Whereas, in resolution 99.16 the Board approved
the charging of an application of US$1000 fee for those seeking to be
accredited as registrars in the .com, .net, and .org top-level domains
and a US$ 5000 fixed component of the accreditation fee for those registrars;
Whereas, on 17 April 2001 ICANN posted on its web
site a proposal to change those registrar application fees and annual
registrar fixed accreditation fees, with a detailed explanation of the
nature of the change being proposed and the reasons for it;
Whereas, since then a online public comment forum
for comments on the proposal, at which members of the public can see
the comments of others and reply to them;
Whereas, on 3 June 2001 a public forum was held
in Stockholm at which the proposed fees were discussed;
Resolved [01.xx] that the fee for making an application
to be accredited by ICANN as a registrar shall be US$ 2500, without
regard to the number of top-level domains for which accreditation is
sought, for applications submitted after 1 July 2001; and
Resolved [01.xx] that the fixed fee for accreditation
for registrars accredited under agreements signed after 17 May 2001
shall be US$4,000 annually for the first top-level domain in which they
are accredited to perform registrar services and US$500 for each additional
top-level domain.