Thanks Grace, Marika, CCWG members - note the following . Is this now adequately covered in the Mission statement and Core Values ? Following the .shop auction today , netting ICANN $41.5 M, a separate, ring fenced account now has over $100M in it. Regards, Phil Discussion Paper on new gTLD Auction Proceeds - Updated Date: 7 December 2015 Author: ICANN Staff Page 4 of 45 2 Background 2.1 New gTLD Program " The purpose of an auction is to resolve contention in a clear, objective manner. It is planned that costs of the new gTLD program will offset by fees, so any funds coming from a last resort contention resolution mechanism such as auctions would result (after paying for the auction process) in additional funding. Any proceeds from auctions will be reserved and earmarked until the uses of funds are determined. Funds must be used in a manner that supports directly ICANN's Mission and Core Values and also allows ICANN to maintain its not for profit status. Possible uses of auction funds include formation of a foundation with a clear mission and a transparent way to allocate funds to projects that are of in terest to the greater Internet community, such as grants to support new gTLD applications or registry operators from communities in subsequent gTLD rounds, the creation of an ICANN - administered/community - based fund for specific projects for the benefit of the Internet community, the creation of a registry continuity fund for the protection of registrants (ensuring that funds would be in place to support the operation of a gTLD registry until a successor could be found), or establishment of a security fund t o expand use of secure protocols, conduct research, and support standards development organizations in accordance with ICANN's security and stability mission ." New gTLD Applicant Guidebook - Section 4.3 From: accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org [mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Grace Abuhamad Sent: 28 January 2016 19:02 To: Accountability Cross Community Subject: [CCWG-ACCT] FW: gTLD Auctions vs Travel Costs Forwarding on behalf of Marika Konings. From: Marika Konings <marika.konings@icann.org> Date: Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 1:49 PM To: "James M. Bladel" <jbladel@godaddy.com>, Greg Shatan <gregshatanipc@gmail.com>, Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com> Cc: Accountability Cross Community <accountability-cross-community@icann.org> Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] gTLD Auctions vs Travel Costs Please note that the updated discussion paper which factors in the input received as a result of the public comment forum can be found here: New gTLD Auction Proceeds <http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/new-gtld-auction-proceeds-07dec15-en.pdf> - Update. Best regards, Marika From: <accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of "James M. Bladel" <jbladel@godaddy.com> Date: Thursday 28 January 2016 at 12:40 To: Greg Shatan <gregshatanipc@gmail.com>, Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com> Cc: "accountability-cross-community@icann.org" <accountability-cross-community@icann.org> Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] gTLD Auctions vs Travel Costs To clarify: the CWG itself has not yet been convened. It's only the Drafting Team is that is starting up. Thanks- J. From: <accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Greg Shatan <gregshatanipc@gmail.com> Date: Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 12:35 To: Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com> Cc: "accountability-cross-community@icann.org" <accountability-cross-community@icann.org> Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] gTLD Auctions vs Travel Costs Andrew, There was a discussion paper posted for public comment before Dublin, with comments ended November 8. https://www.icann.org/public-comments/new-gtld-auction-proceeds-2015-09-08-e n Subsequent to that, SO/AC chairs were invited on January 6 to propose members of the charter Drafting Team that James Bladel mentioned. Like you, I can't find evidence of this (other than having seen a copy of the email referred to above), but I expect that will change once the DT actually gets underway. Greg On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com> wrote: On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 12:28:48PM -0500, Avri Doria wrote:
At the very least, I believe they are holding these funds in a separate account, or something like that, until the Board decides what it want s to do. Hard to know for sure.
There was a session about this in BA: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Pre-CWG+Workshop+on+ new+gTLD+Auction+Proceeds I am unable to find evidence that the relevant CWG has in fact been started, but I can never find anything on the ICANN website, so that's no guide as to whether it's happened. A -- Andrew Sullivan ajs@anvilwalrusden.com _______________________________________________ Accountability-Cross-Community mailing list Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community