RE: [alac] Draft Language for Board on Budget Issues

["Sebas Ricciardi" <sricciardi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We did. And ICANN didnt reply a thing.

S.

PS > I like the paragraph. 

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De: owner-alac@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-alac@xxxxxxxxx] En nombre de Jean
Polly
Enviado el: Jueves, 01 de Diciembre de 2005 04:35 p.m.
Para: Bret Fausett; ALAC
Asunto: Re: [alac] Draft Language for Board on Budget Issues

Bret, I think this is good language. Didn't we ask to be placed on the
Budget Advisory Group before?

At 01:58 PM 12/1/2005, Bret Fausett wrote:
>#.   We share ICANN's concerns with the current budget and planning 
>process, which depends in large part on registrar approval and 
>quarterly financial contributions from numerous sources. We endorse a 
>budget and funding mechanism that would provide ICANN greater certainty 
>in the budget planning process and reduce the administrative burden on 
>ICANN of billing and collections. Nevertheless, we believe very 
>strongly that ICANN should consult with the registrant and At Large 
>community before it fundamentally reshapes its funding mechanism through
new contracts with the registries.
>Ultimately, funds paid to ICANN from registrars or registries come from 
>us, the At Large community. To ensure ICANN's continued legitimacy, we 
>believe it is vitally important to provide checks on ICANN's budget, 
>through consultation and joint planning with the registrant community 
>that funds ICANN, and we would welcome the opportunity to work with and 
>serve on ICANN's Budget Advisory Group. We encourage ICANN to engage 
>the community in a larger conversation about how it should be funded 
>and how its budgets should be created and approved.
>

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