[AFRI-Discuss] ICANN Seeks Volunteers

[ICANN At-Large Staff]

>
> February 7, 2012
>
>Volunteers Sought to Help Evaluate Generic Top-Level Domain Applicants
>Seeking Financial Support
>New Panel Will Help Expand Internet¹s Reach
>                  
>http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-3-03feb12-en.htm
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> 
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>Marina del Rey, CaliforniaŠ The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
>and
>Numbers (ICANN) is seeking volunteers who will assist in the evaluation of
>those organizations seeking financial support to apply for a new generic
>Top-Level Domain (gTLD).
>
>³These volunteers will be key to ICANN¹s effort to assure that the
>less-developed parts of the world are able to participate in the new
>Domain
>name program,² said Kurt Pritz, Senior Vice President. ³The panel members
>will make a real impact in ensuring that the opportunities for innovation
>and economic development created by the Internet are open to everyone.²
>
>The volunteers will be chosen for their background and experience in areas
>such as running a small business, operating in developing economies,
>analyzing business plans, serving in the public interest, managing a
>domain
>name registry service, or awarding grants.
>
>The financial assistance component of the Applicant Support Program
>offers a
>limited number of qualifying applicants the opportunity to pay a reduced
>evaluation fee of $47,000 instead of the full evaluation fee of $185,000.
>
>The selected volunteers will assist in the evaluation of financial support
>applicants in the context of established public interest, financial
>capabilities and financial need criteria as outlined in the ³Financial
>Assistance Handbook
><http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/candidate-support/financial-assis
>ta
>nce-handbook-11jan12-en.pdf> .²
>
>Those who are interested in applying, should review the criteria, time
>commitment and other expectations, which are detailed here:
>http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/candidate-support/sarp-eoi-request
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>3feb12-en.pdf
>
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>* To learn more about the Applicant Support Program, go here:
>http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/candidate-support.
>* To read the New gTLD Financial Assistance Handbook, go here:
>http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/candidate-support/financial-assist
>an
>ce-handbook-11jan12-en.pdf
>* To learn more about the New gTLD program, go here:
>http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/program/materials
>
>***********************
>Regards,
>
>
>
>Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber and Nathalie
>Peregrine
>ICANN At-Large Staff
>E-mail: staff at atlarge.icann.org