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Hi Nenad.
<div class="">I was planning to reply to you, but I can’t remember if I did - and I do not see track of it in my email logs. If I have already responded, please ignore this second message.</div>
<div class="">The reason why registries do not sell domains directly is because the main reason why ICANN was created is to foster competition. This has been pretty effective, I should say, because before the introduction of registrars 20 years ago a .com domain
name was costing $50 - including a $15 tax intended for Internet development. After the breaking of the NetSol monopoly (the ancestor of Verisign) the price dropped to around $7. That went to the benefit of the registrants.</div>
<div class="">Going back to the old regime would also eliminate the variety of commercial proposals that the registrars offer to the market. In summary, the presence of an additional layer, the registrars, could seem to be a useless overhead but is as a matter
of fact an essential element for the variety of the offers on the market and for the improvement of the consumer choice.</div>
<div class="">Cheers,</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Well, I do not know why ICANN and registries do not sell domains only directly through e-shop, but endusers have to pay registrars who sell them on their web<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">J</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>EURO-Discuss [<a href="mailto:euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org" class="">mailto:euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On
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<b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday, 23 February, 2018 14:15<br class="">
<b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Roberto Gaetano<br class="">
<b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>EURALO Discuss<br class="">
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<span lang="EN-GB" class="">Well I’d like to see proper data showing the value that the investment has brought.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" class="">I also wonder why on earth ICANN funds so many people to attend non-ICANN events<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<b class=""><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Roberto Gaetano <<a href="mailto:roberto_gaetano@hotmail.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">roberto_gaetano@hotmail.com</a>><br class="">
<b class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Friday 23 February 2018 at 13:56<br class="">
<b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Michele Neylon <<a href="mailto:michele@blacknight.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">michele@blacknight.com</a>><br class="">
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<span lang="EN-IE" class="">I agree with you - the matter is very complex, that’s why I have difficulties in reducing it to a petition yes/no. What we need to do is to have a deeper analysis on the budget and the priorities.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IE" class="">This said, my gut feeling is that the cuts do not apply in a fair way neither geopolitically nor by stakeholder type. But this is a consequence of he fact that there is no discussion about the priorities. The big question is whether
outreach, in particular towards the less represented stakeholder (Internet users), is a priority and whether geopolitical representation is a priority. If we fail to stand up and bringing this issue to the table, with data and convincing arguments and not
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<span lang="EN-IE" class="">On 23.02.2018, at 13:11, Michele Neylon - Blacknight <<a href="mailto:michele@blacknight.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">michele@blacknight.com</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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There’s a much deeper issue – ICANN has spent a lot of money on a load of different programmes but has very little data to measure the ROI / KPIs etc</span><span lang="EN-IE" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" class="">If EURALO or anyone else wants to submit comments on the budget cuts they should be pragmatic and realistic.</span><span lang="EN-IE" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" class="">There is no way that ICANN can keep spending money that it does not have.</span><span lang="EN-IE" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<b class=""><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">From:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">EURO-Discuss <<a href="mailto:euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>>
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<b class="">Date:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Wednesday 21 February 2018 at 23:07<br class="">
<b class="">To:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>S Van Gelder <<a href="mailto:svg@milathan.ltd" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">svg@milathan.ltd</a>><br class="">
<b class="">Cc:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Euralo <<a href="mailto:euro-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">euro-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>><br class="">
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<a name="_MailOriginalBody" class=""><span lang="EN-IE" class="">My personal opinion is that the question is not about the budget cuts - if cuts are needed, let it be so - but how the cuts are affecting the different stakeholders. The question for me is whether
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<span lang="EN-IE" class="">Andrei is right. We need data. What is the foreseeable consequence of this budget cut on internet users? My personal opinion is that in the users community most of the outreach is through the means that are now been reduced. This
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<span lang="EN-IE" class="">Completely agree with Andrei. I oppose the signing of a petition to oppose cuts. I would add to his reasons the fact that the Board Chair and the CEO have both laid down extremely well articulated arguments for why budget cuts are
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because it sounds political. If community is against the cut, this must be articulated with facts, numbers and names. I don't like personnel cost increase, but this is another issue. --andrei<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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As you know, the ICANN FY19 budget is undergoing to reduction. This will mean that some programmes are frozen, whilst others are actually reduced. The current draft of the program is showing drastic cuts in community engagement and policy. The Fellowship is
being slashed, and so is the NextGen program. The Community Regional Outreach Pilot Program (CROP) which was confirmed into the main budget as it was seen as being so helpful, is being cancelled altogether. It is a terrible state of affairs, as it appears
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The signing of a petition is highly unusual for a RALO. I can recall several occurrences of a RALO releasing its own Statement. I can also recall EURALO supporting EuroDIG as a partner - and this translates to the EURALO Chair (previously Wolf Ludwig and now
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