Hi all, How about an inclusive approach. If the staff holds steady to a CAN $ 200k evaluation fee, many projects wont see dailight. If you take into consideration the fact that new organizations (profit or not) might be among potential applicants, I agree with Raimundo that ICANN should consider flexibility. A global approach has to match with local actors. I suspect that in many countries, groups of interest perfectly capable of managing a new domain name will not be able to pay the evaluation fee up front. My two cents for tonight Louis Houle ISOC Québec Danny Younger a écrit :
http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-bfc-13jan09.htm
excerpts:
Reviewed comments from community on financial considerations of the new gTLD applicant guidebook (RFP) and responses
General theme of financial-related comments was a desire to lower the evaluation fee and annual registry fee
Proposed staff response is to recognize the complexity of the evaluation process and to take a very conservative approach for the first round of applications, with a review of the fees for the second round.
Staff recommend to hold steady on the US$185k evaluation fee. In relation to the annual registry fees, staff suggests that, if a standard contract is agreed, the recurring annual registry fees can be lowered to $25k plus $0.25 per transaction if over 50k transactions per annum.
Majority of committee in favor of proposed staff approach, but Raimundo Beca disagrees – thinks that the evaluation fee should be reduced to exclude recovery of historical costs, and that the evaluation fees should be collected on a pay as you go basis instead of an up-front with refunds available basis
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