you can see who the contributors are (and how much) by looking at our
Website. What we pay will depend on what they do for us.
Esther
At 08:08 PM 06/02/99 -0500, Gordon Cook wrote:
>Touche Dave, a very nice example of how to put things positively rather
>than negatively. :-) one that i suppose I should try to emulate.
>
>did you miss esthers response?
>
> she said: "at a discount, approximately cost."
>
>so they are paying something.... would be instructive to see what they are
>paying
>
>just as it would be instructive to see who their contributors are
>
>and the line items in their budget
>
>right now, given my concerns about ICANN I view any contribution to its
>budget as an act that is harmful to the Internet.
>
>
>
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>>Gordon,
>>
>>There is another view on the engagement of Ogilvy by ICANN. It is very
>>common for not for profits to be helped by PR firms for payment that
>>covers basically out of pocket expenses. I would assume that is the case
>>with ICANN. PR firms offer a lot of services NOT JUST spin doctoring
>>things. They often are very good at making sure the public knows what is
>>going on via press releases and briefings. Often NFP do not have the staff
>>with the time and energy to make sure that happens.
>>
>>I for one will give both Ogilbvy and ICANN the benefit of the doubt and
>>believe that they are in fact doing this to improve the communications to
>>the community and not to hide anything.
>>
>>I further assume that the ICANN Board and President will firmly insure
>>that there is no spin control on what comes out and that they tell the
>>whole truth and nothing but the truth.
>>
>>Esther, do you agree.
>>
>>Dave
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