Re: $200 million (was [ga] Draft Resolution)

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Chuck and all remaining assembly members,

Gomes, Chuck wrote:

> Elisabeth,
>
> It is a commitment to invest at least $200M total in R&D and infrastructure
> improvements to improve the .com, .net and .org registries over 10 years.

  Yes but no clause or provision in the contract commits Verisign to these
funds...  Shouldn't this be added in a clause in the new proposed contract?

>
> Part of that would be used to improve the com/net/org gTLD zone server
> constellation which would be made available to the new .org registry for one
> year for free and beyond that at terms to be determined later.

  Ah, so the kicker here is what comes LATER in terms of a fee structure?

>  Also, other
> registries would be allowed access to that constellation and thereby take
> advantage of by far the best zone server constellation available.

  Possibly this will be true, possibly not.

>
>
> Chuck
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:   Elisabeth Porteneuve [mailto:Elisabeth.Porteneuve@cetp.ipsl.fr]
> Sent:   Monday, March 19, 2001 9:08 AM
> To:     david@farrar.com; ga@dnso.org
> Subject:        $200 million (was [ga] Draft Resolution)
>
> > - The ambiguity over what the $200 million to be invested in registry
> > development would actually be, and the lack of any clear process to
> > audit this.
>
> I see in:
> http://www.icann.org/melbourne/proposed-verisign-agreements-topic.htm
>
>   In addition, VeriSign will commit to invest no less than $200 million
>   in research and development activities, and resulting improvements,
>   in order to increase the efficiency and stability of the .com registry.
>
> And in:
> http://www.icann.org/nsi/sclavos-letter-28feb01.htm
>
>   To demonstrate our long-term commitment to the stability of the
>   Internet and to the domain name system, we would commit to invest
>   $200 million over a ten-year period in research & development
>   and infrastructure to increase the efficiency and stability
>   of the .com, .net, and .org registries and the ability of
>   all ICANN-accredited registrars to access these registries.
>
> Question to VeriSign:
> Are these "$200 million over a ten-year period" additional to
> the planned VeriSign - NSI expenses in R & D and infrastructure  ?
> Is it part to a new agreement (please provide URL) ?
>
> Elisabeth Porteneuve
>
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