Hello All, Just to be clear the Board has not "decided" to introduce the fee, but the Board has asked it to be considered in the budget process. There is a whole process around approving the budget, and the staff are seeking public input on the budget. The registrars also need to approve the method of charging so they can be invoiced directly by ICANN, rather than ICANN charging fees to registries instead. So there are a few steps - and I would expect that registrars and registries may provide further feedback on the budget process. "THEREFORE, the Board resolves (2008.01.04) to encourage ICANN's budgetary process to include fees for all domains added, including domains added during the AGP, and encourages community discussion involved in developing the ICANN budget, subject to both Board approval and registrar approval of this fee. " Regards, Bruce Tonkin