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.