Apropos Public Comments

[Avri Doria]

Hi,

Thanks Bill.

The At-Large New gTLD Wg (ANgWG) is working on a comment.  It can be found at: <https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Comments+on+New+gTLD+Applicant+Support+Program+-+Financial+Assistance>

It differs a bit from the ALAC comment because the ALAC comments was based on a preliminary review and this is based on the ASP as submitted.  The comment also takes into account the recent Applicant Support Program briefing paper submitted to the Board: <http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/board-briefing-materials-3-05jan12-en.pdf>

avri

On 9 Jan 2012, at 08:45, William Drake wrote:

> Rafik
> 
> As you and Avri were our point persons in the JAS and are also both in the ALAC group, might it make sense for you to take a first cut at two paragraphs that summarize your/our main concerns?  If we get something short and sweet by tomorrow hopefully the PC could do a quick turn around on any tweaks and approval/submission….I just got off a plane to a backlog I'm not optimized for channeling your discussions and drafting at the moment, alas…
> 
> Bill
> 
> On Jan 8, 2012, at 7:42 PM, Rafik Dammak wrote:
> 
>> hello,
>> 
>> I do agree with Avri about encouraging more individual NCSG members to send their comments, that will give definitely more weight. I agree about endorsing ALAC statement and coordinating with ALAC on that matter.
>> 
>> Best Regards,
>>  
>> Rafik Dammak
>> @rafik
>> "fight for the users"
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 2012/1/7 Avri Doria <avri at acm.org>
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I think a statement that endorses the ALAC statement, which I just submitted to the comment area, would be a good thing.  And if there are any other points that people want to make that we did not cover, that would be good too.  There is a lot more in the program that we did not comment on because we wanted to hit the major points.
>> 
>> Also any comment from individual NCSG members, especially those from organizations in developing economies from their perspective would be wonderful.  Getting a viable support program from ICANN is an uphill struggle, so any help from the NC world would be helpful.
>> 
>> avri
>> 
>> 
>> On 6 Jan 2012, at 11:30, William Drake wrote:
>> 
>> > Hi Avri
>> >
>> > On Jan 6, 2012, at 9:48 AM, Avri Doria wrote:
>> >
>> >> Is there any intent amongst NCSG, NCUC or NPOC to comment on New gTLD Applicant Support Program: Financial Assistance <http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/new-gtld-applicant-support-handbook-20dec11-en.htm> which ends on 10 January 2012.
>> >
>> > Would be a good thing to do, since NC members spent a lot of juice supporting this effort in Council, JAS, etc.  At the same time, your ALAC group statement seems to cover the main points pretty well, so it's not clear we need a crash push to restate them differently.  Perhaps a one para reiteration of the highlights would suffice to add a little extra wind in the sails?
>> >
>> > BD
>> 
>