<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi,<br><br></div>Money should not be the last resort for resolution.<br><br></div>Eranga.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Avri Doria <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:avri@acm.org" target="_blank">avri@acm.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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On 05-Jun-14 09:25, William Drake wrote:<br>
> Economists love auctions and they do raise cash, but one wonders how<br>
> suitable this procedure will be if we ever have contestation involving<br>
> less well resourced applicants from developing countries, civil society,<br>
> etc…<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>deep pockets win.<br>
communities lose<br>
<br>
but no one in power at ICANN cares about communities<br>
<br>
and if there had been applicants from developing countries or , they<br>
would also lose<br>
<br>
and no one in power at ICANN cares about developing economies.<br>
<br>
avri<br>
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<br>
> Bill<br>
><br>
>> <a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-3-04jun14-en" target="_blank">http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-3-04jun14-en</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Results of the First New gTLD Auction<br>
>><br>
>> On 4 June 2014 ICANN through its authorized auction services provider,<br>
</div>>> Power Auctions LLC <<a href="http://www.powerauctions.com/" target="_blank">http://www.powerauctions.com/</a>>, completed the<br>
<div class="">>> first auction to resolve a contention set for a new generic Top-level<br>
>> Domain (gTLD) string. Contention sets are groups of applications for<br>
>> identical or confusingly similar strings.<br>
>> Two applicants, Afilias Limited and Beijing Tele-info Network<br>
>> Technology Co., LTD. applied for the gTLD 信息, (xn--vuq861b), which<br>
>> is a Chinese Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) for "information" or<br>
>> "info." These two applicants were unable to resolve the contention set<br>
>> between themselves, and thus proceeded to an auction, which is the<br>
>> method of last resort to resolve string contentions as prescribed in<br>
>> Module 4 of the Applicant Guidebook. Beijing Tele-info Network<br>
>> Technology Co., LTD. prevailed in the auction for the winning price of<br>
>> $600,000. Additional bidding information is available in the auction<br>
>> report<br>
</div>>> <<a href="http://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/tlds/xn--vuq861b/xn--vuq861b-auction-results-04jun14-en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/tlds/xn--vuq861b/xn--vuq861b-auction-results-04jun14-en.pdf</a>><br>
<div class="">>> [PDF, 225 KB]. Subject to payment of the Winning Price and meeting all<br>
>> other criteria for eligibility, the winner will begin the contracting<br>
>> process to sign a Registry Agreement to operate the 信息,<br>
>> (xn--vuq861b) gTLD.<br>
>> This was the first auction for the New gTLD program. Subsequent<br>
>> auctions are scheduled<br>
</div>>> <<a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/auctions/schedule-29may14-en.pdf" target="_blank">http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/auctions/schedule-29may14-en.pdf</a>><br>
<div class="">>> [PDF, 306 KB] to occur on a monthly basis throughout 2014 and into<br>
>> early 2015. The auction events are designed to accommodate resolving<br>
>> multiple contention sets simultaneously.<br>
>> For more information on Auctions visit<br>
>> <a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/auctions" target="_blank">http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/auctions</a>.<br>
>> To view the current contention set status visit:<br>
>> <a href="https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/stringcontentionstatus" target="_blank">https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/stringcontentionstatus</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> David A. Olive<br>
>> Vice President, Policy Development Support<br>
>> General Manager, ICANN Regional Headquarters –Istanbul<br>
>> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)<br>
>><br>
>> Direct Line: <a href="tel:%2B90.212.381.8727" value="+902123818727">+90.212.381.8727</a><br>
>> Mobile: <a href="tel:%2B%201.%20202.341.3611" value="+12023413611">+ 1. 202.341.3611</a><br>
</div>>> Email: <a href="mailto:david.olive@icann.org">david.olive@icann.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:david.olive@icann.org">david.olive@icann.org</a>><br>
>> <a href="http://www.icann.org" target="_blank">www.icann.org</a> <<a href="http://www.icann.org" target="_blank">http://www.icann.org</a>><br>
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