Dec. 18, 2014
5:48 a.m.
How long that will continue/last will be a question to answer in near future. Cheers! sent from Google nexus 4 kindly excuse brevity and typos. On 18 Dec 2014 02:02, "Carlton Samuels" <carlton.samuels@gmail.com> wrote: > The money pile grows... > > -Carlton > > ============================== > Carlton A Samuels > Mobile: 876-818-1799 > *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* > ============================= > > > [image: ICANN] <http://www.icann.org/> News Alert > > https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2014-12-17-en > ------------------------------ > Results Available for 17 December 2014 New gTLD Program Auction > > 17 December 2014 > > On 17 December 2014, Power Auctions LLC <http://www.powerauctions.com/>, > ICANN's authorized auction service provider, conducted a New gTLD Program > Auction to resolve string contention for two new generic top-level domain > (gTLD) strings: .BABY and .MLS. Applicants for these strings were unable to > resolve contention among themselves; thus their contention sets proceeded > to auction, which is the method of last resort to resolve string contention > as prescribed in Module 4 of the New gTLD Program Applicant Guidebook > <http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb>. Subject to payment of the > winning price and meeting all other criteria for eligibility, the winner > will enter ICANN's contracting process to sign a Registry Agreement to > operate the respective gTLD. > > Six applicants participated in the auction for .BABY. Johnson & Johnson > Services Inc. prevailed with a winning price of $3,088,888. > > Two applicants participated in the auction for MLS. The Canadian Real > Estate Association prevailed with a winning price of $3,359,000. > > All proceeds from the Auction are being segregated and withheld from use > until ICANN's Board of Directors define a plan for an appropriate use of > the funds through consultation with the community. > More Information > > - Auction Results webpage > < > https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/auctionresults > >: > Auction reports on this page on the New gTLD Microsite provide > additional > information on bidding. > - Auction proceeds and costs > <http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/auctions/proceeds>: A detailed > summary of the proceeds and costs of all auctions conducted through > November 2014. This information is updated at the end of each month. > - Auctions schedule > < > http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/auctions/schedule-12dec14-en.pdf> > [PDF, 253 KB]: Subsequent auctions are scheduled to occur on a monthly > basis throughout 2014 and into early 2015. Auction events are intended > to > resolve multiple contention sets simultaneously. > - General New gTLD Program Auctions > <http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/auctions> information. > _______________________________________________ > At-Large mailing list > At-Large@atlarge-lists.icann.org > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large > > At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org >