________________________________ From: Ken Stubbs [mailto:kstubbs@afilias.info] Sent: Thursday, 5 August 2004 5:39 AM To: John jeffrey; Kurt Pritz Cc: Bruce Tonkin Subject: proposed statement to accompany gnso ."net" committee report TING This proposed statement was crafted today at the suggestion of the gtld registry constituancy members during our bi-weekly teleconference & will be brought fwd to the gnso council at tomorrow's meeting... "The gTLD Registry constituency strongly believes that all material provisions of the new .net Agreement should be made known to the public in the draft and final RFPs. This includes, but is not limited to, any information regarding proposed fees to be paid by the subsequent .net registry operator to ICANN. It is only with such information can an applicant truly propose a realistic, viable, and appropriate business, technical and financial model. In addition, such information known in advance by the applicants will also help in ensuring a smooth negotiation process with the successful successor operator after its selection."