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I support.<br><br>
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At 14:50 22-10-2011, Alex Gakuru wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">I support.<br><br>
On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Konstantinos Komaitis
<<a href="mailto:k.komaitis@strath.ac.uk">k.komaitis@strath.ac.uk</a>
> 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>Thanks<br><br>
<dd>KK<br><br>
<dd>From: Rafik Dammak
<<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@GMAIL.COM">rafik.dammak@GMAIL.COM</a>
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<dd>Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:04:56 +0100<br>
<dd>To: Konstantinos Komaitis
<<a href="mailto:k.komaitis@strath.ac.uk">k.komaitis@strath.ac.uk</a>
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<dd>Cc:
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NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a>
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mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a>>"
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NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a>
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<dd>Subject: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] draft agenda for NCUC constituency day in
Dakar!!<br><br>
<dd>Hi Konstantinos,<br><br>
<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>Rafik<br><br>
<dd>
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<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>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>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>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>2011/10/20 Konstantinos Komaitis
<<a href="mailto:k.komaitis@strath.ac.uk">k.komaitis@strath.ac.uk</a>
<<a href="mailto:k.komaitis@strath.ac.uk" eudora="autourl">
mailto:k.komaitis@strath.ac.uk</a>>><br>
<dd>Dear all,<br><br>
<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>Thank you<br><br>
<dd>KK<br><br>
<dd>Proposed Agenda for NCUC<br><br>
<br>
<dd>1. Membership
issues<br><br>
<dd>2. Policy issues (WHOIS, UDRP,
Outreach Task Force WG, domain name takedowns etc.)<br><br>
<dd>3. Forthcoming NCUC elections
(Chair and NCUC EC)<br><br>
<dd>4. Constituency relations<br><br>
<dd>5. Updates from NCUC
Councillors<br><br>
<dd>6. Policy strategy and goals.<br><br>
<dd>PS: I will be posting the dial in details in the website within the
next few days.<br><br>
<dd>Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis,<br><br>
<dd>Senior Lecturer,<br>
<dd>Director of Postgraduate Instructional Courses<br>
<dd>Director of LLM Information Technology and Telecommunications
Law<br>
<dd>University of Strathclyde,<br>
<dd>The Law School,<br>
<dd>Graham Hills building,<br>
<dd>50 George Street, Glasgow G1 1BA<br>
<dd>UK<br>
<dd>tel: <a href="tel:%2B44%20%280%29141%20548%204306">+44 (0)141 548
4306</a><tel:%2B44%20%280%29141%20548%204306><br>
<dd>
<a href="http://www.routledgemedia.com/books/The-Current-State-of-Domain-Name-Regulation-isbn9780415477765">
http://www.routledgemedia.com/books/The-Current-State-of-Domain-Name-Regulation-isbn9780415477765</a>
<br>
<dd>Selected publications:
<a href="http://hq.ssrn.com/submissions/MyPapers.cfm?partid=501038">
http://hq.ssrn.com/submissions/MyPapers.cfm?partid=501038</a><br>
<dd>Website:
<a href="http://www.komaitis.org">www.komaitis.org</a>
<<a href="http://www.komaitis.org/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.komaitis.org</a>><br><br>
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