[registrars] Staff support for the constituency

["Bruce Tonkin" <Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au>]

Hello Jim,

> 
> I was concerned in DC to hear discussion of bringing on staff 
> because that 
> is usually a prelude to big increases in expense.  Although 
> the dues is 
> "only" $750.00 this can be a burden to some small companies.  
> I realize 
> that there is quite a lot of work and I know we all greatly 
> appreciate that 
> work, but I wonder if we could find a way to lower the dues? 
> There really 
> is no good solution.
> 


Personally I think paid staff support is the best way for the registrars constituency to be more effective.  We have been very fortunate to have people such as Michael Palage, Ken Stubbs and Rick Wesson put in a huge number of hours in routine administrative tasks, but the danger of not having such support has been evident in other constituencies.

With regard to dues, in other professional associations I have been associated with, it is common to have tiered fees.  Note we already pay tiered fees to ICANN (based on a fixed component and a component relative to the number of names under management).

A simple approach to staff support would be to follow the ICANN model for use within the constituency.  A fixed fee, plus a fee proportional to the number of names under management.

The experience with the GNSO and Task Forces has been that the lack of staff support has been a limiting factor in the speed of progress on significant issues.  We also see this time and time again within the constituency.

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin

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