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20 Mar
2010
20 Mar
'10
1:41 a.m.
Hello Chuck,
This is interesting Bruce. I had no idea that this motion was talking about financial support;
Well the focus of much of the public comment has been for the Board to reduce the application fees for developing countries. The Board instead is saying that there are other ways of solving the issue of participation - and left it open for the community to put forward some proposals. It was my input (which I also stated during the Board meeting) - that it is not just financial support that may help, but also support in terms of resources. I gave the example that in the past, many smaller ccTLDS used secondary nameservers operated by larger ccTLDS in developed countries at no cost. Regards, Bruce Tonkin