RE: [registrars] Payment Instructions

["Michael D. Palage" <michael@palage.com>]

Bob,

This is an issue that I think the new treasurer should address, and one of
the reasons why I thought you would have made an excellent candidate. You
have a lot of life & industry experiences to share. I believe that ICANN has
been absorbing the wire transfer fees that are a couple of bucks, however,
$100 is rather substantial fee in light of the $750 invoice amount. Any
ideas on how this collection process can be improved so that maximum funds
are going to advancing the registrar constituency instead of a banking
institution?

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-registrars@dnso.org [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org]On
> Behalf Of Robert F. Connelly
> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 5:14 PM
> To: Registrar Constituency
> Subject: Re: [registrars] Payment Instructions
>
>
> At 10:06 AM 7/2/01 -0400, Michael D. Palage wrote:
> >I just received an email from Diane at ICANN regarding payment of the
> >registrar constituency fees. As mentioned wire transfers, money orders or
> >checks on American banks are the preferred method of payment.
>
> Dear Michael:  That's a perpetual problem.  I was the Secretary of the
> Scottish Rite for 20 years here in Tokyo.  We received $12 checks from
> members in Singapore, even Canada, which cost $25-$35 to collect.
>
> However, it is a typical U.S. Centric approach to throw the burden on the
> customer, for we are, indeed, *customers* of ICANN.
>
> Regards, BobC
>
>
>
> >Mike - we received a foreign draft for $750 from XXXXXX - It
> >will cost approximately $100 to collect on this draft - that's why we ask
> >for wire transfers, money orders or checks on American banks.
> What's your
> >preference?  Do you want to spend the $100 - or do you want to contact
> >XXXXXX
> >  about returning the draft and having them use another method
> >of payment?  Let me know.  Thanks.
>