[SubPro-IRT] RSP fee

[Marika Konings]

All, as my US colleagues are out today for a US holiday, I thought I would jump in to try and avoid any confusion. The link that Rubens shared is NOT the cost estimate from the 2012 round but for a Material Subcontracting Arrangement (MSA) change. This is an ad-hoc, individual request review. My understanding is that the estimated costs of technical evaluation in 2012 were between $40,000 and $50,000 per application (not per RSP). Regardless, as Gustavo also pointed out on the call, focusing on the difference between 2012 and RSP is to a certain degree comparing apples to pears as per the SubPro recommendations, a separate program has now been created with its own application system as well as RST 2.0, that will evaluate RSPs only once. Gustavo and team will be sharing more details on the cost breakdown of implementing and running RSP as requested by the IRT, but as a reminder, per policy recommendation 6.8, the program is expected to be cost recovery with those seeking evaluation funding RSP.

Best regards,

Marika

From: SubPro-IRT <subpro-irt-bounces at icann.org> on behalf of Rubens Kuhl via SubPro-IRT <subpro-irt at icann.org>
Reply-To: Rubens Kuhl <rubensk at nic.br>
Date: Sunday, 26 May 2024 at 21:18
To: "subpro-irt at icann.org" <subpro-irt at icann.org>
Subject: Re: [SubPro-IRT] RSP fee




Em 26 de mai. de 2024, à(s) 14:26, Hickson, Nigel (DSIT) <nigel.hickson at dsit.gov.uk> escreveu:

Rubens

Good morning; like yourself I was on IRT Call when this came up, but had not appreciated what the cost in 2012 round was; this is indeed a significant increase.  I am sure the GAC will be very concerned as to how this impacts applications from underserved regions.

Hi Nigel.

Note that this does not applied only in 2012(actually 2014 since this is only charged when a gTLD changes RSPs); this is 2024 current fee to be an RSP for 2012 gTLDs. Org can’t blame inflation on this one, since it’s a comparison of current fees.


Rubens


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