Hi Sylvia,

 

I’ve taken notes and am in the process of organizing these for distribution to the drafting team. In the meantime, you can find the recording of the session (with transcript to follow shortly) here: http://sched.co/7NE0.

 

Best regards,

 

Marika

 

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From: <dt-cwg-auctionproceeds-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Sylvia Cadena <sylvia@apnic.net>
Date: Wednesday 29 June 2016 at 17:45
To: "dt-cwg-auctionproceeds@icann.org" <dt-cwg-auctionproceeds@icann.org>
Subject: Re: [Dt-cwg-auctionproceeds] FW: New gTLD Auction Proceeds

 

Thanks Marika.

 

It will be great to have a bit of information about the session, in a condensed form to be able to work through it. My connection here is not that good to be able to follow the webcast or stream video -sorry–. 

 

Glad to know people agree that the CCWG should not be part of the disbursement process. It seems that it was not that clear for those that make the remarks though.

 

I also agree with the need to define a finite time for the CCWG to work, and I hope we can add that to our future discussions.  

 

Warm regards,

 

Sylvia

 

From: <dt-cwg-auctionproceeds-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Marika Konings <marika.konings@icann.org>
Date: Wednesday, 29 June 2016 at 5:26 PM
To: "dt-cwg-auctionproceeds@icann.org" <dt-cwg-auctionproceeds@icann.org>
Subject: [Dt-cwg-auctionproceeds] FW: New gTLD Auction Proceeds

 

For your information, please find another comment below following yesterday’s session.

 

Best regards,

 

Marika

 

Marika Konings

Senior Policy Director & Team Leader for the GNSO, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) 

Email: marika.konings@icann.org  

 

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From: Greg Kapfer <kapfer@isoc.org>
Date: Wednesday 29 June 2016 at 07:16
To: Marika Konings <marika.konings@icann.org>
Cc: Greg Kapfer <kapfer@isoc.org>
Subject: Re: New gTLD Auction Proceeds

 

Marika,

 

Thanks for hosting the community discussion yesterday.

I understand that follow-on comments should be directed to you, and thereby to the Charter Drafting Committee.

 

In the discussion, one participant recommended that the CCWG have a finite life, and that distribution decisions not be made in such a way that the distributions be strung out over time.

 

A second speaker suggested that principle should not preclude distribution to recipients/programs that seek long-term goals and funding mechanisms that foster lasting impact for the Internet community.

This speaker also noted that these principles need not be mutually exclusive.

 

The Internet Society agrees with both recommendations to the Charter Drafting Committee.

It would be a monumental task to marshal the tens of millions of dollars in the New gTLD Auction Proceeds over any short-term period.

 

Examples of such funding and program vehicles are:

?         Capacity Building within developing countries, in which funds could stimulate partnerships with governments, equipment donors, and civil society.

?         Contribution to existing endowments legally designed to maintain the contributed corpus to ensure a long-term stable funding tool.

 

These are areas of interest that the Internet Society has, and will continue to, pursue.

The former could be attained through designated funds for this purpose.

The latter is represented by the existing Endowment for the Sustainability of the IETF dedicated to ensuring the long-term funding for the IETF in its standard setting work.

 

Thank you again for this opportunity to provide input into this important process.

 

Greg Kapfer

Chief Financial Officer

Internet Society

 

 

 

 

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