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On 10/22/2011 10:26 AM, Hakikur Rahman wrote:
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I support.<br>
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At 14:50 22-10-2011, Alex Gakuru wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" class="cite" cite="">I support.<br>
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On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Konstantinos Komaitis
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> wrote:<br>
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<dd>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.<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>Thanks<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>KK<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>From: Rafik Dammak
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<dd>Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:04:56 +0100<br>
</dd>
<dd>To: Konstantinos Komaitis
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<dd>Cc:
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<dd>Subject: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] draft agenda for NCUC
constituency day in
Dakar!!<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>Hi Konstantinos,<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>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.<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>Rafik<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>
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<br>
</dd>
<dd>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.<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>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<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>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.<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>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.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>2011/10/20 Konstantinos Komaitis
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<dd>Dear all,<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>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.<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>Thank you<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>KK<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>Proposed Agenda for NCUC<br>
<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>1. Membership
issues<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>2. Policy issues (WHOIS, UDRP,
Outreach Task Force WG, domain name takedowns etc.)<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>3. Forthcoming NCUC elections
(Chair and NCUC EC)<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>4. Constituency relations<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>5. Updates from NCUC
Councillors<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>6. Policy strategy and goals.<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>PS: I will be posting the dial in details in the website
within the
next few days.<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis,<br>
<br>
</dd>
<dd>Senior Lecturer,<br>
</dd>
<dd>Director of Postgraduate Instructional Courses<br>
</dd>
<dd>Director of LLM Information Technology and
Telecommunications
Law<br>
</dd>
<dd>University of Strathclyde,<br>
</dd>
<dd>The Law School,<br>
</dd>
<dd>Graham Hills building,<br>
</dd>
<dd>50 George Street, Glasgow G1 1BA<br>
</dd>
<dd>UK<br>
</dd>
<dd>tel: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="tel:%2B44%20%280%29141%20548%204306">+44 (0)141 548
4306</a><tel:%2B44%20%280%29141%20548%204306><br>
</dd>
<dd>
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<br>
</dd>
<dd>Selected publications:
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http://hq.ssrn.com/submissions/MyPapers.cfm?partid=501038</a><br>
</dd>
<dd>Website:
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