October 2024 - Subpro-irt-asp

Webinar just concluded on the next round that the ASP Program
by Anne ICANN Nov. 9, 2024

Nov. 9, 2024

Marika and Lars, Although Chris Mondini seemed to say that training for potential applicants re risks and costs of running a TLD is outside ICANN's area of responsibility and somehow outside of the GGP guidance on outreach, the fact is that only ICANN is primarily responsible for financial and technical evaluations and these are big hurdles in the process. (Sorry I don't have Chris' email.) Recommendation 17.2 contemplates training and counselors. This should not be postponed and laid on the private sector only. At the very least, potential ASP candidates should be alerted to requirements for Financial Evaluation, RSP Evaluation (or working with a pre-approved RSP), and technical evaluations before they take all the time and trouble to apply for the program. Again, ICANN should not be risking a bunch of withdrawn ASP evaluations once these organizations understand the complexities. I don't see why ICANN cannot prepare a webinar that would cover these topics (as well as eligibility) and link that webinar to the invitation to apply for the program that opens November 19. Please don't skip this important step. I am a big fan of ASP and do not want to see it fail in any respect, including withdrawn applications for ASP qualification. Anne Anne Aikman-Scalese GNSO Councilor NomCom Non-Voting 2022-2026 anneicanngnso(a)gmail.com

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SubPro-IRT invitation to GDS reception in Istanbul | 11 November 2024, 17:30-19:00 IST
by Next Round Policy Implementation Oct. 29, 2024

Oct. 29, 2024

Dear IRT members, As we are preparing for the ICANN81 public meeting in Istanbul, we are conscious of the large amount of work ICANN collectively is handling. We’d like to express our continued appreciation for the support you provide in particular to the policy implementation work underway with the Global Domains & Strategy (GDS) function. Your work is enabling several key achievements, including the rollout of the Registration Data Policy, the coming opening of Applicant Support and Registry Service Provider evaluation aspects of the New gTLD Program: Next Round, and others. The GDS team invites you to join us for a small reception on Monday, 11 November from 17:30 to 19:00 local time at the conference venue in Istanbul. For reference, travel time from the venue to the host reception scheduled from 18:30 to 21:00 at the Atatürk Cultural Centre is a 15-minute walk. GDS and other team members who are supporting the meeting on the ground in Istanbul will be pleased to see you there. We’ll have some light food and drinks available, and will especially value the time to catch up and to thank the many Implementation Review Team (IRT) members for their continued support this year on a number of complex and important issues. Sincerely, Theresa Swinehart ICANN SVP, Global Domains & Strategy

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Forthcoming materials on ASP
by Kristy Buckley Oct. 25, 2024

Oct. 25, 2024

Greetings ASP-IRT colleagues, We are excited to share that some additional ASP applicant readiness materials are being prepared by the Next Round readiness team. These include an ASP Applicant Quick Start Guide and an ASP Applicant Checklist--anticipated to be published in the coming days. You may also hear about these from the Readiness team during the Prep Week Session next week. We wanted to give you a heads up that these are in the works and coming soon. Kind regards, Kristy

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