On 19/05/2013 22:40, Alan Greenberg wrote:
There are a number of reports (which I cannot judge the accuracy of) that indicate the market for parked domains may be going down and this apparently constitutes a significant part of the revenue going to ICANN. There are also reports that more accurate Whois requirements may impact sales and thus revenue.
How will ICANN's budget process handle such possibly radical revenue decrease?
I specifically point out the possible inadequacy of the funding model in my recent WCIT report: sustaining a multi-stakeholder process is costly - in the arena of the wider Internet Governance (and not only Domain Names) is it fair that only proceeds from Domain Name sales are the sole source of investment? Whose job is it to look at future funding models? How about funding based on IP addresses, which every single computer needs to have to access the Internet? Would this work or would this be a hindrance to Internet development? Best regards, Olivier ps. I admit the questions I ask above probably stretch further than the ATRT2 mandate.