RE: [registrars] DNSO fees and constituency dues (fwd)

["Richard D. Forman" <rforman@register.com>]

Hello Ken,

I think that your proposal of a budget is clearly an excellent first step.
I would like to encourage everyone involved with this process that the
sooner we come together, the sooner we can advance the market and this
industry.  We all saw that by working together (as we did in LA) we were
able to achieve much more together than we were able to alone.

Sincerely,

--------------------------------
Richard D. Forman
President & CEO
http://www.register.com

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-registrars@dnso.org [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org]On
Behalf Of Ken Stubbs
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 8:12 AM
To: Registrars@dnso.org; Len
Subject: Re: [registrars] DNSO fees and constituency dues (fwd)


i am in the process of preparing a budget proposal for the names council.
& personally  cannot see it requiring registrar membership fees anywhere
near the level of $5000.

rather than creating consternation here, i would suggest that we defer the
discussion re: individual member fees until the names council comes down to
an accurate number for the constituancies and , more importantly and timely,
we as a constituancy actively work to come down to a budget for our own
registrar  constituancy.

your thoughts please

happy holiday

ken stubbs


----- Original Message -----
From: Len <len@isdi.com>
To: <Registrars@dnso.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 11:37 PM
Subject: RE: [registrars] DNSO fees and constituency dues (fwd)


> Hi,
>
> >
> > I believe that setting membership fees of $5,000 per year per registrar
> > would be reaonsable.  Underfunding our representative group would not be
> > beneficial and in the long term would hurt our efforts.
> >
>
> WHAT??  5k...per year.  That's outrageous!
>
> This is "supposedly" private enterprise not a government run program.
> Why when we get a group together does everyone like to spend other peoples
> money?  The Internet is a collection of the smartest people in the world
> making this network function.  Let's see if we can use that same
intelligence
> in running a "reasonable" budget!
>
> I vote NO if the names council needs that kind of money...
>
> len
>
> Project Manager All West Communications
>
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Erica Roberts [mailto:erica.roberts@melbourneit.com.au]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 6:44 PM
> > > To: Richard Forman; Richard Lindsay; Registrar Constituency
> > > Subject: RE: [registrars] DNSO fees and constituency dues
> > >
> > >
> > >  Melbourne IT would be comfortable paying annual dues along the lines
> > > suggested.  I expect this will be a key issue for the Names Council
very
> > > soon so it would be useful to clarify the position of the
> > > registrars before
> > > the next ICANN meeting.
> > >
> > > Erica Roberts
> > > Manager, Corporate Relations
> > > Melbourne IT
> > >
> > > Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-registrars@dnso.org
> > > [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org]On Behalf
> > > Of Richard Forman
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 11:11 PM
> > > To: Richard Lindsay; Registrar Constituency
> > > Subject: RE: [registrars] DNSO fees and constituency dues
> > >
> > >
> > > I believe that we discussed this with Becky and we should modify the
ICANN
> > > Accreditation Agreement so that registrars are required to
> > > provide a minimum
> > > level of funding to the DNSO.  We would be completely in support of
that
> > > proposal.
> > >
> > >
> > > Richard D. Forman
> > > President & CEO
> > > Register.com, Inc.
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-registrars@dnso.org [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org]On
> > > > Behalf Of Richard Lindsay
> > > > Sent: Monday, December 13, 1999 8:41 PM
> > > > To: Registrar Constituency
> > > > Subject: [registrars] DNSO fees and constituency dues
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Fellow Registrars,
> > > >
> > > > This issue came up in Los Angeles, but we haven't addressed it
> > > > yet fully.  As many of you know, each constituency was asked
> > > > to commit $5,000 for webcasting and connectivity costs for the
> > > > DNSO to date.  We did not address exactly how to come up with
> > > > these funds yet though.
> > > >
> > > > I would like to propose that the Registrar Constituency set up
> > > > membership fees in order to fund required DNSO costs, and to
> > > > facilitate meetings in the future (i.e. arrange for teleconference
> > > > connectivity, pay for the constituency teleconferences etc.)  How
> > > > would the members feel about annual dues of $500 to $1000?
> > > > I realize there has been some debate regarding registrars paying
> > > > the lions share of the ICANN budget, and being required to support
> > > > the DNSO budget as well, but the DNSO budget is considered
> > > > separate of the ICANN budget.
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, I can speak for my company that we would not have
> > > > any problems with annual dues (as most organizations do) but
> > > > how does the rest of the membership feel about this?
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > > Richard
> > > > --
> > > > _/_/_/interQ Incorporated
> > > > _/_/_/System Division
> > > > _/_/_/Director and General Manager
> > > > _/_/_/Richard A. S. Lindsay
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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