Section 7.2 Fees to be Paid to ICANN. "(a) Registry-Level Transaction Fee. Commencing on 1 July 2005, Registry Operator shall pay ICANN a Registry-Level Transaction Fee in an amount equal to US$0.75 for each annual increment of an initial or renewal domain name registration and for transferring a domain name registration from one ICANN-accredited registrar to another during the calendar quarter to which the Registry-Level Transaction Fee pertains. ICANN intends to apply this fee to purposes including: (a) a special restricted fund for developing country Internet communities to enable further participation in the ICANN mission by developing country stakeholders, (b) a special restricted fund to enhance and facilitate the security and stability of the DNS, and (c) general operating funds to support ICANN's mission to ensure the stable and secure operation of the DNS." http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/net/net-agreement-new.html As of the end of this year there were 8,750,236 registrations in .net -- by my calculations (at 75 cents per registration) that would mean a fund in excess of $6,562,677 (a portion of which would be used for developing country participation). For starters, I would like to know what percentage of the funds will be or has been allocated for such purposes and the specific plan for the expenditure of such funds. Presumably this is a matter that would be of interest to several of the RALOs. ____________________________________________________________________________________ TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/