I agree John.
When we applied for ALS status, we agreed that we wouldn't depend on ICANN support. We don't plan on asking for support, but if ICANN wants to accomplish its mission, it would onlly be reasonable that they would want to support the ALSs. Personally, I'm hoping to get some ideas from the next meeting, while meeting y'all, where my organization could possibly survive the coming years. I spend about $500/year from my own pocket just keeping us afloat. The fact is, that the ALSs need financial support, whether from membership, sponsors, or ICANN; and only seems logical that ICANN would want to support them - unless this is only meant to be another failed experiment.
However, if I'm reading this post right, having the RALO support ICANN is going backwards. It is apparent that ICANN now has enough funds to operate like a real organization, and should appropriate funds for these matters.
-Randy Glass
A@L
On 6/13/07, John L <johnl@iecc.com> wrote:
> May I ask why the NARALO is not agreeing to make a
> financial contribution to ICANN as do other
> organizations?
I believe that most if not all of the ccTLD agreements include a voluntary
contribution from the ccTLD, typically a nominal number like the
Salvadorian one. Honestly, I don't know why they bother, since the
accounting for a $500 contribution will probably cost close to $500, and
with the doubling and soon tripling of the per-registration fee, ICANN's
registry income is heading towards $75M per year so it's not like they
need the money.
As far as I know, none of the other RALOs pay anything either. Since the
point of the RALO is to provide legitimacy to ICANN, it sems reasonable
for ICANN to support it.
Regards,
John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",
Information Superhighwayman wanna-be,
http://www.johnlevine.com, ex-Mayor
"More Wiener schnitzel, please", said Tom, revealingly.
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