Rick, I think you are misintrupretting some things. The budget committee did not agree upon anything, least of all the increased fees. We were given the budget a week ago, and told this was it. While some minor things were modified after discussion, the level of the budget, and the fees, were not, even after much protestation. One of our goals was to move to a transaction based fee, and this was accomplished. However, I am not sure the BAC can take credit for it, as it was one of the main things discussed in Tunisia and Rome with ICANN staff and Paul. Rob. -----Original Message----- From: owner-registrars@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-registrars@gnso.icann.org]On Behalf Of Rick Wesson Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 2:22 AM To: Elana Broitman Cc: registrars@dnso.org; pritz@icann.org Subject: Re: [registrars] ICANN Budget Before we have a conference call would the budget committee reps prepare a written document and circulate it among the registrars for discussion. Some of the items I'd like to see are o the goals of the committee and which of the goals that were achieved o next years goals and suggestions o a detailed explanation of how the increase levied on the registrars was agreed upon. thanks, -rick Elana Broitman wrote:

Hi all - We will schedule a call for later this week so that the budget committee representatives (Rob, Tim and me) can discuss the budget with the constituency. We will also ask ICANN to participate in part of that call so that you can ask them questions directly.

Bob - would you kindly schedule a call with the constituency's conference service at a time convenient for Rob and Tim. We should do at least 30 lines for 2 hours.

Thank you

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