April 2018 - comments-reserve-fund-replenishment-06mar18@icann.org

[Comments-reserve-fund-replenishment-06mar18] RrSG response to the ICANN Reserve Fund: Proposed Replenishment Strategy
by Zoe Bonython April 26, 2018

April 26, 2018

Hello, On behalf of the Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG), I would like to submit the attached response to the ICANN Reserve Fund: Proposed Replenishment Strategy. Kind regards, Zoe Bonython

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[Comments-reserve-fund-replenishment-06mar18] Comment Submission GNSO Council - Replenishment of ICANN's Reserve Fund
by mail＠berrycobb.com April 25, 2018

April 25, 2018

Xavier, On behalf of the GNSO Council, I submit their comments related to the Replenishment of ICANN's Reserve Fund. Thank you for the opportunity to comment. B Berry A. Cobb GNSO Policy Consultant

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[Comments-reserve-fund-replenishment-06mar18] Karsten Manufacturing Corporation's Comment on Auction Proceeds
by McGrady, Paul D. April 25, 2018

April 25, 2018

Attached please find Karsten Manufacturing Corporation's Comment on Auction Proceeds. Regards, Paul D. McGrady Partner Winston & Strawn LLP 35 W. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60601-9703 D: +1 312-558-5963 F: +1 312-558-5700 Bio<http://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/attorneys/mcgrady-paul-d.html> | VCard<http://www.winston.com/vcards/996.vcf> | Email<mailto:pmcgrady@winston.com> | winston.com<http://www.winston.com> [Winston & Strawn LLP] ________________________________ The contents of this message may be privileged and confidential. If this message has been received in error, please delete it without reading it. Your receipt of this message is not intended to waive any applicable privilege. Please do not disseminate this message without the permission of the author. Any tax advice contained in this email was not intended to be used, and cannot be used, by you (or any other taxpayer) to avoid penalties under applicable tax laws and regulations.

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[Comments-reserve-fund-replenishment-06mar18] Comments of GNSO IPC re 'ICANN Reserve Fund: Proposed Replenishment Strategy'
by Brian Scarpelli April 25, 2018

April 25, 2018

On behalf of the GNSO Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC), see attached for comments on ICANN's proposed Reserve Fund replenishment strategy. I am submitting these comments on the IPC's behalf in my capacity as policy participation coordinator. Best regards, Brian Scarpelli Senior Global Policy Counsel +1 517-507-1446<mailto:+1%20517-507-1446> | bscarpelli(a)actonline.org<mailto:bscarpelli@actonline.org> ACT | The App Association 1401 K St NW (Ste 501) Washington, DC 20005

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[Comments-reserve-fund-replenishment-06mar18] No To Reserve Fund Replenishment. Yes to Getting Budget Under Control.
by Keven Dabney April 25, 2018

April 25, 2018

ICANN should not be looking to replenish funds it does not need nor should it have ever dipped into such funds in the first place. ICANN is overstaffed, over-budgeted and not acting in the public benefit with such obscene spending. One of ICANN's commitments is "(vi) to Remain accountable to the Internet community through mechanisms defined in these Bylaws that enhance ICANN's effectiveness." Unfortunately, ICANN's over-inflated budget and wild lavish spending has gotten out of control and ICANN needs to rein in on such inexcusable misuse and misappropriation of the Internet community's funds. In performing its mission, ICANN maintains "Core Values" it adheres to, not limiting to "(v) Operating with efficiency and excellence". Misuse of public funds and lavish spending only goes to show that ICANN is not operating with efficiency, and is breaking its very own core values. The mere request for public comment on replenishing squandered funds is a joke. The funds should have never been spent in the first place. The actions that need to be taken by ICANN is to immediately reduce it's staff and overhead. It is to stop throwing lavish parties and spending money like a rock-star band. In all Irony, a reporter, Kevin Murphy, cited a lavish event at the world famous Mar-A-Lago, which read more like a story from a tongue-in-cheek newspaper, while all being completely accurate and to the point: http://domainincite.com/22792-icann-heads-to-mar-a-lago-for-budget-crisis-t… The not-so hilarious statement in the article stated that "to encourage participation from an increasingly weary volunteer pool, attendees will be treated to complimentary spa treatments, golfing, and the most beautiful pieces of chocolate cake, [Goran Marby] said." Whose money is this? Why is ICANN appropriating these reserve funds for spa treatements, golfing and beautiful pieces of chocolate cake? Especially in the middle of a budget crisis!? This is not being accountable and is a complete mis-appropriation of public funds. ICANN needs to right this ship before it crashes and burns. The introduction of the new top-level-domains was an embarassement, and ICANN seems to have no direct accountablity against it's core commitments and and values. The community demands that ICANN stop spending money on wasteful things, stops spending money it does not have, and get it's spending under immediate control. We as a community do not agree to "repleanishing" ICANN's war chest of unneeded and unnecessary money. -KD

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[Comments-reserve-fund-replenishment-06mar18] RySG comment on ICANN Reserve Fund: Proposed Replenishment Strategy
by Paul Diaz April 25, 2018

April 25, 2018

On behalf of the gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG), please find attached our comment on the ICANN Reserve Fund: Proposed Replenishment Strategy. In the interest of time, we did not conduct a vote on these comments. We did discuss them extensively on our mailing list and during our 11 and 25 April biweekly conference calls, and no member opposed their submission. Feel free to contact me with questions or concerns. Best, P Paul Diaz Chairman, Registries Stakeholder Group Mobile:+1 703.973.1667 | Skype: pdiaz(a)pir.org

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[Comments-reserve-fund-replenishment-06mar18] ICANN Reserve Fund: Proposed Replenishment Strategy - ICANN must STAFF ASAP
by Don Smith April 25, 2018

April 25, 2018

ICANN needs to be held accountable, just like any other corporation in the world (corporate or non-profit.) ICANN is now in a budget crunch because of its own mistakes with the gTLD program and other lavish spending. Specifically, ICANN massively scaled up its headcount to support the new gTLD program. However, the new gTLD program severely unperformed projected volumes based on ICANN’s own internal budget and ICANN still continues to under estimate the future revenues from the gTLD program. The ICANN finance team, led by CFO Xavier Calvez massively under budgeted expected revenues from the gTLD program. ICANN scaled up staff based on these projections. And the CFO needs to be held accountable for this enormous budgeting mistake. (can you think of this happening with any public company in the US? The board would have terminated senior management a LONG time ago.) Why is there no accountability for the office of the CEO and CFO? Also worth noting Xavier currently makes $373,561 per year not considering the extremely generous 401k plan (which requires no employee match.) The ONLY way to remedy this situation is fix what caused it. ICANN must cut staff and they must do this ASAP. Cut deep and aggressive. Consider this: by cutting headcount by 20%, 30% or even by 40% - it will have absolutely no bearing on ICANN’s revenues. ICANN will still continue to receive the same amount of revenue regardless if it is a tightly controlled / elite team of professionals or if continues to be the super over bloated organization they are today. Yes, ICANN can always hire more staff in the future…..but time has come to cut deep! This will be Göran Marby’s big test to see if he will do the right thing. Cutting staff is not an easy decision – but it MUST be done to ensure ICANN has a future.It is extremely difficult to cut staff and lay off employees – but this is the only want to fix this mess. You have to reverse what got ICANN into this situation in the first place - because if you don’t address this problem head on and look for money elsewhere, we will be back in the very same situation a few years down the road. We like to enter in the following blog postings for the record: ICANN’s budget mess: the expenses:https://domainnamewire.com/2018/04/09/icanns-budget-mess-the-expen… ICANN’s budget crunch: headcount growth:https://domainnamewire.com/2018/03/28/icanns-budget-crunch-headcount… My thoughts on ICANN’s budget crisis:https://domainnamewire.com/2018/04/10/my-thoughts-on-icanns-budget-c… Let’s all have a nosey at how much ICANN staff get paid:http://domainincite.com/21760-lets-all-have-a-nosey-at-how-much-icann-… ICANN must reduce its budget now!https://onlinedomain.com/2018/03/21/domain-name-news/icann-must-reduce-… ICANN slashes new TLD forecast, but is it enough? (this was back in 2014):https://domainnamewire.com/2014/10/21/icann-slashes-new-tld-forecast-… ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation:http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090105_icann_for_profit_compan… NonProfit? ICANN Releases Salaries: Beckstrom Over $2.2 Million Guaranteed; CFO $270K Per, Lawyer $230K Per PLUS PLUS:https://www.thedomains.com/2010/02/11/nonprofit-icann-releases-salarie… 18 ICANN employees make $250k+:https://domainnamewire.com/2016/05/16/icann-salaries/ Community calls on ICANN to cut staff spending:http://domainincite.com/22680-community-calls-on-icann-to-cut-staf… Should ICANN cut free travel, or its own staff?http://domainincite.com/22622-should-icann-cut-free-travel-or-its-own… ICANN, with $143 million budget, running out of cash:http://domainincite.com/22407-icann-with-143-million-budget-running-ou… The new gTLD industry is performing terribly when compared to ICANN’s predictions just six months ago:http://domainincite.com/22566-new-gtld-revenue-cut-by-half-in-icann-bud… Anybody at ICANN listening? Sincerely,Don Smith

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[Comments-reserve-fund-replenishment-06mar18] Business Constituency (BC) comment on ICANN Reserve Fund Proposed Replenishment Strategy
by Steve DelBianco April 25, 2018

April 25, 2018

Attached is the comment of the ICANN Business Constituency (BC) regarding the ICANN Reserve Fund Proposed Replenishment Strategy. This comment was drafted by John Berard, Jimson Olufuye, and Steve DelBianco, with edits from Denise Michel, Chris Wilson, and Marilyn Cade. It was approved in accord with the BC Charter. Steve DelBianco Vice Chair for Policy Coordination ICANN Business Constituency

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[Comments-reserve-fund-replenishment-06mar18] NCSG comment
by Rafik Dammak April 25, 2018

April 25, 2018

Hi, please find attached the NCSG comment on reserve fund replenishment. Best Regards, Rafik Dammak

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[Comments-reserve-fund-replenishment-06mar18] Ratification Pending: ALAC Statement on the ICANN Reserve Fund: Proposed Replenishment Strategy
by ICANN At-Large Staff April 25, 2018

April 25, 2018

Dear All, Please find attached the ALAC Statement on the ICANN Reserve Fund: Proposed Replenishment Strategy<https://community.icann.org/display/alacpolicydev/At-Large+Workspace%3A+ICA…>. In the interest of time, the ALAC Chair requested that the Statement be transmitted to the ICANN public comment process with a note that the Statement is pending ALAC ratification. ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Website: atlarge.icann.org<http://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icannatlarge<http://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @ICANNAtLarge<http://www.twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> [ignature_2105120099]

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