Re: [ga] GA position on the Structure TF report

[Eric Dierker <eric@hi-tek.com>]

Would someone please point me to the core documents that conclude that
membership should be paid by a poll tax.  I understand that it needs
funding to exist but who decided that membership payments should make it
happen.

The other E.D.'s rationale is ludicrous regarding capture.  Volunteers is
anti bylaw.  At-Large is mandated.
Mr. Crocker and Crispin are not, so give us back their salaries and form
the mandated group.  Come to think of it an At-large is mandated and the
ALSC was a violation of the by-laws if they denied the money to the
At-Large in order to pay Denise.

Why is Pinar so silent? Did he quit?

Sincerely,
Eric Dierker

Mike Roberts wrote:

> There have been several interesting ideas about funding models on
> this thread, all of which suffer in one degree or another from
> obstacles relating to timing, willingness of those who control purse
> strings to go along, transaction costs, etc.
>
> It appears that there is only one option that has any possibility of
> implementation any time soon - a self-organized initial cohort of
> ALSO participants who are willing to pay a membership fee by credit
> card on a secure web site.
>
> Is there interest in an imperfect but feasible option?
>
> There are tens of millions of Internet users who routinely use credit
> cards for secure online transactions.  The Board previously indicated
> that its lower threshold for viability of an At Large organization
> was 5,000.   $25x5000 = US $125,000, which is at least a start on a
> self-sustaining organization.  $25x10,000 = $250,000 which sounds
> more likely to cover the related costs, assuming that all of the
> leadership continues to be volunteer.
>
> As Alexander's quote of Rosa indicates, ISOC could not build a
> sustaining individual membership at $35 a year.  If ICANN ALSO can't
> meet that general type of minimum test, then the prospects for At
> Large aren't very good.
>
> - Mike
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