RE: [nc-budget] Invoice for AFNIC services to the DNSO in year 20 00

["Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@verisign.com>]

I was comfortable with the approach proposed by Roger but in case an
affirmative vote is needed, you have mine as well as Peter's.

Chuck

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cochetti, Roger [mailto:RCochetti@verisign.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 7:27 AM
> To: 'Peter de Blanc'; Cochetti, Roger; 'Nc-Budget (E-mail)'
> Subject: RE: [nc-budget] Invoice for AFNIC services to the 
> DNSO in year
> 20 00
> 
> 
> Peter-
> 
> If you object to the procedure, I will reverse it.  It was my 
> impression
> that we spent an inordinate amount of time agreeing to make 
> the payment and
> the only question is did they meet the conditions....which 
> they seem to have
> clearly done to me.
> 
> But if you think we should have an affirmative vote on 
> whether they have met
> the conditions, I in no way object.  I was simply trying to 
> reduce air time
> on this.
> 
> Roger
> 
> Roger J. Cochetti
> Senior Vice-President & Chief Policy Officer
> VeriSign
> (202) 973-6600
> rcochetti@verisign.com 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter de Blanc [mailto:pdeblanc@usvi.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 6:30 PM
> To: 'Cochetti, Roger'; 'Nc-Budget (E-mail)'
> Subject: RE: [nc-budget] Invoice for AFNIC services to the 
> DNSO in year
> 2000
> 
> 
> Roger, even though you will "pay unless there is an objection"
> 
> I will still like it on the record that I agree to the payment, and it
> should go with a letter (hard copy, wet signature, suitable 
> for framing)
> to AFNIC expressing our thanks for the year(s) of service.
> 
> Peter de Blanc
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nc-budget@dnso.org [mailto:owner-nc-budget@dnso.org] On
> Behalf Of Cochetti, Roger
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 9:48 AM
> To: Nc-Budget (E-mail)
> Subject: [nc-budget] Invoice for AFNIC services to the DNSO 
> in year 2000
> 
> 
> As you will recall, earlier this year, at the request of the Budget
> Committee, the Names Council approved an expenditure of 
> $59,000 to AFNIC
> for the services that AFNIC had provided to the DNSO during 2000.  The
> DNSO's actual payment to AFNIC was made contingent upon 
> AFNIC's meeting
> three conditions, however.
> 
> In the attached notice, AFNIC advises us that they have met the three
> conditions and now ask that full payment be made to them.
> 
> In my judgment, their no-charge service along with the attached
> documents meets the conditions that we imposed on the payment to them,
> particularly given that we did not specify any details on these
> conditions (e.g. we did not make the meeting of these conditions by
> AFNIC subject to our being satisfied with the details.) and 
> there is no
> dispute over the fact that the DNSO has owed AFNIC $59,000 
> for over six
> months.
> 
> Since this appears fairly straightforward to me, I will not 
> ask for the
> Committee's affirmation.  
> 
> However, if any member of the Committee objects to our accepting these
> AFNIC materials and making payment to AFNIC, then I will ask for a
> Committee vote.
> 
> So please let me know by 17 October if you have any 
> objections to making
> immediate full payment to AFNIC. 
> 
> 
> Roger J. Cochetti
> Senior Vice President & Chief Policy Officer
> VeriSign
> rcochetti@verisign.com
> 202-973-6600
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elisabeth Porteneuve [mailto:Elisabeth.Porteneuve@cetp.ipsl.fr]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 4:48 PM
> To: rcochetti@verisign.com
> Cc: Eric BARBRY; jean-yves.babonneau@nic.fr; annie.renard@nic.fr;
> elisabeth.porteneuve@nic.fr; benoit.guignard@nic.fr
> Subject: Invoice for AFNIC services to the DNSO in year 2000
> 
> 
> To: Roger Cochetti
> NC Budget Committee Chair,
> 
> 
> Paris, 26 September 2001
> 
> Dear Roger,
> 
> Please find attached three documents:
>     1. Invoice for AFNIC services to the DNSO in year 2000
>     2. Introduction letter related to 3 conditions attached to this
> invoice
>     3. A document prepared in July 2001 by Eric Barbry, AFNIC Legal
> Counsel, stating a nonexclusive transfer of the software and the
> intellectual property rights to the software developed by myself for
> DNSO usage.
> 
> The third document was sent to Louis Touton on 26th July.
> 
> I am confident these three documents satisfy the request from 
> the Budget
> Committee presented to AFNIC and myself. Please let me know if any
> further clarifications are needed.
> 
> My best regards,
> Elisabeth Porteneuve
>