Hello,

First apologies for missing the call (i guess for a couple of a few more to come as well). I don't think it will be a bad idea in itself to replenish the reserve with certain part of the auction proceeds and I certainly don't think it will be out of scope for this group to we determine that. I quote from the auction proceeds page:

"Auction proceeds will be reserved and earmarked until the Board determines a plan for the appropriate use of the funds through consultation with the community"

So we can indeed propose to the ICANN Board to use the funds for whatever we have consensus upon and that may include using it for reserve. What I think may be out of scope for this group is to be discussing current status of the reserve in other to justify the need to apportion funds from auction proceeds to it, so the point about having a 12, 18 or 24 months reserve isn't an objective for this CCWG to achieve. I think we just need to agree on whether apportioning funds to ICANN reserve will in any way serve the objectives of the auction proceeds/this CCWG [1]

Regards
1. Am sorry if this is already done(after the survey), may be good to have a pointer to where the objectives are published.

Sent from my mobile
Kindly excuse brevity and typos

On Aug 10, 2017 4:56 PM, "Joke Braeken" <joke.braeken@icann.org> wrote:

Dear All,

 

Please find below the notes and action items from today’s CCWG-AP meeting.

 

Best regards,

 

Joke Braeken

 

Notes CCWG – AP Meeting 10 August 2017:

 

These high-level notes are designed to help the CCWG navigate through the content of the call and are not meant as a substitute for the transcript and/or recording. The MP3, transcript, and chat are provided separately and are posted on the wiki at: https://community.icann.org/x/DLHDAw.

 

  1. Roll Call

 

  • Please state your name for transcription purposes and keep microphones on mute when not speaking.
  • Attendance will be taken from the AdobeConnect room.

 

  1. Welcome – DOI

 

  1. Overview from Xavier Calvez on investment management

 

The intention of this presentation is 

  • to allow the group to think on the issue of investment, 
  • to understand ICANN's practice, and to answer any questions that might be raised.  

It helps to inform the discussion on the ROI of the fund; It includes an overview of how the auction proceeds are currently managed, which might lead to how they might be managed in the future.

 

Important to note:

  • only conservative investment policies are being used
  • the investment strategy will be designed in support of the objectives

 

An overview of some illustrative investment scenarios was provided, followed by Q&A.

 

Parameters that need to be considered:

  • amount of money
  • horizon
  • level of risk (which is not correlated to the horizon)

 

Financial information is regularly provided during the quarterly stakeholder calls. 

(amount from latest update - Q3 data of FY17. https://www.icann.org/quarterlyreports)

  • Reserve Fund: 64 million
  • New gTLD unspent application fees: 128 million
  • Auction proceeds: 233 million
  • Annual budget of ICANN. FY18 budget expenses 142 million USD.

 

Regarding replenishing the reserve fund: appropriate procedures need to be taken, appropriate approvals and decisions need to be in place for it to be legal. 

This is however a moral question as well. The charter does include this question: “To what extent (and, if so, how) could ICANN, the Organization or a constituent part thereof, be the beneficiary of some of the auction funds”

The group needs to discuss this at a later stage.

 

  1. Next meeting 

 

next CCWG-AP meeting is scheduled for Thursday 24 August at 14.00 UTC

 

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Action item #1:

CCWG to review the slides presented by Xavier (published on https://community.icann.org/display/CWGONGAP/2017-08-10+CCWG+New+gTLD+Auction+Proceeds+call)  and to share any further questions for Xavier on the group’s mailing list.

 

Action item #2:

Per the discussion during the CCWG-AP meeting on 27 July 2017, the attached mind map was developed, which aims to regroup the objectives based on the survey results as well as the subsequent discussions.  The CCWG is encouraged to continue to provide feedback on the proposed regrouping of objectives/priorities, as well as the clustering of examples ahead of the next meeting, scheduled for 24 August at 14 UTC.

 

Action item #3:

CCWG to review responses to charter question #4 and to continue the discussion on the mailing list.

(see https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-6GNDQHJ6/ )

 

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Joke Braeken

ccNSO Policy Advisor 

 

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