So what is that "business model" exactly. Folks on this forum don't know the details. Thanks -------------------------------------------------- From: "Volker Greimann" <vgreimann@key-systems.net> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 10:39 AM To: <na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] "Chicken and Egg" Problem
With the amount of cash flowing into ICANN this month due to the applications for new TLDs, a substantial part of which is earmarked for potential legal issues, and another large batch will not be used for a long time due to the way the batching process is set up, I honestly would not worry too much about the reserves. Also bear in mind that each new registry will contribute another USD 25k to ICANN annually (at a minimum).
For those registrars holding multiple accredited registrars, their business models usually depend on these accreditations, at least partially, so there would be little to no incentive for those registrars to torpedo their own business models just to punish ICANN a little...
Finally, if these registrars decided to cancel their multiple accreditations, ICANN would probably able to adapt to the decrease in funding in time before the reserves run out.
Volker
Ok, that's a fair amount.
However, in this hypothetical the reserve would be chipped away at year after year. How long would that be appropriate?
I'm not debating, I'm really just trying to play it all out.
-------------------------------------------------- From: "John R. Levine"<johnl@iecc.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 11:29 PM To: "Garth Bruen at Knujon.com"<gbruen@knujon.com> Cc: "LACRALO discussion list"<lac-discuss-en@atlarge-lists.icann.org>; "NA Discuss"<na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] "Chicken and Egg" Problem
John, do you know offhand how much is in the reserve? They publish the numbers:
https://charts.icann.org/public/index-finance-reserveB.html
Looks to me like it currently contains about $50 million. In answer to another comment, it really is a reserve, not a dedicated fund or anything else.
R's, John
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