[GNSO-GGP-WG] For your consideration re: Guidance Recommendation #6

Mon Nov 6 10:58:34 UTC 2023

Dear All,

These are some thought provoking points raised here. Thanks Maureen.

In addition to the points mentioned, owing to the fact that the economics of the next rounds might be higher in cost to the applicant such that the difficulties faced might be stipper than those experienced the last round this guidance calls for careful consideration.

Looking forward to our meeting later today.

Lawrence
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Subject: [GNSO-GGP-WG] For your consideration re: Guidance Recommendation #6

 GR6 is "ICANN org to investigate the extent to which supported applicants that were awarded a gTLD are still in business as a registry operator after three years".

Org is suggesting changing to "whether" supported applicants who were successful etc etc I would suggest perhaps merging the two and have "Investigate whether, and the extent to which, supported applicants were still in business... "

The recommendation implies two outcomes after three years

1. they are successfully in the business of selling their domain/s

2.  they have established their own registry business

An example - DotKids was the only successful applicant under the 2012 ASP  (DotAsia had been supporting this community initiative since before the round opened).

Although assigned in the first round, DotKids was not officially launched by DotAsia until Nov 2022, and since its launch now has about 4300 DUMS. It will remain with DotAsia until it becomes economically viable (about 10,000 DUMs) at which point it should be able to afford a couple of its own staff to manage its own registry. It is estimated that this might take another 5 years. In the interim, DotAsia continues to provide personnel, technical and registry support (and realistically will provide extra support for more years after).

Do the results of this community domain fit the indicators of success we are setting for this next round of ASP applicants, especially our targetted groups?

For example: Is the GR#6 timeframe expectation of 3 years (after allocation of the domain?) a realistic indicator for success in the long term for all ASP applicants equally?... especially in light of the continued support still required by our 2012 ASP applicant who hails from one of the underserved regions we are targetting?

Happy to hear others' views at our meeting tomorrow.

Maureen

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