers!

Sent from my mobile
Kindly excuse brevity and typos

On Aug 24, 2017 8:26 PM, "Erika Mann" <erika at erikamann.com> wrote:

> Dear Seun, please see my comments below, following your comment about the
> reserve fund. Best, Erika
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 7:36 PM, Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Marika,
>>
>> Thanks for sending this in and apologies for missing the call.  A few
>> comments Inline:
>>
>> Sent from my mobile
>> Kindly excuse brevity and typos
>>
>>
>> On Aug 24, 2017 4:41 PM, "Marika Konings" <marika.konings at icann.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> *Action item #2*: CCWG members & participants, especially those that
>> were not on the call, to indicate on the mailing list if they have any
>> objections to the following preliminary WG agreement: The CCWG's focus is
>> on the funds that are currently available without any assumption that
>> additional funds will become available. The CCWG will focus on developing
>> recommendations that will enable the disbursement of the funds in an
>> effective and judicious manner without creating a perpetual mechanism (i.e.
>> not being focused on preservation of capital).
>>
>>
>>
>> SO: +1
>>
>> *5.           *,...).
>>
>>    - Park issue for now and await input from ICANN Org/Board and then
>>    determine whether this has changed opinions and/or a new survey should be
>>    conducted. This should happen at the latest by ICANN60.
>>
>> SO: Am not sure how we intend to determine this change in opinion, is it
>> by the input from ICANN Org/Board?
>>
>>
>> *Action item #3*: ICANN Org/Board to provide further information to the
>> CCWG on current situation of reserve fund, plans for replenishment and how
>> auction proceeds could potentially factor in to that plan to help inform
>> the CCWG deliberations on this topic. If possible, this information is
>> provided in time for the next CCWG meeting.
>>
>>
>> SO: Personally I am not sure we should be discussing ICANN reserve in
>> this manner. Our decision IMO should not be about trying to justify the
>> need to fund the reserve based on its "current situation". It should rather
>> be on the basis of whether the auction funds should be available for
>> reserve and if yes how? (In terms of process and amount). We have noted
>> significant response of a "No" to the first question which then seem to
>> make the follow-up question unnecessary.
>>
>
> *EM = We had a very long discussion about this topic and it became clear
> during this debate that some members are willing to consider to support the
> reserve fund with a well defined amount/percentage under certain
> conditions. To be able to consider such kind of approach, we need more
> information from the Board/Org to be able to justify such a step. It's
> absolutely clear that we can't take such a step lightly and that we will
> need to debate this again once we have received more information. The
> original responses, with a clear indication for a 'No' remain valid until
> there is a strong support for a different approach. Let me assure you that
> there is no hidden agenda and we're not looking for a way to justify to
> replenish the reserve fund but we have missing pieces of important
> information. I hope my explanation helps to ease your concerns. *
>
>
>>
>>
>> c.             Review examples
>>
>> Deferred to next meeting
>>
>>
>>
>> 7.            ICANN60 meeting planning – update
>>
>>    - CCWG will keep original slots (Thursday from 10.30 – 12.00 and
>>    13.30 – 15.00) but may convert one of them into more of an internal type
>>    meeting depending on attendance.
>>
>> SO: Ack!
>>
>> 8.            Confirm next steps & next meeting (Thursday 7 September at
>> 14.00 UTC)
>>
>> SO: If there is a calendar list, kindly add my email to it. Even if I
>> don't get to attend due to one reason or the other, it does serve as
>> reminder for me.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>>
>> *Marika Konings*
>>
>> *Vice President, Policy Development Support – GNSO, Internet Corporation
>> for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) *
>>
>> *Email: marika.konings at icann.org <marika.konings at icann.org>  *
>>
>>
>>
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