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[council] FW: Please review: Working group to develop recommendations on new gTLD auction proceeds


Dear All,

Since sending the information below, two more responses have been received from:

Alan Greenberg  - ALAC Chair
I am absolutely sure there is interest in the ALAC for a CCWG on this subject.

Elisa Cooper - BC Chair
Phil Corwin will participate on behalf of the BC.

Thank you.
Kind regards,

Glen

From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Glen de Saint Géry
Sent: mercredi 18 mars 2015 15:42
To: Council GNSO
Subject: [council] Please review: Working group to develop recommendations on 
new gTLD auction proceeds

Dear All,
With reference to Item 13: Any Other Business (5 mins) on the GNSO Council 
agenda<http://www.gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/agenda-council-19mar15-en.htm> for 
tomorrow
13.1 - CWG on Auction Proceeds
The following letter went out to the Constituency/SG/SO/AC Chairs.  Attached 
and copied below, are the 9 responses received to date for you to review before 
the Council meeting tomorrow and which may perhaps help in determining next 
steps.

Thank you.
Kind regards,
Glen

A working group to develop recommendations on new gTLD auction proceeds

During the GNSO weekend sessions at ICANN 52 in Singapore, the GNSO discussed 
the issue of new gTLD auction proceeds. As you know, new gTLD auction proceeds 
have been building up and there is no current plan in place for the use or 
allocation of these funds.

In order to commence discussions on a plan for the use of new gTLD auction 
proceeds, the GNSO would like to form a working group to develop 
recommendations on this topic. As such, I am reaching out to you to see whether 
there is an interest to form a cross-community working group on this topic. 
Note, should there not be sufficient interest to form a cross-community working 
group at this stage, the GNSO plans to form a GNSO working group on this topic 
which will be open to anyone interested to participate in.  Regardless of which 
approach is chosen, it is the GNSO's expectation that any work on this topic 
will be conducted through an open and consultative process allowing everyone 
interested to participate and provide their perspectives.

In order to determine the interest from the different communities in this 
topic, I would like to ask you to provide an initial response to me by 14 March 
2015 at the latest. Based on the feedback received, the GNSO Council will 
initially discuss how to proceed at its meeting on 19 March 2015.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Robinson
For and on behalf of the ICANN GNSO Council

A working group to develop recommendations on new gTLD auction proceeds
Input was requested from Constituencies, Stakeholder Groups, Supporting 
Organisations and Advisory Committees

Responses were received from:

ccNSO
GAC
Intellectual Property Constituency
Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers Constituency
Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group
NRO Executive Council
Registrar Stakeholder Group
Registries Stakeholder Group
W3C
ccNSO - Bart Boswinkel
Thank you for the invitation to discuss the formation of a cross-community 
working group to develop recommendations for the allocation of the new gTLD 
auction proceeds. On behalf of Byron, I want to inform you that this topic will 
be on the ccNSO Council meetings agenda of 19 March 2015. After the Council 
meeting we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Government Advisory Committee - Olof Nordling on behalf of the GAC Chair
Thanks again for your invitation for the GAC to consider involvement in a WG 
regarding New gTLD auction proceeds. Having circulated this invitation to the 
GAC Membership, Member comments received so far are all positive, supporting 
the initiative and GAC involvement, noting synergies with other GAC activities 
and even providing concrete proposals for the subject matter of how to best use 
auction proceeds. Accordingly, please note the GAC's support for this 
initiative, with a GAC preference that this will materialize as a 
cross-constituency working group.

The GAC is looking forward to hearing from you on how the initiative will 
develop following the GNSO's further consideration and please count on positive 
involvement by the GAC in upcoming work in line with this initiative.

This message is sent on behalf of the GAC Chair.

Intellectual Property Constituency - Greg Shatan - Chair
I appreciate the opportunity to respond, on behalf of the Intellectual Property 
Constituency, to the question of whether the GNSO should establish a Working 
Group to develop recommendations on new gTLD auction proceeds.
The IPC believes that such a Working Group should be formed.  Auction proceeds 
represent a significant sum, and are essentially "found money" from running 
"last chance" auctions where the members of the contention set could not arrive 
at another option.
The IPC is very interested in participating in a Working Group regarding the 
gTLD auction proceeds, whether it is a GNSO Working Group or a Cross-Community 
Working Group.
If a Cross-Community Working Group is formed, it is critical that the IPC has a 
member's seat on the CCWG, rather than being forced to participate through a 
single Commercial Stakeholder Group representative.  Each Constituency will 
have its own opinions, which may be in disagreement with the others, and the 
Constituencies of the Commercial Stakeholder Group should not be forced to 
develop a homogenized or compromised opinion.  Furthermore, the IPC should not 
be deprived of the opportunity to participate in decision-making and consensus 
building.
In any event, the IPC looks forward to working with other stakeholders to 
develop an appropriate plan for the use or allocation of these funds.
Based on a preliminary exchange of views, the IPC tends to believe that a 
primary and substantial use of these funds should benefit the community.  
Specifically, a substantial portion of these funds should benefit the various 
SO-AC-SG-C groups, by providing funding for the support initiatives discussed 
in Los Angeles and Singapore to combat volunteer burnout, provide more 
sophisticated infrastructure and support, improve knowledge management and 
increase outreach, engagement and retention.  The IPC notes that the current 
funding for SO-AC-SG-C group support is quite modest, and the plans in progress 
are both significant and sorely needed.  The new gTLD program, and by extension 
the auctions from which these proceeds were derived, was built on the backs of 
the stakeholders, many of whom were (and are) volunteers who are not part of 
the "domain name industry" and who will not reap significant financial benefits 
from the new gTLD program.  This makes it especially fitting that a large 
amount from these auction proceeds go to support the continuing efforts of the 
ICANN stakeholder community.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or if we can be 
of further assistance.
Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers Constituency (ISPCP)
Osvaldo Novoa volunteered to be the ISPCP representative on the future working 
group

Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group - Rafik Dammak - Chair
After consultation,  NCSG  reached the position to support a CCWG being 
established and we would also participate in a GNSO working group if it comes 
to that for any reason.

NRO Executive Council - Axel Pawlik - Chair, NRO

We have discussed this within the NRO Executive Council.

At this time we do not think a whole new CCWG is needed. However, if the GNSO 
were to set up a working group to discuss principles and develop 
recommendations, we would support that course of action.
Registrar Stakeholder Group - Michele Neylon - RrSG Chair
Having discussed this with the RrSG Excom we believe that there should be 
forward movement on this topic.
We can see there being advantages and disadvantages to forming a CCWG, but feel 
that there should be progress in some form
How do the other groups feel about this?

 Registries Stakeholder Group - Keith Drazek - RySG Chair
The RySG is very interested in participating in any community discussions 
around New gTLD Auction Proceeds.
We support a GNSO working group on this topic and will certainly appoint 
representatives to participate.
Please let me know if you need anything else from me.

W3C volunteers Daniel Dardailler and Wendy Seltzer

Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
http://gnso.icann.org<http://gnso.icann.org/>

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