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[ga] The $250,000 new gTLD application fee

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  • From: Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 06:15:58 -0700 (PDT)
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The public comment period on the new gTLD report is
open for another week, and I started thinking about
the implications of Staff Question #2:

"Thinking about the issue of application fees for any
new top level domain application, is there merit in
graduated application fees to assist applicants?"

Perhaps some of you will recall this conversation in
Wellington: 

>>BRET FAUSETT: THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
I HAD A QUESTION ON PAGE 11, WHICH TALKS ABOUT THE NEW
TLD PROCESS.  AND I'M LOOKING AT THE THIRD COLUMN FROM
THE LEFT, WHICH LISTS RESOURCES REQUIRED.
PARTICULARLY, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT WHERE IT SAYS
"FOR EACH APPLICATION," THAT THERE WOULD BE -- LOOKS
LIKE ALMOST TWO FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES THAT WOULD BE
REQUIRED AND ABOUT $120,000 IN OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS, IF
I'M READING THAT CORRECTLY, FOR EACH APPLICATION.  SO
I'M THINKING THAT THE OPERATIONAL PLAN SEEMS TO
CONTEMPLATE AN APPLICATION FEE THAT'S GOING TO COVER
THESE COSTS OF ABOUT $250,000, WHICH SEEMS AWFULLY
STEEP TO ME.  IS THAT A CORRECT READING OF THIS?

>>KURT PRITZ: YES, I HAVE TWO COMMENTS.

http://www.icann.org/meetings/wellington/captioning-opplan-28mar06.htm

A quarter million dollar fee to evaluate a TLD
application?  Does the phrase "barrier to entry" mean
anything at all to ICANN staff?  Are they acting in
their own interest or in the public interest by
setting a fee at this level?  I would like to see the
Staff proposal for graduated application fees.  We
need to talk further about this...

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