Tom, At the last meeting in KL, I believe it was decided that we would use the current boardroom roster for a vote on the budget, and freeze the boardroom roster for this purpose as it stood then. As I understand it, the challenge is we need to vote on the new budget to set the fees for this year, and then people can join. Currently, I believe the fee to join is $750, as Mike Palage said, and that the re-occuring annual fees have been zero for the last few years. So if a new member were to join, they would have to pay the $750 that we all paid at one time. But perhaps we should have the vote on Donna's proposed budget, then we can all pay the new suggested annual fee, and start from a clean slate/list of members prior to the new vote for Chair. This would allow us to clearly know who is a member at the time of voting. Rob. -----Original Message----- From: owner-registrars@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-registrars@gnso.icann.org]On Behalf Of tbarrett Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 8:30 PM To: 'Robert F. Connelly'; 'Registrars Constituency' Subject: RE: [registrars] Nominations for Chair. Dear Bob, There has been quite a bit of change in the list of active registrars since the last election. Its unclear how many of these have formally joined the Registrar group. In order to prevent some of the confusion from the last election, I suggest the following take place well in advance of the election: 1. Publish the list of registrars that you consider eligible to vote in this election. 2. For those registrars not on the official list: outline the specific criteria, process and deadline that needs to be followed for them to become eligible to vote for this election. Does anyone have any objections to this? Best Regards, Tom Barrett EnCirca, Inc.