[council] FW: Proposal to form a Joint ALAC - GNSO WG "to develop a sustainable approach to providing support to applicants requiring assistance in applying for and operating new gTLDs" in response to the ICANN Board Resolution 20 at the Nairobi Meeti

[Stéphane Van Gelder]

I had understood the motion to be referencing financial support.

But to me it really doesn't look like much of a solution. If the aim is to help applicants with lesser means, then this motion is so vague as to be totally moot. If the Board really has a desire to explore the possibility of catering to applicants with different financial profiles, I think we then spill into the notion of categories of applicants that the GAC has been pushing for and we then open up several new cans of worms that can only lead to more delays.

Just my personal five cents.

Stéphane

Le 20 mars 2010 à 06:41, Bruce Tonkin a écrit :

> 
> Hello Chuck,
> 
>> 
>> This is interesting Bruce.  I had no idea that this motion was talking
>> about financial support; 
> 
> Well the focus of much of the public comment has been for the Board to
> reduce the application fees for developing countries.
> 
> The Board instead is saying that there are other ways of solving the
> issue of participation - and left it open for the community to put
> forward some proposals.   It was my input (which I also stated during
> the Board meeting) - that it is not just financial support that may
> help, but also support in terms of resources.   I gave the example that
> in the past, many smaller ccTLDS used secondary nameservers operated by
> larger ccTLDS in developed countries at no cost.
> 
> Regards,
> Bruce Tonkin
> 
> 
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