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2011-08-04-JAS-1
GAC Advice
2011-08-04-JAS-1
N/A
Consensus met
2011-08-04-JAS-1
Date/Source Document
4 August 2011
Communication
ICANN must now move forward quickly to support the JAS-WG in the finalization of the Second Milestone Report and the complete implementation of all its recommendations as soon as practicable so as to allow potential applicants sufficient time to prepare for the round. . It is therefore a matter of urgency that ICANN commits the necessary legal, authoring and logistical resources required to support this work including the early publication of a universally accessible “Needs-Assessed Applicant Guidebook”.
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- The GAC and ALAC believe that local and regional governments, as well as public-private partnerships, should remain eligible if they meet the positive criteria elements as listed in 3.1 and 3.2. The reference in Part 3.3 that disqualifies consideration of applicants who are “from a governmental or parastatal applicant” should therefore be significantly narrowed to exclude only national governments.
- The previous GAC advice recommending a reduced gTLD application fee of approximately 7,000 should be implemented, including for applications designed to create a string in multiple IDN scripts.
- The seed funding of million should be offered to qualifying needs-assessed applicants to assist with the costs of non-ICANN-related expenses which could include startup services and technical assistance.
- ICANN needs to develop and/or collate a set of best practices that would enable qualifying needs assessed applicants to reduce costs and time in the application process and implementation steps. Such best practices could include application templates, encouragement to applicants to collaborate where appropriate, and assistance in the definition of continuity instruments.
- Support for qualified applicants should include technical support and the transfer of capacity building skills in various key areas, including IPv6 capability.
In addition to the above recommendations from the JAS-WG work, the GAC and ALAC advise that the Board undertake the following policy initiatives, designed specifically to address the requirements of qualifying needs-assessed applicants:
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- allowing an additional option to the continuity instruments that would enable pooling of resources as well as providing applicants with the option to designate their intended successor operator, thereby reducing ongoing costs;
- lowering fees for qualifying needs-assessed applicants for a string in multiple IDN scripts,particularly where simultaneous IDNs are required in countries of great linguistic diversity.
Date/Source Document
4 August 2011
Communication
ICANN must now move forward quickly to support the JAS-WG in the finalization of the Second Milestone Report and the complete implementation of all its recommendations as soon as practicable so as to allow potential applicants sufficient time to prepare for the round. . It is therefore a matter of urgency that ICANN commits the necessary legal, authoring and logistical resources required to support this work including the early publication of a universally accessible “Needs-Assessed Applicant Guidebook”.
-
- The GAC and ALAC believe that local and regional governments, as well as public-private partnerships, should remain eligible if they meet the positive criteria elements as listed in 3.1 and 3.2. The reference in Part 3.3 that disqualifies consideration of applicants who are “from a governmental or parastatal applicant” should therefore be significantly narrowed to exclude only national governments.
- The previous GAC advice recommending a reduced gTLD application fee of approximately 7,000 should be implemented, including for applications designed to create a string in multiple IDN scripts.
- The seed funding of million should be offered to qualifying needs-assessed applicants to assist with the costs of non-ICANN-related expenses which could include startup services and technical assistance.
- ICANN needs to develop and/or collate a set of best practices that would enable qualifying needs assessed applicants to reduce costs and time in the application process and implementation steps. Such best practices could include application templates, encouragement to applicants to collaborate where appropriate, and assistance in the definition of continuity instruments.
- Support for qualified applicants should include technical support and the transfer of capacity building skills in various key areas, including IPv6 capability.
In addition to the above recommendations from the JAS-WG work, the GAC and ALAC advise that the Board undertake the following policy initiatives, designed specifically to address the requirements of qualifying needs-assessed applicants:
-
- allowing an additional option to the continuity instruments that would enable pooling of resources as well as providing applicants with the option to designate their intended successor operator, thereby reducing ongoing costs;
- lowering fees for qualifying needs-assessed applicants for a string in multiple IDN scripts,particularly where simultaneous IDNs are required in countries of great linguistic diversity.