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

["Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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> Graduate Institute of International and
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