[registrars] Budget Advisory Group

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

Hello All:

Listed below is a communication that I received from Stuart Lynn. ICANN is
requesting three representatives from the registrar constituency to
represent its viewpoints in the Budget Task Force. Stuart raises some pros
and cons about keeping the representatives the same while simultaneously
recognizing the benefits of new representatives.

I believe that in recognition of the many new representatives that have
joined the constituency over the past couple of months that an open election
similar to the last process be adopted. Limiting new members from
participating seems inequitable. I believe that an election allows each
candidate to express his strengths and weaknesses. Moreover, I am a little
concerned that our last representative group included only North American
based registrars. I think it is very important that we NOT lose sight of our
diversity requirements when electing a block of people.

Just my thoughts.

Mike







-----Original Message-----
From: M. Stuart Lynn [mailto:lynn@icann.org]
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 5:09 PM
To: michael@palage.com
Subject: Budget Advisory Group


Dear Michael:

As you may recall, as part of the budget process, I appoint a Budget
Advisory Committee to advise me during the formation and posting of
the budget. This group is composed of appointees from the four
constituencies that provide the bulk of ICANN's funding: the
Registrars, gTLD Registries, ccTLD Registries, and RIR constituencies.

I am writing to you to seek three appointees from the Registrars
Constituency. Last year's three appointees were:

Rob Hall, Momentus.ca
Elana Broitman, register.com
John Tai, Dotster.com

(although there were some changes part way through the year).

Although it is up to the Registrars Constituency, I would point out
that I believe it is helpful to your Constituency and it is certainly
helpful to me to have some serious continuity in representation. This
minimizes the learning curve. Whereas it does not make sense to
formalize this, I do hope that you and your colleagues will take this
advantage into consideration -- while recognizing, of course, that
some turnover brings benefits, too.

Thank you for your assistance. I do not expect the Budget Advisory
Group will be meeting in Montevideo but I would hope for it to kick
into gear shortly after.

With regards
Stuart
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Stuart Lynn
President and CEO
ICANN
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Marina del Rey, CA 90292
Tel: 310-823-9358
Fax: 310-823-8649
Email: lynn@icann.org