[council] ICANN News Alert -- Updated New gTLD Budget Published

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-22oct10-en.htm

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Updated New gTLD Budget Published

22 October 2010

The New gTLD Budget is a critical component of the program and has been 
recently updated following public comment and additional analysis. Taking that 
into account, the Board approved the budget at its most recent meeting 
(http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-25sep10-en.htm#1).

The document is an analysis of the New gTLD program costs, including an 
assessment of the timing required to complete certain remaining activities 
necessary for operational readiness. To ensure costs are appropriately managed, 
tracked and disclosed, the gTLD budget has been organized according to three 
phases: 1) Development; 2) Deployment; and 3) Application Processing. You can 
see the updated budget here: 
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/explanatory-memo-new-gtld-program-budget-22oct10-en.pdf
 [PDF, 456 KB]

The proposed budget was originally posted for public comment on 31 May 2010. 
Only four comments were received but other comments, received during the 
general Guidebook comment process were also taken into account. Staff's Summary 
& Analysis of these comments can be found here: 
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/summary-comments-new-gtld-program-budget-22oct10-en.pdf
 [PDF, 108 KB].

What changed?

The main change from the original proposed budget is the deployment costs which 
increased from US$2.6 million to US$4 million. Two major additions include 
funds for non-financial support of applicants as recommended by the Applicant 
Support working group and funding for root zone stability efforts. The snapshot 
from the Applicant Support Working Group can be found here: 
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#wg-snapshot. The Final Milestone 
recommendation from the group should be available soon.

Resources

 *   New gTLD Program: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm
 *   Applicant Support Working Group snapshot: 
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#wg-snapshot


Glen de Saint Géry
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