Re: [ga] Registrants

[Hugh Dierker <hdierker2204@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you Joop,
 
I have a few questions that may lead to some solutions.
 
Do you have a funding model?  Have you approached any groups that have money to 
help fund your endeavor?
 
Are registrants willing to pay any amount for membership?
 
Has anyone suggested the Idea that the registrant group should be organized, 
not just for ICANN but as a professional organization to help do wild and crazy 
things like: share information, establish best practices, educate, promote?

--- On Sun, 11/8/09, Joop Teernstra <terastra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


From: Joop Teernstra <terastra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [ga] Registrants
To: "Andy Gardner" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Accountability Headquarters" 
<ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, November 8, 2009, 1:27 PM




----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Gardner" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Accountability Headquarters" <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: [ga] Registrants


> 
> 
> Transparency? Personal power posturing?
> 
> The bulk of ICANN funding comes from Registrants.
> 
> We pay for the show, then we're expected to pay AGAIN by have to "self- 
> organise".
> 
> We tried that once and got the bum's rush.
> 
> It's time for ICANN to acknowledge who pays all the bills, recognise they've 
> been left out of the process for years, and do all the work to get them in 
> the process where they should have rightfully been from  day one.
> 

That's right.
What I meant with my parallel to "the peace process" is that the dispossessed 
and disenfranchised are not offered enough to make it remotely interesting for 
them (or their volunteer representatives) to come to the table.

Joop