Re: [ga] Tiered (Variable) Pricing

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

George and all,

  Harsh remarks here George, but I must say you have a very good
and valid point here as ICANN doesn't seem to be able to even
manage it's existing contracts and contractors very well... Poor
judgment seems to be a hallmark with the ICANN Bod, GAC,
constuencies, ect...

George Kirikos wrote:

> Hello,
>
> --- "Michael D. Palage" <Michael@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I respect the position of you and others with regard to this issue. I
> > realized when posting this proposal I would be taking a position in
> > between two diametrically opposed viewpoints where I was likely to
> > get
> > shot at by both sides. Notwithstanding this reality, I think my
> > proposed
> > contractual changes are such that it provides the registry operator
> > the
> > flexibility that it needs in its operations, while protecting the
> > reasonable expectation interests of existing registrants.
>
> Suppose you have a consulting contract with a registry, for $300/hr
> that ends in 3 years. You come to them in 2006, before the term of the
> contract is over, that you want $750/hr, and that you want to
> perpetually renew the contract at your whim. The shareholders of the
> registry say "No, we have a contract...a deal is a deal."
>
> Is it a "compromise" to then say to them "ok, let's make it $500/hr"?
>
> The above demonstrates that calling something a "compromise" is simply
> a weak attempt to frame the issue, when there isn't anything that one
> is supposed to compromise or negotiate about. There is a contract in
> place. The registries simply want to rewrite the contract, to get
> "more". If they don't get $30 million in benefits, they'll take $10
> million instead, as it is "more" than zero.
>
> What happens if ICANN does nothing, and tells them to go take a hike?
> Nothing happens....a contract is already in place, it gets re-bid at
> the end of the term, and life goes on as normal.
>
> It's pretty simple. Instead of discussing this issue, ICANN's Board
> should spend the time in its next Board meeting discussing which staff
> members need to be fired for wasting resources renegotiating contracts
> that don't need to be renegotiated, and showing poor judgement in
> thinking that the terms they negotiated benefit the public in any way.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> George Kirikos
> http://www.kirikos.com/

Regards,

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