Gene and all,
I fully agree with your and Karls sentiments. ICANN without a financial
plan and a method of full disclosure of financial dealings would be prudent
and wise once and "IF" they are ever fully constituted. But in all fairness
to the ICANN full financial disclosure at this juncture is premature, though
a financial plan in place is NOT.
We must all try to remember that ICANN is a PRIVATE corporation, and
is non-profit as well.
Gene Marsh wrote:
> Karl,
>
> I agree with your sentiments below. The closest model I can see is the
> amateur radio licensing fee model, but that involves governmental agencies
> from many countries, and is a mess.
>
> I would be very uncomfortable paying any tax or fee to ICANN under the
> current circumstances as well, and am recommending to Diebold Incorporated
> executive management, anycastNET Incorporated and Top Level Domain
> Association members that they resist any such fee without a much higher
> level of accountability, responsiveness and professionalism.
>
> Gene Marsh
>
> At 03:53 PM 7/18/99 -0700, you wrote:
> >
> >I hear that ICANN has run out of money.
> >
> >Have they published a statement showing the expenses to date.
> >
> >(I, for one, wouldn't want to to pay the $1 domain name tax [not to
> >mention the probable eventual $$ for IP address space tax] when there is
> >no published record of how the entity which is imposing the tax is
> >spending it.)
> >
> >For those who object to the word "tax", you can do a replace the word
> >"tax" with 'mandatory fee unrelated to costs".
> >
> > --karl--
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> ++++++++++
> Gene Marsh
> president, anycastNET Incorporated
> 330-699-8106
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