[NA-Discuss] ICANN Layoffs

[Glenn McKnight]

I think maybe Evan has a point that during this time of sensitivities we do
not want to bring attention to ourselves during a blood bath.
I do find the attendance of non  NARALO people at our NARALO discussion
most interesting.  Lots of excellent points and its too bad that at the end
it occurred to staff to make notes.
I am going through a similar vulcan mind meld with ISOC on their
fundraising strategy which is odd since they are pretty stale ideas I
brought up years ago while on the board.  Sometimes people don't hear you
the first, second or more times and then it dawns on them , Thats a clever
idea.   Can you elaborate!..   All decisions are not neutral and it
requires time and money and volunteers can't be exploited.
My Saturday rant
g
G
Glenn McKnight, MA
Virtual School of Internet Governance
Chief Information Officer
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On Sat, 1 Jun 2024 at 13:57, Evan Leibovitch <evanleibovitch at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for sharing, Glenn.
>
> This brings to mind two points, one of them obvious.
>
> 1) I hope that the people who have been involved in working with At-Large
> were not affected. It's a great team.
>
> 2) As I said in a previous email, those who looking to tinker with the way
> At-Large travel is allocated ought to think long and hard about the
> consequences of their actions.
> Decoupling designated slots from elected and appointed leadership invites
> ICANN to reduce their total number. Obviously the org is already resorting
> to extreme cost-reduction measures; why call attention to something they
> could cut easily, without complaint from most of a broader community that
> already thinks we're over-funded?
>
> - Evan
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 1, 2024 at 12:00 PM Glenn McKnight via NA-Discuss <
> na-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:
>
>> ICANN is laying off 33 staffers, the non-profit domain overseer announced
>> <https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/organizational-changes-to-ensure-icanns-financial-stability-and-sustainability-30-05-2024-en>
>>  today.
>>
>> That represents about 7% of the organization’s ranks of 485 positions.
>>
>> ICANN said it is facing a deficit of $10 million a year, thanks in part
>> to sluggish domain name growth.
>>
>> In a blog post, the organization stated:
>>
>> This decision is part of a broader effort to evaluate costs and
>> activities, focusing on resource management, ensuring operational
>> efficiency, and achieving financial sustainability. Other key areas of
>> focus include reviewing travel and meeting costs, optimizing the use of
>> regional offices, exploring opportunities for greater cross-collaboration
>> and process improvements across functions and regions, and evaluating
>> ICANN’s fee structure to ensure it scales realistically with inflation.
>>
>> That last line is likely to raise eyebrows amongst contracted parties and
>> domain registrants. It suggests that ICANN might consider raising the
>> “taxes” it charges on domain name registrations.
>>
>> ICANN has faced deficits in the past and even took money from new top
>> level domain name auctions
>> <https://domainnamewire.com/2018/11/06/icann-will-use-36-million-of-new-tld-auction-proceeds-to-cover-shortfall/> to
>> replenish its coffers.
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