[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

Bruce Tonkin Bruce.Tonkin at melbourneit.com.au
Sun Mar 21 02:43:05 UTC 2010


Hello Rafiq,

> That is why I would like if possible that Bruce point to documents (if
> they exist) explaining in details the why of such requested costs for
> running a regisrty from ICANN perspective?but also for the application
> fees as the explanation of cost recovery remains vague and abstract.
> 


There are two papers available on the ICANN component of the costs.

See:

http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/cost-considerations-23oct08-en.
pdf

and

http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/cost-considerations-04oct09-en.
pdf

There is also a paper on a benchmarking study on what is involved in
operating a registry.   This was conducted by KPMG and compared 7 gTLDs
and 6 ccTLDs across 10 countries.

See:
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/benchmarking-report-15feb10-en.
pdf

Note that there are also some letter of credit requirements etc to be
able to provide funding to operate a registry for I think three
additional years, if a registry operator chooses to cease providing that
function.

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin







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