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</head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">Judith, I feel it is important to get the feeling of At-Large. What others feel is not the issue here. It is not unusual for us to have a different view. Occasionally we actually convince others to follow us and not the other way around.<br>
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The IANA transition is one such case. And the accountability measures. <br>
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Alan<br>
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Sent from my mobile. Please excuse brevity and typos.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On October 24, 2017 11:04:20 PM EDT, Judith Hellerstein <judith@jhellerstein.com> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<p>HI Alan,</p>
<p>Thanks for beginning this conversation and I look forward to the
discussion. What Alan has left out is that there was a survey
done of all the members and the participants about what types of
activity could possibly receive money from Auction Proceeds. We
heard several presentations by Xavier and his team and by Samantha
Eisner to give everyone a better understanding of the situation.
While the survey showed that putting money back in the reserve
fund is an option, however, it scored much lower than other
options such as Capacity building and training activities.
Moreover, while people thought that the reserve fund could be an
option, the feeling was that it should be under 10%. There were a
number or arguments that ICANN should use other money to replenish
the reserve and that this money should not be used to do this.
Others thought that the reserve fund could be a possibility but
thought it should be 5% and not 20%.</p>
<p>Currently the group is reviewing types of categories and capacity
building activities that could be candidate for the proceeds and
are also within the ICANN bylaws and mission. We also came up with
a preamble of what we mean by the Open Internet and now will be
focusing on compiling a list of possible mechanisms that could be
considered by CCWG guided by a frame work of several different
approaches for managing the money. 1) have the personnel and staff
to be part of ICANN.org,
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responsibility for solicitation and evaluation of proposals, and
disbursement process, in accordance with the recommendations of
the CCWG) 2) a Hybrid organization, this would be one where
Proceeds Allocation Department Created as part of ICANN Org which
would work in collaboration with an existing charitable
organization (Responsibilities for solicitation and evaluation of
proposals, and disbursement process would be split between the
newly created department and the existing charitable
organizations) 3)A new structure would be created outside of ICANN
Org which would be responsible for solicitation and evaluation of
proposals, and disbursement process, in accordance with the
recommendations of the CCWG.4) An established entity / entities
(e.g. foundation or fund) would be responsible for solicitation
and evaluation of proposals, and disbursement process, in
accordance with the recommendations of the CCWG.</p>
<p>Looking forward to seeing everyone soon</p>
<p>Judith<br />
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/24/2017 9:05 PM, Alan Greenberg
wrote:<br />
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<blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:cea88649-0891-4d56-97dd-073f4e53ef38@EXHUB2010-3.campus.MCGILL.CA">Thanks
Leon, and thank you for starting the discussion via e-mail.
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The ongoing replenishment (or growth) is, in my mind, a given, and
hopefully that message will be clear from the public comment.
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For the auction funds, I would tend to limit any contribution to
perhaps 20% if we have the full $235m, and of course less if we
have a smaller amount. My rationale is rather self-serving in that
if we do not get such a contribution, there will be a big draw on
annual budgets for some years to come to get up to a reasonable
level, and that will put great pressure on operational budgets and
the AC/SO budgets which are perhaps more vulnerable.
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Alan
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At 24/10/2017 07:31 PM, León Felipe Sánchez AmbÃa wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">Thanks Alan,
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I believe that replenishing the reserve fund at least in the
same amount to that spent in the transition should be supported
by us all.
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We should also be asking the ICANN Org on a plan to continue
this replenishment until it reaches its desired/planned level.
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My 2 cents
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Leon
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Enviado desde mi iPhone
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El oct. 25, 2017, a la(s) 2:07 a. m., Alan Greenberg
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca"><alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca></a> escribió:
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> This is a briefing note in preparation for the discussion
in AbuDhabi current scheduled for 9:30 am, local time, on
Sunday.
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> As is common for non-profit organizations, and particularly
ones where their income or expenses might be subject to
unexpected fluctuations, ICANN maintains a "Reserve Fund" to
allow it to cover unexpected expenses or below expectations
income. Currently the target for the fund is one year's regular
expenses, but due to unexpected expenses (primarily associated
with the IANA transition and accountability exercise), it is
below that. There is an open Public Comment where you can find
out more about the fund - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://community.icann.org/x/GJNEB">https://community.icann.org/x/GJNEB</a>.
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> It has been suggested that some portion of the proceeds of
the new gTLD Auctions (currently about $235m, although there is
some chance it could be as low as $105m) be used to help build
back the reserve.
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> Excluding this possibility, the target use of the Auction
Funds will be projects that are aligned with ICANN's mission and
enhance the Internet (wording still under debate).
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> This brief discussion will be to solicit thoughts on
whether this would be a good idea or not.
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> Alan
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