[Chapter-delegates] ICANN Support for African gTLD applicants

[Sébastien Bachollet]

Hello Joly,
Hello Annalisa,
Hello Olivier,
Dear Chapter delegates,

May I remind you (or inform you?) that a working group is taking care of
that issue globally.
Your support and your involvement (even if we are near the end of the work)
are welcome.

SO/AC [Supporting Organizations / Advisory Committees] New gTLD Applicant
Support Working Group In Nairobi, the ICANN Board invited the community to
suggest suitable ways to provide support for New gTLD applicants, see
http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-12mar10-en.htm#20.
The GNSO Council has since resolved to launch a Working Group to address
this matter, see http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#201004, inviting all
interested ICANN SOs and ACs to join in the effort.

The mailing list public archives can be viewed at:
http://forum.icann.org/lists/soac-newgtldapsup-wg

The Wiki Pages, to which you have also been added, are found at:
https://st.icann.org/so-ac-new-gtld-wg/

Working Group Guidelines:
http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/proposed-working-group-guidelines-05fe
b09-en.pdf

All the best

Sébastien Bachollet
sebastien at bachollet.com
+33 6 07 66 89 33


> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org [mailto:chapter-
> delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org] De la part de Olivier MJ Crepin-
> Leblond
> Envoyé : mardi 13 juillet 2010 09:17
> À : Joly MacFie
> Cc : ISOC Chapter Delegates; icann at isoc-ny.org
> Objet : Re: [Chapter-delegates] ICANN Support for African gTLD
> applicants
> 
> Hello Joly,
> Hello Annalisa,
> 
> why restrict it to a specific continent, bearing in mind some African
> countries have a much higher GDP per capita than others?
> 
> I would have suggested this to be non-geographic and based on GDP per
> capita or some other metric showing mean individual wealth level. In
> this way, developing countries elsewhere would also qualify.
> 
> Warm regards,
> 
> Olivier
> 
> Le 13/07/2010 08:40, Joly MacFie a écrit :
> > At the North American Regional At-Large Organization (NARALO)
> > teleconference yesterday Annalisa Rogers of ISOC-SF raised the topic
> > of the statement of the African ICANN community at ICANN38 in
> > Brussels.  It asks for support of African gTLD applicants, mainly
> > civil society, NGOs and non for profit organizations, but also for
> > entrepreneurs, given the developing state of the continent's digital
> > economy.
> > http://www.atlarge.icann.org/announcements/announcement-24jun10-
> en.htm
> >
> > Specifically the support to be provided to applicants of new gTLDs in
> > Africa should include, but not be limited to the following:
> >
> > *Financial, by reducing the application and the on-going fees
> > ** Waiving the cost of Program Development ($26k).
> > ** Waiving the Risk/Contingency cost ($60k).
> > ** Lowering the application cost ($100k)    (from $185k)
> > ** Waiving the Registry fixed fees ($25k per calendar year), and
> > charge the Registry-Level Transaction Fee only ($0.25 per domain name
> > registration or renewal).
> > ** The reduced cost to be paid incrementally, which will give the
> > African applicants more time to raise money, and investors will be
> > more encouraged to fund an application that passes the initial
> > evaluation.
> >
> > *Linguistic, by translating all the application documents, especially
> > the Applicant Guidebook, in the six UN languages
> >
> > *Legal, by assisting the applicants in preparing their applications
> properly.
> >
> > *Technical, by
> > ** helping the applicants to define the infrastructure options,
> > ** addressing the issue of infrastructure problems in some African
> > countries; such as IPV6, internet connectivity etc.
> >
> > Annalisa is drafting a statement of support on behalf of NARALO.
> >
> > I am thinking this is something that many chapters might want to
> > support 1) individually, 2) through their local At-Large
> > Organizations, and 3) by lobbying their local representatives on the
> > ICANN Government Advisory Committee (GAC).
> >
> > Annallisa, please circulate the wording of your support letter here
> when ready.
> >
> > joly
> >
> >
> 
> --
> Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
> http://www.gih.com/ocl.html
> 
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