Re: [ga] DNSO Expenses

[Chris Wellens <chrisw@iwl.com>]

On 8 October 1999, "Christopher Ambler" <cambler@iodesign.com> wrote:


>>   * web hosting,
>>   * web maintenance (for each of the 9 bodies)
>>   * mailing list services (for each of the 9 bodies)
>
>If I had any illusion that this was a fair and open process, I'd
>be happy to have Image Online Design provide these
>services.
>
>The past 2 months have shown me that this is just an
>elaborate and expensive stage show. I'll pass.


What you are supposed to do in the ICANN framework is volunteer
to do the work pro bono, then about one year later submit an
invoice for about 25 times what the services should have cost.
At least that is my reading of how the system works.