Has Afilias provided any donation or subsidy to DotAsia?
No. We have not accepted and do not intend to accept or receive any donation or subsidy from Afilias. DotAsia organisation intends to maintain complete autonomy with its governance formed from our community. The expenses incurred to date by DotAsia, including the US$45K sTLD application fee to ICANN and other expenses for DotAsia, such as travelling expenses, are drawn from a loan to DotAsia obtained from Afilias (see Q7). The loan is a zero-interest unsecured loan to DotAsia and with repayment terms based on a per-domain-year schedule, after DotAsia opens its registration operations. The structure of the loan, affords the organisation and our members virtually no financial burden on the start-up of the registry.
No. We have not accepted and do not intend to accept or receive any donation or subsidy from Afilias. DotAsia organization intends to maintain complete autonomy with its governance formed from our community. The expenses incurred to date by DotAsia, including the US$45K sTLD application fee to ICANN and other expenses for DotAsia, such as traveling expenses, are drawn from a loan to DotAsia obtained from Afilias. The loan is a zero-interest unsecured loan to DotAsia and with repayment terms based on a per-domain-year schedule, after DotAsia opens its registration operations. The structure of the loan, affords the organization and our members virtually no financial burden on the start-up of the registry.
