I reviewed the call recording of the 07 May 2026 SPIRT Meeting and in respect of action item 4 referred to in Saewon's subsequent email on the Notes and Action Items for said call, I am lending my support to Alan Greenberg's intervention during said call, on the proposed solution regarding the ASP Financial Need Eligibility Criteria. I too think that the proposed buffer is a sensible solution. Given that a significant proportion of the submitted applications for ASP that are still undergoing evaluation are reported as by entities outside of the US, exchange rate fluctuations ought to be taken into consideration when assessing eligibility based on the earlier-set fixed USD$5 million threshold. Further, I am comfortable with Org's analysis and proposal that the buffer be set at 15%. Kind regards, Justine On Tue, 5 May 2026 at 22:40, Jared Erwin via Gnso-spirt < gnso-spirt@icann.org> wrote:
Dear SPIRT Members,
Apologies, please use this version attached. The previous version had an incorrect link to the SARP Eval Guide.
Thank you
Jared
*From: *Jared Erwin <jared.erwin@icann.org> *Date: *Monday, May 4, 2026 at 11:29 *To: *"gnso-spirt@icann.org" <gnso-spirt@icann.org> *Cc: *Kristy Buckley <kristy.buckley@icann.org>, Samantha Mancia < samantha.mancia@icann.org> *Subject: *SPIRT Notification re ASP Financial Need Eligibility Criteria
Dear SPIRT Members,
On behalf of the Applicant Support Program (ASP) team, please find attached a notification for a proposed solution regarding the ASP Financial Need Eligibility Criteria.
As requested in the paper, please provide guidance within 7 calendar days, including whether the SPIRT believes additional time is needed to come to an agreement on the proposed solution.
ICANN requests that the SPIRT provide any feedback on list by 11 May 2026.
Thank you,
Jared
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Jared Erwin
Senior Director, New gTLD Program
ICANN
jared.erwin@icann.org
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