> On 20 Oct 2016, at 1:06 AM, Ayden Férdeline <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hi all,
> 
> I agree with Bill that we should try to blend questions 1 and 3 together. I would also like to know how the Board envisions the new gTLD contention set auction proceeds being spent... There's now US$240 million "reserved and earmarked until the Board determines a plan for the appropriate use of the funds through consultation with the community". So what's the plan, I wonder? We've been talking about a charter for a CCWG on this topic since at least the Marrakech meeting, maybe longer... There's a lot of cash in there now - would be great to know at a high level how new Board members envision it being allocated. 

	I think we can assume the answer to this question will be ‘the board will do what the CCWG says, and doesn’t want to pre-empt it’. So not sure this question is the best use of our board time. 

	David