Somehow this got lost and never went to the ALAC. We will clearly not meet the deadline, but I have said we would reply as soon as possible. A bit of background. As the draft Charter says, the work of the CCWG will not be to allocate funds, but to develop a process for doing this. A lot of work has gone into the draft charter, and I believe that it is close to ready. There are many constraints on what the funds can be used for based on the ICANN Bylaws, and given the amount of money (currently $235,000,000 if the .web auction stands) conflict of interest is a very serious matter. Please get any comments to me by the end of Monday at the very latest. Of crucial importance are matters of substance which would stop the ALAC from ratifying the charter. If you find typos and such, please let me know but that is not the focus. Alan
Subject: For your review - proposed charter new gTLD Auction Proceeds CCWG Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2016 16:41:28 +0000
Sending on behalf of Jonathan Robinson, new gTLD Auction Proceeds Drafting Team Chair & Alan Greenberg, DT Vice-Chair:
Dear SO/AC Chairs,
On behalf of the new gTLD Auction Proceeds Drafting Team (DT), we are delighted to submit to you and your respective SO/ACs, the proposed charter for a Cross-Community Working Group on new gTLD Auction Proceeds. As you may recall, representatives of all ICANN SO/ACs, apart from the ccNSO (which decided not to take part in the DT effort), participated in the DT deliberations (see <https://community.icann.org/x/AR_AAw>https://community.icann.org/x/AR_AAw for DT members).
This proposed charter is the result of extensive input and deliberations, including careful review of input that was received as part of the cross-community session at ICANN 56 in Helsinki (see <https://community.icann.org/x/fgmbAw)>https://community.icann.org/x/fgmbAw) and we believe it now represents a careful balance between the different viewpoints and perspectives, including from both the DT Members and the ICANN Board liaisons to the DT. As such, the DT would like to request you review the proposed charter with this careful balance in mind and only flag to the DT any pertinent issues that would prevent your respective SO/AC from adopting this charter. We would like to request you highlight such pertinent issues by 30 September 2016 at the latest, including an indication of when you anticipate your respective SO/AC to be in a position to consider the charter for adoption following 30 September, provided that no pertinent issues have been identified by any of the ICANN SO/ACs.
Of course, should you have any clarifying questions, please do not hesitate to respond to this message. The DT looks forward to receiving your feedback.
Best wishes,
Jonathan Robinson, DT Chair & Alan Greenberg, DT Vice-Chair