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RE: [registrars] 66% needed for approval

  • To: Tim Ruiz <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: RE: [registrars] 66% needed for approval
  • From: Rick Wesson <wessorh@xxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 09:00:17 -0700 (PDT)
  • Cc: "'Bhavin Turakhia'" <bhavin.t@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "'Monte Cahn'" <monte@xxxxxxxxxxx>, ross@xxxxxxxxxx, "'Rob Hall'" <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "'Jean-Michel Becar'" <jmbecar@xxxxxx>, "'Registrars Constituency'" <registrars@xxxxxxxx>
  • In-reply-to: <007b01c444cb$437f42c0$fa05a8c0@TIMRUIZ>
  • References: <007b01c444cb$437f42c0$fa05a8c0@TIMRUIZ>
  • Sender: owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Tim,

what you experenced as "outreach" is not how those that were not contacted
percieve the same act.

ICANN is preported to the "open and transparent" standard -- when ICANN
contacts the largest of registrars regarding a budget that HARMS smaller
registrars that, my friend, is not outreach.

-rick


On Fri, 28 May 2004, Tim Ruiz wrote:

> Bhavin,
>
> In previous years I don't think even the top 5 registrars were contacted
> during the budget formulation process. I know that Go Daddy was never
> contacted prior to this year. So I truly believe the ICANN staff made a
> concerted effort to improve on that. Still not perfect, a wider range of
> registrars should be included, but still much better.
>
> And actually, the feedback that they received from the registrars they did
> contact, as well as other stakeholders, resulted in significant reductions
> in the budget, twice. They listened!
>
> If we can reach a reasonable agreement on how best to deal with the issues
> being discussed on this list and offer constructive suggestions, I believe
> the staff will be very interested and responsive.
>



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