draft agenda for NCUC constituency day in Dakar!!

[Alex Gakuru]

I support.

On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Konstantinos Komaitis <
k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk> 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 <rafik.dammak at GMAIL.COM<mailto:rafik.dammak at GMAIL.COM>>
> Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:04:56 +0100
> To: Konstantinos Komaitis <k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk<mailto:
> k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk>>
> Cc: "NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>"
> <NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>>
> 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 <k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk<mailto:
> k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk>>
> 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>
>
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