Re: [ga] Re: GA/DNSO Funding

[Rick H Wesson <wessorh@ar.com>]

Mike,

upon review of the FY2001-2002 budget I note that there is no provision
for a CTO. For a organization created for technical administration I am
troubled that there are provision for more legal staff such as a
Associate General Counsel or Policy Analysist but no current provision for
a CTO.

I understand that the CTO position was reserved for Jon; however, not
staffing such an important role for a Technical body make it hard to
believe that ICANN is designed for anything but Technical Administration.

could you comment why a CTO wasn't placed while you were president?

thanks,

-rick

Rick H Wesson
CTO Registrars Constituency
CEO Alice's Registry - An ICANN Accredited Registrar


On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, Mike Roberts wrote:

> Danny -
>
> The Budget Group is only one part of the ICANN budget process.  That
> process has been and continues to be open to anyone or any
> organization for participation and contribution.  In the first
> quarter of the calendar year, a Preliminary budget is posted by the
> staff for community review and comment, both electronic and at the
> first quarterly public forum.  Then a proposed budget is posted in
> the second quarter for further review and comment prior to adoption
> by the Board in June.  A public comment website forum is maintained.
> See Appendix B of the Proposed Budget document for the specific
> calendar that was followed this year.
>
> http://www.icann.org/financials/proposed-budget-14may01.htm
>
> Stuart Lynn tells me that he intends to accelerate the budget
> development process this coming year, with initial opportunities for
> participation and contribution to begin immediately after the annual
> meeting in Marina del Rey in November.
>
> - Mike
>
>
> At 16:57 -0400 8/27/01, DannyYounger@cs.com wrote:
> >Chuck,
> >
> >What we are looking for is a voice in the process.   The General Assembly (by
> >way of a motion passed by over 80% of the membership) has already expressed
> >its interest in participating in the Budget process.  At this time, the
> >Budget Advisory Committee still consists of only representatives from the
> >four constituencies that provide the bulk of ICANN's funding: the Registrars,
> >gTLD Registries, ccTLD Registries, and RIR constituencies (as per the recent
> >letter of Stuart Lynn to the registrars:
> >http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/registrars/Arc01/msg01048.html ).
> >
> >Just because these organizations collect the funds that are submitted to
> >ICANN does not justify their participation in the budgetary process to the
> >exclusion of the rest of the ICANN community.
> >
> >This is like saying that because the IRS is the instrument that collects
> >funds from taxpayers, only the IRS should have a say in how much money is
> >collected or how such funds should be spent.
> >
> >What is clear to me is that as new gTLDs are added to the mix, resulting in
> >millions of new domain registrations, the average unit amount paid by each
> >gTLD registrar (18 cents) goes down accordingly during these current and
> >upcoming fiscal quarters.
> >
> >Simply maintaining a static rate per registration would result in additional
> >funds to ICANN which could be put to use to provide the services we now lack.
> >   No one is seeking to hurt either the registrars or registries, but rather
> >we seek to develop an appropriate funding vehicle to sustain the activities
> >of the DNSO.  Our input into the Budgetary process might result in
> >recommendations that could support this effort.  If we continue to be shut
> >out of the advisory process, then we will have to rely on the good will of
> >the registries and registrars to look after our best interests.
> >
> >That would not be an ideal approach.
> >
> >
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