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RE: [council] FW: Proposal to form a Joint ALAC - GNSO WG "to develop a sustainable approach to providing support to applicants requiring assistance in applying for and operating new gTLDs" in response to the ICANN Board Resolution 20 at the Nairobi Meeti


Glad to hear there is lots of interest.

Chuck 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of William Drake
> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 11:17 AM
> To: Bruce Tonkin
> Cc: GNSO Council 
> Subject: Re: [council] FW: Proposal to form a Joint ALAC - 
> GNSO WG "to develop a sustainable approach to providing 
> support to applicants requiring assistance in applying for 
> and operating new gTLDs" in response to the ICANN Board 
> Resolution 20 at the Nairobi Meeti
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> NCUC/SG has been having a rather lively debate on pricing and 
> developing countries and there is a group forming that wants 
> to look into this.  Quite a few people have expressed 
> interest in participating.  Not clear whether it'd make sense 
> for all of them to directly join the joint GNSO-ALAC effort 
> or if we should run a parallel activity with a few 
> representatives serving as connectors, TBD.  Either way, 
> there's definitely interest from our side....
> 
> Best,
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
> On Mar 20, 2010, at 2:41 AM, Bruce Tonkin wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Hello Chuck,
> > 
> >> 
> >> This is interesting Bruce.  I had no idea that this motion was 
> >> talking about financial support;
> > 
> > Well the focus of much of the public comment has been for 
> the Board to 
> > reduce the application fees for developing countries.
> > 
> > The Board instead is saying that there are other ways of 
> solving the 
> > issue of participation - and left it open for the community to put
> > forward some proposals.   It was my input (which I also 
> stated during
> > the Board meeting) - that it is not just financial support that may
> > help, but also support in terms of resources.   I gave the 
> example that
> > in the past, many smaller ccTLDS used secondary nameservers 
> operated 
> > by larger ccTLDS in developed countries at no cost.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Bruce Tonkin
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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> William J. Drake
> Senior Associate
> Centre for International Governance
> Graduate Institute of International and
>   Development Studies
> Geneva, Switzerland
> william.drake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.graduateinstitute.ch/cig/drake.html
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