Hello All, Attached please find a communication that I submitted to ICANN last night in connection with the proposed allocation of additional funds from the 2012 auction proceeds to top-off the Applicant Support Program (ASP). While I support this initiative in line with the GAC and ALAC, I believe the way Tripti and the ICANN Board have proposed to proceed is fundamentally flawed. I am posting it here because I believe this communication touches on some of the broken aspects of ICANN’s governance model. I will also be cross-posting this to the CPWG mailing list, as I believe it is directly related to a policy matter before the board. Best regards, Michael