Hello All,

Attached please find a communication that I submitted to ICANN last night in connection with the proposed allocation of additional funds from the 2012 auction proceeds to top-off the Applicant Support Program (ASP).

While I support this initiative in line with the GAC and ALAC, I believe the way Tripti and the ICANN Board have proposed to proceed is fundamentally flawed.

I am posting it here because I believe this communication touches on an important policy matter. I will also be cross-posting this to the OFB mailing list, as I believe it is directly related to some of the organizational problems confronting ICANN.

Best regards,

Michael