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

[Len <len@isdi.com>]

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
> > >
> > >
> >
>