Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] Discounted Pricing for Underserved Communities

["Michele Neylon :: Blacknight" <michele@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 27 Jun 2011, at 05:41, Evan Leibovitch wrote:

> 
> 
> On 26 June 2011 21:58, <ebw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  
> > I know several commercial concerns who are contemplating contributing
> > cash and/ or services to the ICANN seed fund.
> 
> 
> Not to belabour the points already answered, but you can't contribute 
> services to a seed fund.
> 
> Donated services are certainly to be solicited and will be appreciated by 
> recipients, but donated services -- even when there is an exact match between 
> need and donation, which may not be common -- have a problem with valuation.
> 
> The only legitimate model of applying of donated services to a charity fund 
> of which I'm aware sees the services auctioned off, and the auction price is 
> contributed to the fund.

Evan

I don't think that's  entirely true

If a service is normally charged at X per hour / month or whatever then there 
is a specific value for Y hours.


Auctioning things off for charity rarely seems to reflect actual market value 
(they either go much lower or much higher)


Regards

Michele


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