In the words of our american fathers - taxation without representation is
not nice.
On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Jeff Williams wrote:
> Roberto and all,
>
> Financing ICANN with a $1 per domain registration is a tax, and therefore
> is not expectable as is basing their financing on membership fees. This
> is a poor financing model. They have had several opportunities for financing
> from several different sources and either did not follow up on those, or
> were unwilling to make some necessary adjustments in order to qualify
> for that financing...
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Bill,
> >
> > You wrote:
> > >
> > > My nose insists upon telling me that I smell something putrid.
> > > This malady started when on internet.com I first read "ICANN
> > > Adopts Cyber-Squatting Policy" and then "ICANN gets Financial
> > > Boost." Is that not what many of us have been concerned about
> > > for years now, that ICANN was for sale by the highest bidder?
> >
> > IMHO, your nose is right.
> >
> > That's why I was in favour of financing ICANN in a different way, like for
> > instance with a $1 fee on domain names, or with a membership fee.
> >
> > This would have avoided ICANN to be in need to find other sources of
> > revenue.
> >
> > As Snoopy sais in "Peanuts": "The hand that holds the (food) bowl rules the
> > world".
> >
> > >
> > > Keep records, troops. This will make a great documentary one
> > > day.
> > >
> >
> > What I will enjoy most in this documentary is to see all those that were
> > against alternate sources of funding (membership, $1 domain name fee, and so
> > on) now complaining that ICANN has taken the money somewhere else, as if
> > this was not obvious to everybody (and spelled out clearly) since the
> > beginning.
> >
> > Regards
> > Roberto
>
> Regards,
>
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> Jeffrey A. Williams
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