Dear Members:
There has been very little discussion of the proposed budget.
Debate ends on Friday, 3 August, just five days from now.
Let me tell you how we got to where we are with $750/year with $250 for
those requesting "forgiveness":
Tim Ruiz, whose company, Godaddy, pays $250/year, suggests that some of
the larger RC members pay a higher fee. That resounded to Excom as
though it was worth considering. However, Adrian became a member of
the "larger" Excom and he said it was not fair to charge one
member more than another. The issue was dropped.
Then the idea of $750 was vetted, with possible forgiveness for those who
felt they should only pay $250.
Here is the proposed budget:
Registrar's Constituency
Budget
2007-2008
Review Period: 30
Days
Income & Assets
Current Assets (Bank
Account)
$37,672.31
Proposed Dues
$750.00
Number of
Members
50
$37,500.00
Proposed Reduced Fees $250.00
Number of Members w/reduced
fees 10
$2,500.00
$75,172.31
Expenses
Administrative Support-2
$15,000.00
Professional
Support-3
$30,000.00
Technical
Expenses-4
$4,000.00
Meeting
Expenses-5
$5,000.00
$54,000.00
Expected Ending
Balance
$21,172.31
end quote:
It occurs to me to point out that some members have membership for one
company but in some way control several other registrars. They take
out only one membership because they could not have more than one
vote.
But they take advantage of that one membership to promote issues of
interest (and value) for all of them.
Since Tim Ruiz was the one who volunteered to pay a higher
"tier" of membership dues, let me use Godaddy as an
example:
At 09:40 AM 3/8/2007 Thursday -0700, Tim Ruiz wrote:
Tom, all of the operational Go Daddy Group registrars agree with the
statement and can be added as signatories.
GoDaddy.com, Inc. (RC member)
Wild West Domains, Inc.
Blue Razor Domains, Inc.
Go Australia Domains, Inc.
Go Canada Domains, Inc.
Go China Domains, Inc.
Go France Domains, Inc.
Go Italy Domains, Inc.
end quote:
That would be seven membership, at $250/each, that would be
$1,750.
NetSol controls ICANN Accredited Registrars.
But what about Snapnames, Namescout and eNom? It is suggested that
some of them have over 100 other ICANN Accredited Registrars. If
they coughed up $25,000 each, we could afford the "Technical
Support" consultant shown in blue in the Budget, above.
I think it would be helpful if the members who had the most at stake were
to pay in proportion to their ICANN Accreditations.
We have five days to discuss these issues.
Regards, BobC
2007-2008
Review Period: 30 Days
Income & Assets
Current Assets (Bank Account)
$37,672.31
Proposed Dues $750.00
Number of Members 50 $37,500.00
Proposed Reduced Fees-1 $250.00
Number of Members w/reduced fees 10 $2,500.00
$75,172.31
Expenses
Administrative Support-2
$15,000.00
Professional Support-3
$30,000.00
Technical Expenses-4
$4,000.00
Meeting Expenses-5
$5,000.00
$54,000.00
Expected Ending Balance
$21,172.31