Re: [ga] Consensus & Names Council Task Forces

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

Andrew and all assembly members,

McMeikan, Andrew wrote:

> If any individual feels that they wish to contribute or put some money in
> 'the hat' to be used by an Individuals Constituancy, here is where the hat
> is
> http://www.e-gold.com/pub-bal.asp?pubid=313216

  Yes we all have sent his before.  However it does not have a
ASA number.  The FTC and the US Treasury recommend against
sending money to such accounts as many of them are not
real.

>
>
> to put your bit in http://two-cents-worth.com/?313216&EG
>
> If your dying to show support and for whatever reason don't use e-gold then
> paypal to me at andrewm@engineer.com and once cleared I will put it in
> (minus paypals cut).

  Sure, people are just going to rush to send you money for the DNSO!
Not likely!

>
>
> While I don't think that Individuals should have to cough up lots of money
> to have a voice, I think that having a slush fund to get that voice heard
> better is a good idea.

  It is a great idea!  And if there was a legitimate fund/account and the
ICANN BoD and staff would allot those funds to ONLY be used
for DNSO GA activities or initiatives, it would have already been done.
That however is NOT the case as far as any of us know presently.
Hence the dilemma...

>
>
> I think that a similar fund for the GA should exist, but thats better left
> to someone else as I have a very strong individualistic bias ;)

  Exactly!  But as has been pointed out by a number of GA members
such a fund does not exist, and unless or until the NC or the
ICANN BoD and staff authorize such a fund/account, it will
not exist.  Despite many requests for this to be done, only
silence from the ICANN BoD and staff has been the
answer.

>
>
>         cya,    Andrew...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joop Teernstra [mailto:terastra@terabytz.co.nz]
> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 12:32 PM
> To: DannyYounger@cs.com
> Cc: ga@dnso.org
> Subject: Re: [ga] Consensus & Names Council Task Forces
>
> At 14:55 25/11/01 -0500, DannyYounger@cs.com wrote:
>
> >In the three years that an individuals constituency has been discussed, has
> >anyone even bothered to raise the necessary funds required for
> participation?
>
> For the record www.democracy.org.nz/idno/financial.hm
>
> >   Of course not, that would imply responsibility and a true commitment to
> a
> >cause.
>
> It does.
>
> >  Perhaps we should just pretend that the $14,000 annual dues will
> >magically appear or be graciously waived by the other constituencies that
> >have conscienciously put their money up.
>
> No pay, no play, eh?
> This ticket price could be raised from the Markle Foundation that has a
> program of promoting democratic decisionmaking in ICANN in place.
> The pump of democracy needs to be primed first. ICANN is well aware of that.
>
> When members see that they are actually being listened to in the new DNSO
> structure, they know that they *are* getting something for a membership
> fee: results.
> <snip>
>
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