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Thank you for the clarification Jared, that makes more sense.
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<b>Martin Sutton</b><br>
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<div>On 2 May 2024, at 19:30, Jared Erwin <jared.erwin@icann.org> wrote:</div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Dear Martin,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Thank you for your email. To clarify, the RSP fee has been pulled out of and made separate from the overall application fee. This means that an applicant that uses a pre-evaluated
RSP will pay just the application fee (which won’t include fees for RSP evaluation), while an applicant that<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>does not</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>use a pre-evaluated RSP will pay the application
fee + an RSP evaluation fee. So, the difference comes in whether one pays the RSP fee, not in the application fee.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">I hope this helps clarify. Please let me know of any other questions.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Best,<o:p></o:p></div>
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on behalf of Martin Sutton <<a href="mailto:martin@tldz.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">martin@tldz.com</a>><br>
<b>Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 10:24 AM<br>
<b>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Elisa Busetto <<a href="mailto:elisa.busetto@icann.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">elisa.busetto@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"<a href="mailto:subpro-irt@icann.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">subpro-irt@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:subpro-irt@icann.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">subpro-irt@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Re: [SubPro-IRT] RySG Applicant Decisions and Milestones Input & ICANN org Response<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Dear Elisa,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Thank you for sharing. Please note my updated email address.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">All - the first thing ICANN org mentions in its response is that no differentiation in fees will be applied to an application with pre-evaluated RSP vs without. This is at odds with
the SubPro discussions and outputs, where the RSP pre-evaluation was expected to considerably reduce duplication of effort and streamline processing, and reduce costs, reflected in lower fees for applicants selecting a pre-evaluated RSP. Dusting down the over
3-year old Final Report, this is referred to under Implementation Guidance 15.2.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Whilst I respect the IRT is not responsible for setting fees, I think ICANN org will be challenged to justify this stance and deviation from the implementation guidance in the Final
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