On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, Eric Weisberg wrote:
> Indulge me in the following irrelevant reflection on our
> history.
>
> In the foggy past of late summer and fall, Jim Dixon
> explained the what he understood to be meant by "Supporting
> Organization"--an organization which supports ICANN
> FINANCIALLY. In other words, the registries which would
> either pay fees or collect and transmit fees to NewCO. It
> did not mean a defined constituency with representation on
> the board, at least as far as the EuroISPA proposal was
> concerned.
The term "supporting organization" seemed to change its meaning
with each successive proposal from IANA. In the beginning, they
seemed to be talking about organizations that provided financial
support.
In the olden days, in the middle of 1997 I believe, it looked
like IANA was going to lose its Federal funding. The RIRs got
together and agreed to pay its way. I think that RIPE agreed to
pay $50,000 to IANA as part of this. The three RIRs were the
original "supporting organizations".
As it happened, the US government coughed up another chunk of money
($500K or $1 million) and then we moved into the NTIA/Green Paper/
White Paper/IFWP/GIP era.
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Jim Dixon Managing Director
VBCnet GB Ltd http://www.vbc.net tel +44 117 929 1316
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