[Gnso-newgtld-wg] Difference of value at application time x further down the road

[Rubens Kuhl]

In one of the arguments against submitting a bid at application time, it was said that at that time the perception of asset value would be different than after reveal day or any other milestone.
The point I will make here is that this doesn't make one time better than the other for settling the contention, since ICANN is a non-profit.

The usual reasoning for giving the asset to the highest bidder is that it's a proxy for one with the better usage of the asset. But that only requires relative gauging of the contenders; if they are bidding with the same information level, at that time the best project would still be selected by the method.

So, postponing the decision could cause ICANN to make more money or less money, depending on what the new information brought to the table, but since ICANN mission is not to profit from asset allocation, we shouldn't care about it.

Other factors might play into the decision, but this shouldn't be one of them.


Rubens

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