2011-04-21 - From the BFC – Approval of Increase Of The Registrar Accreditation Application Fee

• Category:  gTLD
• Topic:  Increase In Registrar Accreditation Application Fee
• Board meeting date: 21 April 2011
• Resolution number: 2011.04.21.10, 2011.04.21.11
• URL for Board minutes/resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-21apr11-en.htm#3
• Status:  Ongoing

Summary

Board approves increase in accreditation application fee and directs staff to conduct a review of the costs associated with the registrar accreditation application process to determine whether current fees cover those costs.

Text

Whereas, in resolution 01.65 the Board approved the charging of an accreditation application fee of USD 2500, without regard to the number of top-level domains for which accreditation is sought, for applications submitted on or after 1 July 2001;

Whereas, since July 2001 no change has been made in that application fee amount;

Whereas, on 22 November 2010 ICANN posted on its website a proposal to complete additional due diligence checks and to increase the accreditation application fee, with a description of the proposed due diligence checks and the reason for increasing the application fee;

Whereas, an online public comment period for the community to submit comments on the proposal, was held;

Whereas, the public comment received was supportive of the proposed enhancements;

RESOLVED (2011.04.21.10), the application fee to be accredited by ICANN as a registrar shall be USD 3,500 for applications submitted on or after 1 July 2011.

RESOLVED (2011.04.21.11) that the Board directs staff to conduct a review of the costs associated with the registrar accreditation application process to determine whether current fees cover those costs.

Implementation Actions

•   Review costs associated with the registrar accreditation application process to determine whether current fees cover those costs.
  • Responsible entity: ICANN Staff 
  • Due date: None provided
  • Completion date: Ongoing

Rationale

The rationale is available at Rationale

Other Related Resolutions

• Resolution 01.65, approving an increase in the registrar application and accreditation fees, available at: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-04jun01.htm 
• Other resolutions TBD. 

Additional Information

• On 22 November 2010, the Board announced a public comment period for proposed changes to ICANN's registrar accreditation evaluation process.  Summarized comments are available at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/registrar-accredit-eval/pdfXMaPZN5Vyj.pdf.
• The resolution does not address funding for the idems identified therein.
  
  

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