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The '''Cross-Community Working Group on New gTLD Auction Proceeds''' (CCWG-AP) was created to identify processes and mechanisms for allocating the proceeds of [[Auctions of Last Resort|last-resort auctions]] of new gTLD strings where applicants in competition for a common string could not otherwise resolve ownership of the domain among themselves.<ref>[https://community.icann.org/display/CWGONGAP ICANN.org Workspace - Cross-Community Working Group on New gTLD Auction Proceeds]</ref> The group's final report was submitted to the ACs and SOs for approval in May 2020.<ref>[https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/64075095/Letter%20from%20CCWG%20Co-Chairs%20to%20COs%20-%2029%20May%202020.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1600856912000&api=v2 Letter from CCWG-AP Co-Chairs to Chartering Organizations], May 20, 2020</ref> After approval from the ACs and SOs, the report was submitted to the [[ICANN Board]] on September 14, 2020<ref>[https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/64075095/Letter%20from%20CCWG%20Auction%20Proceeds%20Co-Chairs%20to%20ICANN%20Board_upd%2014%20Sept%202020.pdf Letter from CCWG-AP Co-Chairs to the Board], September 14, 2020</ref> [[Maarten Botterman]] responded to the working group on behalf of the board on September 18, 2020, acknowledging the working group's efforts and describing the board's intended process.<ref>[https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/64075095/2020-09-18%20Maarten%20Botterman%20to%20Erika%20Mann%20and%20Ching%20Chiao%20CCWG-AP%20Co-Chairs%5B1%5D.pdf Letter from Maarten Botterman to CCWG-AP Co-Chairs], September 18, 2020</ref>

The '''Cross-Community Working Group on New gTLD Auction Proceeds''' (CCWG-AP) was created to identify processes and mechanisms for allocating the proceeds of [[Auctions of Last Resort|last-resort auctions]] of new gTLD strings where applicants in competition for a common string could not otherwise resolve ownership of the domain among themselves.<ref>[https://community.icann.org/display/CWGONGAP ICANN.org Workspace - Cross-Community Working Group on New gTLD Auction Proceeds]</ref> The group's final report was submitted to the ACs and SOs for approval in May 2020.<ref>[https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/64075095/Letter%20from%20CCWG%20Co-Chairs%20to%20COs%20-%2029%20May%202020.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1600856912000&api=v2 Letter from CCWG-AP Co-Chairs to Chartering Organizations], May 20, 2020</ref> After approval from the ACs and SOs, the report was submitted to the [[ICANN Board]] on September 14, 2020<ref>[https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/64075095/Letter%20from%20CCWG%20Auction%20Proceeds%20Co-Chairs%20to%20ICANN%20Board_upd%2014%20Sept%202020.pdf Letter from CCWG-AP Co-Chairs to the Board], September 14, 2020</ref> [[Maarten Botterman]] responded to the working group on behalf of the board on September 18, 2020, acknowledging the working group's efforts and describing the board's intended process.<ref>[https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/64075095/2020-09-18%20Maarten%20Botterman%20to%20Erika%20Mann%20and%20Ching%20Chiao%20CCWG-AP%20Co-Chairs%5B1%5D.pdf Letter from Maarten Botterman to CCWG-AP Co-Chairs], September 18, 2020</ref> As of May 2021, the report is awaiting board action.

 

The working group's charter was finalized in December 2016.<ref name="charter">[https://community.icann.org/display/CWGONGAP/CCWG+Charter CCWG-AP Charter], adopted December 2016</ref> The charter contained eleven questions to assist the working group to define the scope of its recommendations, and guide investigation into the issues surrounding allocation of proceeds. The questions covered both operational considerations, such as the structure and organization of the entity making allocation decisions, and guiding principles and objectives for those allocation decisions. The charter documented that, at the time of adoption, the accumulated auction proceeds were approximately $100 million.<ref name ="charter" />

==Objectives and Recommendations==

==Objectives and Recommendations==

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The working group also considered a fourth option, which was to distribute funds to an existing nonprofit for allocation according to the rules and objectives established by ICANN. This option could be likened to a scholarship endowment, where the donors had control over the parameters of the award of the scholarship, but the endowed school would be responsible for managing the endowment. It was determined by the working group that that option would be unworkable.<ref name="finalrep" />

The working group also considered a fourth option, which was to distribute funds to an existing nonprofit for allocation according to the rules and objectives established by ICANN. This option could be likened to a scholarship endowment, where the donors had control over the parameters of the award of the scholarship, but the endowed school would be responsible for managing the endowment. It was determined by the working group that that option would be unworkable.<ref name="finalrep" />

==References==

==References==

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