None of the other RALOs send financial contributions to ICANN. Actually, for some, US$500 could be a whole lot of money. That's a monthly salary in some places. If NARALO wants to - that would be your decision. But given that the MoU requires ICANN to provide resources for the RALO to function, if you have the $500, it might be better to apply it to NARALO activities. Jacqueline -----Original Message----- From: John L [mailto:johnl@iecc.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 1:37 PM To: Danny Younger Cc: NA Discuss Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Financial Contribution & Assessment of Dues
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. _______________________________________________ NA-Discuss mailing list NA-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss_atlarge-lists.ica nn.org --- Draft MoU with ICANN: http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_MOU Draft Operating Principles: http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_OP Draft Code of Conduct: http://www.icannwiki.org/NARALO_Code_of_Conduct No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.13/844 - Release Date: 6/11/2007 5:10 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.13/844 - Release Date: 6/11/2007 5:10 PM