Dear Committee:<br><br>I provide below the request for funding for the MemberClicks service by the LAC Secretariat.<br><br>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.
<br><br>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.
<br><br>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.
<br><br>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some time and with memberclicks, we would have something much better than we have now, which is a static web page with out-of-date information and a bunch of Excel spreadsheets which get mailed around periodically.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.
<br><br>ACTION POINT:<br><br>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?
<br><br>If no objections are received in, say, the next week, I will assume we&#39;re to go ahead.<br><br>If there are comments or questions from other regions, by all means register them.<br><br>For those wishing to look further, please see 
<a href="http://www.memberclicks.com">www.memberclicks.com</a>.<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br><span class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Carlton A Samuels</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:carlton.samuels@uwimona.edu.jm">
carlton.samuels@uwimona.edu.jm</a>&gt;<br>Date: 07-Feb-2007 23:37<br>Subject: Application for Funding - Membersclick<br>To: <a href="mailto:nashton@spamcop.net">nashton@spamcop.net</a><br><br></span>













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<p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Nick:</span></font></p>

<p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I have attached the paperwork for the
funding request for Membersclick.&nbsp; Your usual advice and consent requested.</span></font></p>

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<p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Cheers.</span></font></p>

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