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Judith Hellerstein via CPWG <cpwg@icann.org>
Date: Wednesday, 17 July 2024 at 17:58
To: Maureen Hilyard <maureen.hilyard@gmail.com>
Cc: CPWG <cpwg@icann.org>, ofb-wg@icann.org <ofb-wg@icann.org>
Subject: [CPWG] Re: [OFB-WG] Using Auction Proceeds money for Applicant Support
HI Maureen,
I agree that this is the target group, and it is a good use of the money. It is just the process of how they are going about this, which I think is wrong. When they did it to balance the budget, they said it was a one time event, and they would let the others
go through the method that the Committee had laid out. I see this is not the case and so was hoping to hear from others and wondering whether we should say anything
Best,
Judith
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On 7/17/24 4:49 PM, Maureen Hilyard wrote:
The current grant process is only for this pilot version and for the $10 million that was set aside for this pilot.
The Board will be looking at how they can use some of the remaining funds.
I see that it will be viewed the same as when they took some of the funds to cover a contribution to ICANN's reserve or contingency fund (?)
They'll take it anyway - because they can.
Personally, having been on the Auction proceeds group and the GGP which stated that if there were more funds needed for applicant support than was originally proposed (and going by the amount set aside last time - this was $2 million)
then it was up to ICANN to find that extra money. So, they will need to find it from somewhere - and from my POV, the use of auction proceeds for applicant support would mean it would at least be going to those in under-developed and underserved regions who
are the priority group for applicant support, and they were the target group for the auction proceeds group as well.
On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 10:31 AM Judith Hellerstein via OFB-WG <ofb-wg@icann.org> wrote:
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