------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Fri, 12 May 2000 20:24:23 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Fay Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [cctld-discuss] Message from CENTR Excom on ICANN funding To the ccTLD community Last year Willie Black of Nominet UK circulated a report to the ccTLD list on the outcome of the ICANN Task Force on Funding for the year 1999-2000. This envisaged the ccTLD community as a whole providing some 35% of the income budget of ICANN amounting to $1.49M. He also suggested a possible self-select banding structure where the larger ccTLDs would pay more and this included a small "starter" band of $1. We all strongly rejected the idea of any link between payments and the number of Domains Registered. In addition, ICANN staff were present at a CENTR General Assembly meeting in December 1999 at which several of the CENTR members agreed to make one-off donations pending ICANN's clarification of the services they would be providing in return for the funding. You will now have seen that ICANN have issued invoices to all ccTLDs based on a Domain Name tax model. This situation was discussed by the CENTR Executive Committee who have recommended to the CENTR members that the ICANN model and associated invoice be rejected. They re-iterated that the voluntary banding model be the basis for donations to ICANN for the year 1999/2000 and will be progressing the details at their meeting in June. CENTR Excom strongly urges all ccTLDs to reject the Domain Name tax model and not to respond to the invoices received. Acceptance could prejudice your rights in the future. Fay Howard CENTR General Manager On behalf of the CENTR Excom -- ccTLD Constituency of the DNSO Discussion Mailing List (Formerly [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ------- End of forwarded message ------- -- STOP-LANGGANAN: 'unsubscribe' ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED] START-LANGGANAN: 'subscribe' ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
