[Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt4] Discussion theme: sequence and method for financial evaluation

[Rubens Kuhl]

	• AGB clearly overlooked different business models in 2012-round
		• Revenue-generating or self-sustainable registry (profit or non-profit)
		• Cost-center registry (typical of brands, possibly causes)
	• Besides different financial goals, single-application evaluation overlooked the possibility of an applicant winning so many TLDs to the point of not being able to run them (gaming the system)
	• Rec. 8: “Applicants must be able to demonstrate their financial and organisational operational capability.”
	• Possible Language: “Applicants must be able to demonstrate their financial and organisational operational capability in tandem for all currently-owned and applied-for TLDs that would be part of a single registry family.”
	• Financial Evaluation would still be gating and be done prior to contention set resolution