> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 23 July 1999 23:32
> What was posted for comment is at
> http://www.icann.org/draftguidelines.html (8 Feb 1999)
>
> "...Under the proposal, accredited registrars would pay the variable
> component monthly to ICANN based on the number of initial and
> renewal SLD registrations they enter into the registry beginning in
> July 1999 (the first month of ICANN's first full fiscal year). The
> amount due per registration-year would be established in ICANN's
> annual budgeting process, in which fees and charges are
> established with "the goal of fully recovering the reasonable costs
> of the operation of [ICANN] and establishing reasonable reserves."
> (See ICANN Bylaws, Article XI, Section 4(b).) To provide greater
> certainty to prospective registrars considering entering the
> business, this proposal would stipulate that the variable component
> would not exceed US$1.00 per registration-year.
One of the things that has bugged me through this process is the way that
the specifically stated "the variable component would not exceed US$1.00
per registration-year" very quickly turned into "$1 per year". While this
was obvious, ICANN seemed to be happy to set a budget that assumed the
availability of $1 per registered name per year. Of course, ICANN could have
defended itself by stating that it was only looking for 10c per name per
year and had set its budget accordingly.
One of my fears at the beginning of the process was that ICANN would expand
to soak up all available resources, and then would go looking for more.
Which is exactly what it started doing with the so called 'not more than $1
per name' fee.
Ivan
