All,

Sending apologies for the call later.  I have a conflicting obligation.  That said, I put comments into the TLD Type document, mostly on the unexpected added fees for Brands and Communities.  These make no sense to me at all.

1.  Brands - We are saying they have to pay for an evaluation to see if they are eligible to get a .brand.  And then it says they have to pay for a Spec. 9 Code of Conduct Exemption as well....even though the Code of Conduct exemption is embedded in Spec 13 (Section 3).  Thus, if they qualify to be a brand TLD, then there is No Need for a separate evaluation OR a separate fee?   Sure, if they fail eligibility, then you can ask the applicant if it wants the Spec 9 evaluation and then it pays for that.  But if it passes eligibility, then no fee and no separate code of conduct evaluation.

2.  Communities - Wow, we are really hitting them hard.  Not only are they going have to pay for the CPE, which can be a good chunk of change, but then we are also going to charge them for the privilege of putting their policies into Spec 12.  Right now, a provision was added that states that after a Community passes CPE, it needs to pay a Registry Commitment Evaluation fee so that ICANN can figure out what can go into Spec 12.