Re: [registrars] ICANN Invoice

["Marcus Faure" <faure@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I have always been into transparency. I would support this idea as the 
interest to guarantee equal treatment requires this openness.

Yours,
Marcus


> Dear Members,
> 
> just recently we received our ICANN fourth quarter of the fiscal year 
> invoice.
> 
> In the cover letter was stated:
> 
> "For your information, a registrar that was active the entire year, paid a per registrar variable fee of $ 8,809. Those registrars that applied for and were found eligible for relief paid one-third of the variable fee amount. The number of registrars that have received forgiveness of a portion of the fees has varied from quarter to quarter. The maximum number in any one quarter is 29".
> 
> 
> Question for the consitutency:
> As mostly all registrars are financing a great deal of ICANN and we are 
> basically all sitting in the same boat, we would like to see the 
> procedure of "forgiveness" to be a transparent one, providing the paying 
> registrars with information on the registrars that were granted 
> forgiveness on a quarterly basis.
> 
> Any opinions? Would this be something, that could be of interest to the 
> constituency?
> 
> Robbie
> Key-Systems GmbH
>