Rick, Was the process perfect this year? No. Kurt admitted that himself. But the ICANN staff engaged in more outreach this year than in any previous year I am aware of. And in our dealings with them they have been more open and responsive to input than the previous *ruling party* by leaps and bounds. Our vote may not affect our involvement in the ICANN process overall, but I am convinced it could certainly affect the level of outreach to registrars in subsequent years budget formulations. We should think our response through, and its long term impact, very carefully. Tim -----Original Message----- From: Rick Wesson [mailto:wessorh@ar.com] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 1:02 AM To: Tim Ruiz Cc: 'Monte Cahn'; ross@tucows.com; 'Rob Hall'; 'Jean-Michel Becar'; 'Registrars Constituency' Subject: Re: [registrars] 66% needed for approval Tim, I just want to point out that we are already out of the process. If we were involved we would have had more say in the development of the budget and not be presented with a near final draft. Our vote will have no impact on our "involvement, in ICANN" -rick Tim Ruiz wrote:
Monte,
I never meant to suggest that we shouldn't be firm. I am concerned that if we are not careful we may take ourselves out of the process altogether. All we are really doing when we vote is deciding whether we want to pay ICANN directly, or through the registries, we do not really *approve* the budget.