Re: [ga] NA RALO SOI

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joop and all,

  Joop is right to the extent that if ICANN funds anything it will
control it.  "He who has the money makes the rules".

 Joop is incorrect is stating "If constituency membership fees can't
fund the representatives, then ICANN is the only source left."  There
are many sources of funding if one knows where to look.  However
it is wise for funding for any non profit to come from membership fees
and donations, and as a 501 C3, a significant amount of funding legally
must come from donations.  But anyway you have to have some seed
money to get the donation train moving for further funding.

  From yet again the tone of Joop's remarks on the whole, he
seems to be unwilling or unable to aid in generating funding for
a new Constituency or reinstatement of the GA.  This was a
significant problem with the defunct IDNO.


Joop Teernstra wrote:

> At 01:01 p.m. 25/06/2007, Danny Younger wrote:
> >Re:  "It is just a collective of diverse folks working
> >without a budget"
> >
> >Not exactly true... the ICANN Budget sets aside
> >$760,000 for the At-Large (sufficient for staff
> >support plus travel funds so that 35 people can attend
> >each and every ICANN session -- yes, ICANN shells out
> >the cash so that they can pretend to be the at-large).
>
> A true At Large without funding cannot show up at the ICANN meetings
> either. Or maintain an up-to-date web site and do research, lobbying
> correspondence and outreach.
>
> If constituency membership fees can't fund the representatives, then ICANN
> is the only source left.
>
> Anyway, the point is moot. The ICANN Board is not likely to decide to fund
> what they can't control.
>
> -joop-

Regards,

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