FYI ******************************************* Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. And live like it's Heaven on Earth. ******************************************* ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Kurtis Lindqvist <kurtis.lindqvist@icann.org> Date: Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM Subject: Re: [Ext] Review of ccTLD Voluntary Financial Contributions Final Report To: Alejandra Reynoso Barral <alejandra.reynoso@gmail.com>, Tripti Sinha < tripti.sinha@board.icann.org> Cc: Patricio Poblete <ppoblete@nic.cl>, Byron Holland <byron.holland@cira.ca>, Russ Weinstein <russ.weinstein@icann.org>, Board Ops Team < board-ops-team@icann.org>, ccNSO Secretariat <ccnsosecretariat@icann.org>, Cassia Oliveira <cassia.oliveira@icann.org> Cassia Oliveira on behalf of Kurtis Lindqvist Dear Ms. Reynoso, Attached, please find a letter from the ICANN President and CEO in response to your correspondence dated 2 September 2025. Best regards, Kurt Erik Lindqvist President and CEO Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Office Telephone: +1 310 301 5800 www.icann.org ------------------------------ *From:* Alejandra Reynoso Barral <alejandra.reynoso@gmail.com> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 2, 2025 6:06 AM *To:* Tripti Sinha; Kurtis Lindqvist *Cc:* Patricio Poblete; Byron Holland; Russ Weinstein; Board Ops Team; ccNSO Secretariat *Subject:* [Ext] Review of ccTLD Voluntary Financial Contributions Final Report Dear Tripti and Kurtis, I am writing to formally apprise you of the outcome of the review of the 2013 ccNSO Guideline on voluntary ccTLD Financial Contributions to ICANN and the ccNSO Council deliberations. On 21 August, the ccNSO council voted unanimously to approve the attached Guideline on Voluntary Financial Contributions of ccTLDs to ICANN that was included in the Final Report of the 2nd ccNSO Finance Working Group. This updated Guideline replaces the one from 2013, and it serves as the basis for the calculation of ICANN’s costs which are attributable to ICANN’s activities for ccTLDs. The principles and banded model have been developed to account for the diversity of ccTLDs’ operating environments, as tools that offer flexibility to determine their voluntary financial contribution to ICANN. This builds on the practice to date and that was agreed upon in 2013, with the ICANN CEO at the time. For your information I have attached the full text of the resolution, the new Guideline, and the Final Report of the working group. In its resolution the ccNSO Council also agreed with the proposals to review the calculation of ICANN’s costs which are attributable to ICANN’s activities for ccTLDs on an annual basis and to review the Guideline again in 5 years. In addition the Council agreed with the advice from the 2nd Finance WG that going forward ICANN is suggested to engage with individual ccTLDs and use a segmented and personalized conversation that includes the voluntary financial contribution. Under the premise of the voluntary nature of the financial contribution, it is the view of the working group that such an approach offers a way that has not been used to date to address the discrepancy between the expected and total amount that ccTLDs contribute, based on the Cost Model. Suggestions for such a segmented and personalized approach are contemplated in the Final Report. The ccNSO Council resolution went on to congratulate everyone involved in the process leading to this successful outcome, including Xavier Calvez and Shani Quidwai. Addressing and resolving this important and difficult issue required new approaches, new thinking and new attitudes which I believe all parties to the process exhibited. It also represents what I feel is a strengthened sense of partnership between the ccNSO and ICANN management. I would like to add my personal thanks to you and your staff for your contribution to resolve this, sometimes contentious, issue positively. Best regards, Alejandra Reynoso ccNSO Chair ******************************************* Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. And live like it's Heaven on Earth. *******************************************