Dear Committee: I provide below the request for funding for the MemberClicks service by the LAC Secretariat. The process requires my acknowledgment of the receipt of the request, which has been sent; since the regional secretariat has made the request, the request would now go to a funding decision from ICANN. It would seem to me that the need for a database for members is something the entire community needs. This tool is English-only, which is a drawback, but after looking I have found that all the MMSes (Membership Management Systems) which are to be easily found are also English only. I have made the point to the staff that what ICANN needs in the fullness of time is a database which would hold records of all constituencies, not just one, and that we should look at a procurement process that identifies a good solution, and part of what should be considered is a multi-lingual solution. However, that would take some time and with memberclicks, we would have something much better than we have now, which is a static web page with out-of-date information and a bunch of Excel spreadsheets which get mailed around periodically. The cost of the system is also very reasonable (about US$100 per month), and extracting the data and migrating it at some later point to another system would be a simple process. ACTION POINT: Does anyone on the committee OBJECT to our using MemberClicks as the membership database at least for the medium term for the community as a whole? And, if there is an objection, could you please tell us all what the nature of the objection is? If no objections are received in, say, the next week, I will assume we're to go ahead. If there are comments or questions from other regions, by all means register them. For those wishing to look further, please see www.memberclicks.com. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Carlton A Samuels <carlton.samuels@uwimona.edu.jm> Date: 07-Feb-2007 23:37 Subject: Application for Funding - Membersclick To: nashton@spamcop.net Nick: I have attached the paperwork for the funding request for Membersclick. Your usual advice and consent requested. Cheers. Carlton Carlton A. Samuels CIO & University Director of IT c/o MITS, The UWI at Mona 5 Gibraltar Camp Way, Kgn 7 Mobile: (876) 818-1799 Work: (876) 927-2148 -- -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +44 (20) 7681-3135 mobile: +44 (7774) 932798 Win IM: ashtonhart@hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart@mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart