[Gnso-newgtld-wg] Proposed agenda - New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG - 8 October 2018 at 15:00 UTC

Tue Oct 9 16:29:42 UTC 2018

Thanks for your comments Jon!  Steve thank you for working the Vickery Auction language into the draft – requested tweaks in red.

1.1.d Different Types of Auctions and 1.1 f Deliberations.  Some Working Group members proposed alternative ways to implement an auction. One such suggestion was to utilize a sealed-bid auction, or sometimes known as a Vickrey auction, where in this instance, applicants would submit their single highest bid upon application submission. If an applicant’s applied-for string is in contention, the highest bidder would be placed first in the queue to have their application evaluated and if successful, would pay the second highest bid. It was suggested that this type of auction allows for applicants to bid the precise value of the string.  This could almost entirely eliminate contention sets at the beginning of the application process.  Some noted concerns that evaluators, knowing the value placed on the string by an applicant, could be biased in some manner. Others noted that utilizing a different form of auction is still a mechanism that relies heavily on having deep pockets. It was also noted that this form of auction would need to consider how it handles Applicant Support and community-based applications. Finally, others raised concerns about ICANN securing this highly proprietary information and it was acknowledged that this would need to be factored into the mechanisms that support this auction style.

(To answers Jon’s comment, yes we discussed that the proceeds from these Auctions be distributed to ICANN - so this should be reflected in the doc Steve)

1.1.d Random Draw.  Another possible alternative discussed was the use of a determinative drawing mechanism to select a “winner” in the contention set, noting that a drawing is simple, effective, and fair. A determinative drawing seems to eliminate a number of issues with resolving string contention in that it does not favor those with the most money, it does not result in losing applicants receiving a financial benefit (e.g., in the case of most private resolutions), and it could eliminate comparative evaluations. However, it was pointed out that running a determinative drawing could be encounter issues with being considered a lottery and would therefore be disallowed without would require proper licensing.

We also discussed that the Vickery Auction model should be referenced in 1.2 Private Resolution of Contention Sets (including Private Auctions) because it is an umbrella concept that would almost entirely eliminate the need for Auctions of Last Resort and Private Auctions.

Thanks folks!

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Verisign Inc

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From: Gnso-newgtld-wg <gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces at icann.org> On Behalf Of Jon Nevett
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2018 4:56 AM
To: Steve Chan <steve.chan at icann.org>
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] Proposed agenda - New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG - 8 October 2018 at 15:00 UTC

Thanks all for the conversation on these drafts about 12 hours ago.  As promised, attached are some suggested changes to Sections 1.1 and 1.2 to clarify the reality of the various positions.  Best, Jon

   On Oct 5, 2018, at 5:41 PM, Steve Chan <steve.chan at icann.org<mailto:steve.chan at icann.org>> wrote:

   Dear WG Members,

   Please find the proposed agenda for the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG meeting scheduled for 8 October 2018 at 15:00 UTC, for 90 minutes.

   1.   Agenda review/SOIs
   2.   Supplemental Report: Review of sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, and 1.5 continued
   3.   Planning for ICANN63
   4.   AOB

   For agenda item 2, please find the latest draft, which accepted all red-lined edits made prior to the 2 October meeting (you can find that draft here: https://community.icann.org/x/4QirBQ). As it was anticipated that changes would be non-trivial, it was believed that accepting red-lines prior to making new proposed edits would improve the readability of this latest draft.

   For Item 3, we will further discuss plans for the sessions scheduled for day 1 of ICANN63, Saturday 20 October (see the published schedule here: https://63.schedule.icann.org/meetings).

   Those signed up as Members to this PDP WG should have received meeting information from the SOAC Support team. If you did not receive these participation details or if you would like to send your apologies, please contact the SOAC Support team (gnso-secs at icann.org<mailto:gnso-secs at icann.org>).

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