<div><div dir="auto">Thanks Judith</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I am not really happy that they touch the grant funds. That was supposed to go to research … </div></div><div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Farzaneh </font></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 1:11 PM Judith Hellerstein <<a href="mailto:judith@jhellerstein.com" target="_blank">judith@jhellerstein.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="auto">Hi Farzi <div>It is my understanding that the money is coming from auction proceeds and not from the icann reserve funds.</div><div><br></div><div> I agree we shouldn’t take money from the reserve funds. As I was told when I asked Xavier the money was taken from auction proceeds because they cannot use other funds to pay for the next round. At Large is planning to ask whether they will be putting the money back if there are extra funds ir if these funds are not used <br id="m_6709880558628318736m_-5560918838651689993lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Judith</div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone<div>Mobile and What’s app: +12023336517</div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Apr 14, 2026, at 12:40 AM, farzaneh badii <<a href="mailto:00001deb507b73c5-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu" target="_blank">00001deb507b73c5-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">Hi Rafik</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We didn’t get to provide input on this, I was hoping we could just bring it up with the CEO to tell the Board: <div style="font-size:inherit"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/icann-board-seeks-input-on-additional-funds-for-2026-round-applicant-support-program-06-04-2026-en" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/icann-board-seeks-input-on-additional-funds-for-2026-round-applicant-support-program-06-04-2026-en</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div>Basically providing additional fund is something we support for new gtld application but ICANN reserve funds is not the pot of money to touch for operational matters. How did they come up with that decision? How can we prevent them from tapping into the reserve funds which is not for operational matters in the future. And it’s not little money and there is no plan to put it back from other sources at later stage. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best regards <br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Farzaneh </font></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 2:04 AM Rafik Dammak <<a href="mailto:00001e06d4af460b-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu" target="_blank">00001e06d4af460b-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>hi all,</div><div><br></div><div>The meeting with the CEO was rescheduled to next week. Please share your questions/topics you want us to bring to the call.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Rafik</div></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le sam. 4 avr. 2026 à 06:39, Rafik Dammak <<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com" target="_blank">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="auto">Hi all,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Juan, Wisdom and I will have in coming days call with ICANN CEO. We are asking for topics and questions we should bring to the call. Please let us know. We should prepare by 10th April.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Rafik </div></div>
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