[PC-NCSG] Fwd: New gTLD Auction Proceeds

[Sam Lanfranco]

Ed,

I will present an endowment model with grant competitions, as a starting 
point and "strawman" (/strawwoman for gender equity here/), to focus the 
debate.  It pivots around three pillers: ICANN's commitment to the 
public interest in its remit (/with a splash of fiduciary responsibility 
tossed in/); the notion that the gTLD private auction option mean that 
ICANN auction revenues do not return to the private sector; and ICANN 
has no more competencies in administering grants competitions than it 
does in administering auctions, so administration of the 
endowment/grants process should be handled by a competent sister 
organization as opposed to building structures within ICANN. ICANN 
community involvement would remain central to the grants focus and 
awards process.

That both leaves lots of questions (grants for what, composition of 
evaluation panels, etc.) and presents lightening rods and strawpeople, 
to focus the starting wider discussion that follows. Where it all goes 
is hard to predict. What is clear here is that ICANN policy staff should 
play a supporting role in something led by the constituencies. The role 
played by the ICANN Board and staff in the current .Africa mess is a 
painful lesson here.

Sam

On 25/07/2015 7:51 AM, Edward Morris wrote:
> Sam,
>
> Personally I'd be very interested in your take on the matter. I'm not a big fan of the direction things appear to be heading. I really regret agreeing to empower a CCWG to handle this.
>
> Thanks for your hard work.
>
> Best,
>
> Ed
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jul 25, 2015, at 12:47 PM, Sam Lanfranco <lanfran at yorku.ca> wrote:
>>
>> Avri,
>>
>> Got it. I will take a kick at that can.
>> At worst it gets filed in the round filing cabinet
>> on the floor by the desk.
>>
>> Sam
>>
>>> On 25/07/2015 1:46 AM, Avri Doria wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> No need to sit on your hands if you do not wish to.
>>>
>>> We are always empowered to write up our own positions and put them forward.
>>>
>>> Go for it.
>>>
>>> avri
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 23-Jul-15 12:21, Sam Lanfranco wrote:
>>>> So we just sit on our hands until the GNSO policy staff produce the
>>>> suggested Discussion Paper? Any expected delivery date?
>>>>
>>>> Sam
>>>>
>>>>> On 2015-07-23 1:40 AM, Rafik Dammak wrote:
>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> some updates about the auctions proceeds. it seems we have to wait
>>>>> till the publication of discussion paper and then we can provide our
>>>>> input.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>>
>>>>> Rafik
>>
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