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RE: [ga] RE: GA/DNSO Funding Issues
Of course Bill you are assuming that ICANN
and registries and registrars don't care to hear the voice of registrants.
I would suggest that that type of approach is a good going-out-of business
model, at least for commercial registries and registrars if not for ICANN and
noncommercial registries and registrars.
And please don't interpret this to mean that
I do not think that individual domain name holders should not have a more direct
voice.
Chuck
"Gomes, Chuck" wrote:
Danny,
Such expenses could certainly come directly from ICANN's funds. But
it is
important to keep in mind that the fees ICANN collects must be
raised to
accommodate the increased costs. Donations have served
as a way to keep the
budget lower.
I think it is important to keep in mind that ICANN does not have any
funds
except for what it collects in fees. So unless there is a
decrease in costs
in another area, for every increase in expenditures,
there needs to be a
corresponding increase in fees. Right now the
majority of fees are paid by
registries and registrars so ultimately the
fees are paid by registrants. That's right. Those who
pay for the whole scheme have no voice in it.
Those registries and
registrars have voices, but registrants do not.
Could a more self-serving
scheme have been conceived by ICANN/
NSI/Verisign? That would be tough to
do, but if that troika could have
thought of one, I'm sure it would
have been adopted.
Bill Lovell
Chuck
-----Original Message-----
From: DannyYounger@cs.com [mailto:DannyYounger@cs.com]
Sent:
Monday, August 27, 2001 12:22 PM
To: cgomes@verisign.com
Cc:
ga@dnso.org
Subject: Re: GA/DNSO Funding Issues
Hello Chuck,
I would question why all such funding that you describe must come from
donations.
If one of the "Continuing Priorities" in the 2001-2002 Budget is to
"Conduct
an active education and outreach program that supports public
participation
in ICANN policy-making activities, including public
meetings, electronic
forums, publications (hardcopy or electronic),
accessible website etc.",
then
the question should really be, "Why
isn't this covered by the appropriate
portion of the ICANN budget?"
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The URLs for Best Practices:
DNSO Citation:
http://www.dnso.org/dnso/gaindex.html
(Under "Other Information Documents"; "August 2001:
Proposal for Best
Practices for the DNSO GA." This
page also includes much else about the
DNSO.)
Part I:
http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010813.GA-BestPractices.html
Part II:
http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010813.GA-BP-flowchart.pdf
(Access to the .pdf file requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader,
available
for free down load at
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.)
Part III:
http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010813.GA-BP-PartIII.html
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