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<td>Update on the auctions proceeds working group</td>
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<td>Fri, 25 Aug 2017 11:44:37 -0400</td>
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<td>Stephanie Perrin
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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Hi folks, <br>
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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">At the Johannesburg
meeting, we decided that there was enough interest among our
members that we should start a little ad hoc working group
to discuss the work of the auction proceeds group, on which
I am a named member. Anyone who wants to follow the work
can do so, the website at ICANN is here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://community.icann.org/display/CWGONGAP/CCWG+Background+Information"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://community.icann.org/display/CWGONGAP/CCWG+Background+Information</a>.
Non-participatory members are welcome to sign up to the
mailing list </font></font></p>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ntfy-ccwg-auctionproceeds"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ntfy-ccwg-auctionproceeds</a><font
size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">, and you can of course
always listen in to the meetings every other Thursday at 14:00
UTC. I attach the information from the last call, and I am
going to start forwarding the summary of each meeting and the
reminders to this list. SHould anyone on the NCSG list wish
to join the ad hoc group, please contact Rafik Dammak, in cc.<br>
<br>
Progress in the working group is slow. Remember, this group
is not dispensing the money (roughly 234 million USD at this
point), we are tasked with coming up with a framework we can
recommend to the Board. At the moment, we have spent two
meetings debating whether or not ICANN should be able to
replenish the reserve fund by taking some of the auction funds
(estimates vary between 50 and 80 million dollars as a
proposed figure. I am not sympathetic to that request, I
think it is a bad and unethical accounting practice to treat
these funds as a kind of slush fund. I voted against it in a
doodle poll held a week or so ago, but the issue is certainly
not dead yet, so please if you disagree let me know. <br>
Happy to answer any questions you might have.<br>
<br>
Stephanie Perrin<br>
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all,</span></p>
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font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">There
will be a CCWG New gTLD Auction Proceeds call that will be
held on Thursday, 24 August 2017 at 14:00 UTC for 90 minutes.</span></p>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"
lang="FR">07:00 PDT, 10:00 EDT, 15:00 London, 16:00 CET, 17:00
Istanbul, 22:00 Singapore, 00:00 Melbourne</span></p>
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font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">For
other times: </span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/yc2f4st5"
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moz-do-not-send="true">http://tinyurl.com/yc2f4st5</a></p>
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wiki page: </span></b><a
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moz-do-not-send="true">https://community.icann.org/x/Z2zwAw</a></p>
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