Re: [council] Sponsorship of the ICANN Meetings

[Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

ok. My mistake. Alan

At 24/01/2011 05:45 PM, Adrian Kinderis wrote:
> That is not true Alan.
>
> There have been a number of meetings where there 
> have been no formal major local host.
> Sydney springs to mind.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Adrian
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 25/01/2011, at 9:35, "Alan Greenberg" 
> <<mailto:alan.greenberg@xxxxxxxxx>alan.greenberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I have no inside information, but the issue 
> > came up a while ago in At-Large, and it struck 
> > me then that this may be a result of this being 
> > (I think) the first meeting without a major 
> > local host, who previously was expected to provide significant resources.
> > Alan
> >
> > At 24/01/2011 03:39 AM, Stéphane Van Gelder wrote:
> > > I see no reason why this could not be discussed here.
> > >
> > > Is there anyone from Staff that can address Adrian's questions?
> > >
> > > As far as the Council taking a position on 
> > > this, what do others think? Is there a desire 
> > > to work on drafting a letter on this topic?
> > > Stéphane
> > >
> > > Le 23 janv. 2011 à 09:49, Adrian Kinderis a écrit :
> > >
> > > > Stephane,
> > > >
> > > > I am not sure of the correct forum to bring this up however I do so here?
> > > >
> > > > I havve been contacted by a number of my 
> > > > constituents regarding the severe raising of 
> > > > pricing of the sponsorship packages for the upcoming San Francisco meeting.
> > > > In most cases prices within the different 
> > > > levels of sponsorship packages have doubled 
> > > > and it seem that ICANN is trying to secure a 
> > > > few sponsors at $500,000. This seems, to me at least, just plain crazy!
> > > > My organization has sponsored on a number of 
> > > > occasions and are potentially again this 
> > > > time. However I am concerned of these changes and the impact they may have.
> > > > The reason I bring it up in this forum is 
> > > > because I wonder if this is something the 
> > > > Council could take a position of. We all 
> > > > benefit from a healthy participation of 
> > > > sponsors. Without them the meetings would not 
> > > > exist. However, I believe ICANN is being just 
> > > > plain greedy and this could potentially harm future meetings.
> > > > Your thoughts would be appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Adrian Kinderis