Thanks Eric, I'll forward it to the council list since there'll be a discussion about the JAS report Thursday this week. Kind regards Wolf-Ulrich -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Eric Brunner-Williams [mailto:ebw@abenaki.wabanaki.net] Gesendet: Montag, 16. Mai 2011 22:26 An: soac-newgtldapsup-wg@icann.org Cc: Knoben, Wolf-Ulrich Betreff: Re: Fwd: [council] Re: Second Milestone Report of the JAS CWG

below you find the question from Wolf-Ulrich. ... 3.2 Financial need: How is the contribution of 45,000 $ calculated? Is this just 25% of the regular application fee?

No, and yes. It is the figure ICANN used in 2000 and 2004, and it is also a quarter of the current application fee. Assuming the Board approves some reduction in fee (and 50% is just such a presumption), then if the applicants are capable of meeting 50% of that cost, before external support, then the applicants need to be capble of self-funding at the 2000-2004 level. Ultimately, what fee reduction the Board directs, and what external cost support exists, are controlling. Eric