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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体>Besides all the suggestions for fund usage, I would
suggest another way to "use" the money. That is, to REFUND all
the applicants who paid for applying new gTLDs.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体>If I remember correctly, ICANN collected USD $175K per
application, and recognized as a hefty price to pay even by ICANN itself.
This could be a threshold that prevented some or many potential
applications.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体>Thus, to proportionally refund the applicants would be
one of the fairest way to "get rid of" the "extra" funds collected.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体>Meanwhile, in relation to ICANN's mission, I do not
agree anyway to spend this money for the "awareness" or marketing of the new
gTLD program, or of ICANN itself.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体>Thank you.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体>Kaili</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 9pt 宋体">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 9pt 宋体; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=evan@telly.org href="mailto:evan@telly.org">Evan Leibovitch</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 9pt 宋体"><B>To:</B> <A title=at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org
href="mailto:at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org">ICANN At-Large list</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 9pt 宋体"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 13, 2017 6:55 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 9pt 宋体"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [At-Large] Auction Proceeds -
where we are and what you can help</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(11,83,148)"
class=gmail_default>I'm not sure that there's really a disagreement between
Ken and John.</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(11,83,148)"
class=gmail_default><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(11,83,148)"
class=gmail_default>Informing the world of the function of the DNS -- and of
ICANN's crucial role in that piece of infrastructure -- is both within scope
and of high value. There are ways that this can be deployed in ways that don't
constitute vanity and self-aggrandizing.</DIV>
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class=gmail_default><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(11,83,148)"
class=gmail_default>---</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(11,83,148)"
class=gmail_default><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(11,83,148)"
class=gmail_default>Personally I'm a little surprised and disappointed by the
fact nobody in this list, especially my civil society colleagues, are
advocating use of auction proceeds to seed an ongoing endowment for the IGF.
There are many important parts of Internet governance, but ICANN is the only
one of them that attracts so much money and speculative/entrepreneurial
behavior. ICANN could almost overnight render itself one of the global heroes
of the Internet ecosystem if it provided ongoing support of other related bits
such that the IGF could maintain vitality and independence.</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(11,83,148)"
class=gmail_default><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(11,83,148)"
class=gmail_default>Furthermore, it is in ICANN's selfish best interest to
promote multi-stakeholderism throughout the universe of IG. If government
multilateral activity can successfully encroach on the ecosystem due to
weakness/failure of the IGF, then ICANN will surely be a target next.</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(11,83,148)"
class=gmail_default><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(11,83,148)"
class=gmail_default>Just a thought. If ALAC got behind this and the idea
gained broad support, ICANN will find a way to define such action to be within
scope.</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(11,83,148)"
class=gmail_default><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(11,83,148)"
class=gmail_default>(Disclosure: I have never even attended an IGF, so I am
hardly acting in a self-serving manner in proposing this endowment. One
doesn't have to be in the IGF to see its value.)</DIV>
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class=gmail_default><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(11,83,148)"
class=gmail_default>- Evan</DIV>
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class=gmail_default><BR></DIV></DIV>
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