I support. On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Konstantinos Komaitis < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Yeap – JAS will be briefly discussed at the NCUC constituency day and I > would like to encourage NCUC members to endorse this statement. I would also > like to encourage this statement to be submitted as an NCSG position – it is > a very important issue and many hours have been logged on by both Rafik and > Avri in order to make sure that support is provided to applicants from > developing countries. > > Thanks > > KK > > From: Rafik Dammak <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> > Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:04:56 +0100 > To: Konstantinos Komaitis <[log in to unmask]<mailto: > [log in to unmask]>> > Cc: "[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>" > <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> > Subject: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] draft agenda for NCUC constituency day in > Dakar!! > > Hi Konstantinos, > > I would like to ask an item for the agenda regarding JAS, it will be topic > for the public forum (and board is expected to make decision about the JAS > final report). ALAC is planning to make statement too. thanks to Avri for > works done on the proposed statement. > > Rafik > > ******************************************************************* > > The NCUC wishes to congratulate the JAS WG on the recommendations it has > made to enable the new gTLD program to become one that gives a fair chance > to the developing world. As the NCUC, we have been arguing for policies in > support of fairness since the time when the new gTLD policy was first being > discussed in the GNSO and have continued this by active participation in the > JAS WG, including having members serve as the JAS WG co-chair. We are > heartened to see that this effort is now being championed by the GAC and the > ALAC and want to once again lend our voice to the call for fairness. > > We encourage the Board to approve all of the measures in the JAS report, > and wish to single out a few that we believe need immediate approval and > implementation. Without question, the fee reduction as recommend in the JAS > report, where all qualified development economy applicants pay a reduced fee > of $47, 000 USD, is necessary if the new gTLD program is to be considered > fair. Even charging development economy applicants $47,000 USD will be a > challenge, but we understand the need for applicants to have some degree of > financial stake in the application. To require more would exclude these > applicants from any chance of making an application in this round. We > accept the arguments as given in the JAS recommendations that making these > fee reduction is consistent with the policy recommendation of the GNSO and > accept the proposals offered in that document of ways in which the reserve > fund portion of the collected fees and the expectation of auction funds can > be used to satisfy the requirements for a self funding new gTLD application > process > > We also support the suggestion in the report, as well as suggestions made > by others that the continuity instrument required by applicants need to be > made more affordable for the development economy applicant. The > requirements in the current Application Guidebook, will be incredibly > difficult for regular applicants would be a complete barrier to any > applicant from a developing economy. This needs immediate redress. > > Finally we urge the Board to accept the proposal in the JAS recommendation > for a Board organized working group to create an ICANN Foundation that would > as its first goal be able to raise and distribute funds to assist developing > economies in meeting the other expenses of creating registries to serve the > populations of the world's developing economies. We appreciate the seed > funds offered by the ICANN Board and encourage those who have financially > benefited so greatly from domain name industry and from their involvement > with ICANN to contribute generously to build on this seed once the > Foundation is created. In the meantime we encourage all those who can, to > publicly pledge to such a fund in anticipation of its creation. > > > > > > 2011/10/20 Konstantinos Komaitis <[log in to unmask]<mailto: > [log in to unmask]>> > Dear all, > > In preparation for the constituency day (Tuesday, October 25, 2011)in > Dakar, find below a draft agenda. Please suggest topics and/or issues that > you would like us to discuss during the NCUC meeting. > > Thank you > > KK > > Proposed Agenda for NCUC > > > 1. Membership issues > > 2. Policy issues (WHOIS, UDRP, Outreach Task Force WG, domain name > takedowns etc.) > > 3. Forthcoming NCUC elections (Chair and NCUC EC) > > 4. Constituency relations > > 5. Updates from NCUC Councillors > > 6. Policy strategy and goals. > > PS: I will be posting the dial in details in the website within the next > few days. > > Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis, > > Senior Lecturer, > Director of Postgraduate Instructional Courses > Director of LLM Information Technology and Telecommunications Law > University of Strathclyde, > The Law School, > Graham Hills building, > 50 George Street, Glasgow G1 1BA > UK > tel: +44 (0)141 548 4306<tel:%2B44%20%280%29141%20548%204306> > > http://www.routledgemedia.com/books/The-Current-State-of-Domain-Name-Regulation-isbn9780415477765 > Selected publications: > http://hq.ssrn.com/submissions/MyPapers.cfm?partid=501038 > Website: www.komaitis.org<http://www.komaitis.org> > > >