Re: [ga] Re: GA/DNSO Funding

[Jefsey Morfin <jefsey@wanadoo.fr>]

Dear Mike,
you respond on budget, i.e. expenses. Here we are interested in economy. 
The revenues, where they come from, why, decided upon which long term 
stability considerations? The consequence on the type of expenses and on 
the mission creep. A general audit is necessary before stabilizing operations.

For example, is it acceptable that a leading international industry rely on 
donations: in most of the cultures this is understood as organized bribery. 
The image of the whole thing obviously suffers from this and the economy is 
hesitant about relying on "sponsoring" as everyone knows that it descreases 
in time/

Costs, prices, revenues, trends are to be analyzed and understood. ICANN is 
to foster competition but competition to itself.

No acrimony meant. Help intended. No one can be its own control as Staff 
has to do; no one can both run the short term and spend his time 
considering the long term.

I studied carefully your "Roberts_paper". It obviously carries many good 
points. But I am surprised as you ballance between all-ICANN and 
less-ICANN, without investigating other-ICANN. As if the current 
[out-dated] founding concepts where fully appropriate. You know that 
everyone at Staff, BoD and SOs wants to do his best and you trimed the 
bylaws enough: this should show you that problem is deeper and that a new 
bylaws chance is not enough.

IMHO the target is now to use thinking and experience - and you have plenty 
- to find the ICANN's real equilbrium principles in the real world of 
today. Economy is part of it, as are administration, user representation... 
etc.  But compared with others economy is simple, so it is a good place to 
start with.

All the best.
Jefsey

On 01:21 28/08/01, Mike Roberts said:
>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

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