[council] Fw: [ga] Letter from Lynn to Sheppard

["Erica Roberts" <erica.roberts@bigpond.com>]

Below is a comment from the GA on the Lynn/Shepard letter.
I think Roberto is making some good pooints and perhaps we need to follow up
with Lyn.

erica
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roberto Gaetano" <ga_list@hotmail.com>
To: <webmaster@babybows.com>; <ga@dnso.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 7:25 AM
Subject: Re: [ga] Letter from Lynn to Sheppard


> From the letter from Lynn to Sheppard:
>
> >
> >Certainly other questions arose. Since 90% of ICANN's discretionary
> >funds (that is, the portion not earmarked for a corresponding
> >expense) comes from certain DNSO constituencies, for ICANN to provide
> >financial support to the DNSO Secretariat would in effect be
> >returning funds already raised from those constituencies. In other
> >words, ICANN would be increasing its expenditures by $100,000 for
> >which there would be a corresponding increase of $90,000 contributed
> >from certain DNSO constituencies (the remaining 10% would essentially
> >come from ASO contributed funds). If those constituencies wish to
> >contribute $90,000 to the DNSO Secretariat, can they not choose to do
> >so directly within the DNSO budget framework?
>
>
> I confess I don't understand this.
> If the problem is just that there will be $90K moving from DNSO to ICANN
and
> back, why not solve the problem in reducing the amount payed by the DNSO
to
> ICANN by $90K, and keep them for DNSO Secretariat?
>
> What puzzles me is the fact that on one hand it is acknowledged that the
> DNSO is providing 90% of the funding, on the other hand it is not
> acknowledged that in providing this financial support to ICANN the DNSO is
> incurring in expenses (the DNSO Secretariat).
>
> I think that it would be nice if the GA showed some support to the NC
> request.
>
> Regards
> Roberto
>
>
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