Dear Ronnie Following are some details which I hope will answer your questions. The NRO has traditionally made an annual voluntary contribution to ICANN on behalf of the RIRs, in support of ICANN’s work. While this contribution was originally agreed as a percentage of ICANN’s total budget, it was fixed in 2005 at the calculated level for that year (USD 823,000 per annum), and it has remained at that level since then.
This contribution is not contractually agreed, but was confirmed in an exchange of letters between the NRO and ICANN in 2007: https://www.nro.net/news/nro-and-icann-reaffirm-commitment-to-relationship-2 The percentage contribution from each RIR towards NRO expenses is determined by a formula representing relative RIR activity levels. Until 2012 this formula comprised a weighted average of IPv4 allocations and registration services revenues; but since 2013 it has been based on registration revenues only (due to the exhaustion of IPv4 address space, which started with the APNIC region in 2011). The historical distribution of RIR contributions, which is also applied to the ICANN contribution, is as follows: AfriNIC APNIC ARIN LACNIC RIPE NCC 2014 5.71% 26.39% 27.28% 8.87% 31.74% 2013 4.53% 29.10% 27.34% 8.27% 30.77% 2012 6.05% 14.50% 24.64% 12.26% 42.55% 2011 4.29% 39.48% 17.38% 8.24% 30.61% 2010 4.04% 35.78% 21.76% 5.77% 32.65% 2009 3.54% 32.44% 24.72% 4.69% 34.61% 2008 1.80% 31.58% 27.71% 4.50% 34.42% 2007 3.20% 26.54% 27.35% 5.76% 37.15% 2006 2.00% 23.29% 30.11% 4.54% 40.06% 2005 1.05% 23.82% 29.94% 4.61% 40.57% Below are links to some presentations made by the NRO over the past five years which confirm the $823,000 contribution (and in some cases, also provide the historical percentage distributions). 2010: https://www.nro.net/wp-content/uploads/212-NRO-report-at-RIPE63.pdf 2011: https://www.nro.net/wp-content/uploads/nro-at-apnic-33.pdf 2012: https://www.nro.net/wp-content/uploads/nro-apnic_1346175442.pdf 2013: https://conference.apnic.net/data/36/nro-update-apnic36-final_1377593736.pdf 2014: http://www.slideshare.net/apnic/nro-updateapnic38-1410833849 As you no doubt know, ICANN's audited accounts also show the revenue figure of $823,000 from the RIRs. For example: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/financial-report-fye-30jun14-en.pdf And of course, all of ICANN's audited financial information is available online: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/financials-en I hope this helps answer your query. All the best, Paul. ________________________________________________________________________ Paul Wilson, Director-General, APNIC <[email protected]> http://www.apnic.net +61 7 3858 3100 On 12 Feb 2015, at 8:09 pm, Ronnie Choudhury <[email protected]> wrote: > For the purpose of the Centre for Internet and Society’s research into the > relationship of RIRs vis-à-vis ICANN and accountability of different bodies > in Internet governance, we request, current and historical data regarding > details of contract fees paid by APNIC to ICANN along with details indicating > why such a payment is made. We also request information regarding the process > through which the contract fee is calculated each year. Is this contribution > voluntary or is there a contractual basis to this payment. > > Please find attached a copy of the request. We await your favourable response > and hope the requested information is furnished expediently. Please do not > hesitate to contact us should you require any clarifications. > > Thank you > > Regards, > > Protyush Choudhury > On behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society > E-mail: [email protected] > Website: cis-india.org > > <Request for information from > APNIC.pdf>_______________________________________________ > apnic-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.apnic.net/mailman/listinfo/apnic-talk _______________________________________________ apnic-talk mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.apnic.net/mailman/listinfo/apnic-talk
