Re: [nc-budget] Report on DNSO Finances

[Nilda Vany Martinez Grajales <vany@sdnp.org.pa>]

Erica:

Is this means that the NCDNHC can request dues be forgiven?  

Best Regards
Vany



Erica Roberts wrote:
> 
> Agreed.  As far as I am aware, no constituency has asked to be forgiven
> outstanding dues so I see no reason to depart from normal commercial
> practice as outlined by Roger.
> 
> erica
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cochetti, Roger" <RCochetti@verisign.com>
> To: <nc-budget@dnso.org>
> Cc: "Diane Schroeder" <schroeder@icann.org>; "'Louis Touton'"
> <touton@icann.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 2:00 PM
> Subject: RE: [nc-budget] Report on DNSO Finances
> 
> > Louis' questions is significant because, according to a Council decision
> in
> > August, it is only for the third call (DNSO dues that were assessed in
> 2001)
> > that the sanctions program for non-payers applies.  Moreover, it would
> > establish a precedent on how we treat partial payments.
> >
> > In normal commercial practice, if an creditor has several outstanding
> > balances from a non-payer and the non-payer makes a partial payment, then
> > that partial payment is credited towards the oldest debt.  According to
> this
> > practice, payments received by non-paying Constituencies during 2001 would
> > be credited towards 2000 dues, until those 2000 dues are fully paid.
> >
> > While I believe that some Constituencies may intend to make payments
> towards
> > their 2001 DNSO debts in expectation that they can abandon their 2000 DNSO
> > debts altogether, I do not believe that it is good practice to permit this
> > to happen because it would encourage the abandonment of old debts to the
> > DNSO and only the payment of current debts.  Thus, I suggest that we
> follow
> > the widely-used practice of crediting any payments received towards the
> > oldest debt.
> >
> > This would differ from the practice used in the attached table and cause
> it
> > to be revised.
> >
> > I'd appreciate your thoughts.
> >
> >
> >
> > Roger J. Cochetti
> > Senior Vice-President & Chief Policy Officer
> > VeriSign
> > (202) 973-6600
> > rcochetti@verisign.com
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Louis Touton [mailto:touton@icann.org]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 11:40 PM
> > To: nc-budget@dnso.org
> > Cc: Diane Schroeder
> > Subject: [nc-budget] Report on DNSO Finances
> >
> >
> > To the Names Council Budget Committee:
> >
> > Here is a summary of DNSO finances handled by ICANN staff through 7
> > November 2001.  Please note that amounts paid by the ISP and
> > noncommercial constituencies have been attributed to the third call,
> > even though these constituencies have not fully satisfied the second
> > call.  In the case of the ISP constituency, this was because the amount
> > received matched the third call.  In the case of the noncommercial
> > constituency, this was because the the $150.00 was received after the
> > third call was made.  If the budget committee believes either of these
> > amounts should instead be attributed to the second call, please let me
> > know.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Louis Touton
> >
> >                         1st Call      2nd Call       3d Call   Total
> > Recd
> > Business Constitutency $5,000.00    $13,642.86  $15,371.00  $34,013.86
> > ccTLD Constituency     $5,000.00     $5,168.59       ---    $10,168.59
> > gTLD Constituency      $5,000.00    $13,642.86  $15,371.00  $34,013.86
> > IP Constituency        $5,000.00    $13,642.86  $15,371.00  $34,013.86
> > ISP Constituency       $5,000.00         ---    $15,371.00  $20,371.00
> > NCDNHC                 $5,000.00                   $150.00   $5,150.00
> > Registrar Constituency $5,000.00    $13,642.86  $25,107.14  $43,750.00
> > Total Paid            $35,000.00    $59,740.03  $86,741.14 $181,481.17
> > Total Called For      $35,000.00    $95,500.00 $107,597.00 $238,097.00
> >
> > Other Donations          $9,050.00
> > Constituency Donations $181,481.17
> > Total Donations        $190,531.17
> > Earned Interest          $2,763.95
> > Bank Charges              ($252.00)
> > Expenses Paid          ($19,725.09)
> > Total Available Funds  $173,318.03

-- 
Nilda Vany Martinez Grajales
Information Technology Specialist
Sustainable Development Networking Programme/Panama
Tel: (507) 317-0169
http://www.sdnp.org.pa
e-mail:  vany@sdnp.org.pa