Tim, what you experenced as "outreach" is not how those that were not contacted percieve the same act. ICANN is preported to the "open and transparent" standard -- when ICANN contacts the largest of registrars regarding a budget that HARMS smaller registrars that, my friend, is not outreach. -rick On Fri, 28 May 2004, Tim Ruiz wrote:
Bhavin,
In previous years I don't think even the top 5 registrars were contacted during the budget formulation process. I know that Go Daddy was never contacted prior to this year. So I truly believe the ICANN staff made a concerted effort to improve on that. Still not perfect, a wider range of registrars should be included, but still much better.
And actually, the feedback that they received from the registrars they did contact, as well as other stakeholders, resulted in significant reductions in the budget, twice. They listened!
If we can reach a reasonable agreement on how best to deal with the issues being discussed on this list and offer constructive suggestions, I believe the staff will be very interested and responsive.