Hello All,
Third, my hope, as you point out, is that we will receive financial support from ICANN next year. I was very happy to hear Doug Brent state during his public presentation in San Juan that ICANN will work with us in providing greater financial support to the constituencies.
There are some dependencies with what the Board decides to do as part of the GNSO review, but having said that - I suggest the registrars constituency work with the other GNSO constituencies to put up a concrete proposal for constituency support as input into the 1 July 2008 - 30 June 2009 budget process. It would be best if this request comes before the end of this calendar year to allow appropriate time for staff to incorporate into next year's budget. Regards, Bruce Tonkin (speaking as a registrar constituency member)