[NA-Discuss] ATTENTION REQUIRED: Re: ARIN Participation at the Nonprofit Technology Conference

[Danny Younger]

Perhaps some of you might recall this ALS requirement:

Minimum criteria for an At-Large Structure:
3.  Be self-supporting (not rely on ICANN for
funding). 

In principle I am opposed to wasteful spending of
dollars that flow into ICANN from the registrant
community.  This is not "free money" that you can just
tap into simply because ICANN is more cash-flush now
than it used to be in the past -- it comes from the
pockets of those that we have pledged to protect.  

If this group wanted to put forward a matching funds
proposal to demonstrate that its activities can
reasonably be described as self-supporting, then I
would have less objection to supporting this type of
an outreach initiative.  So, are you willing to dig
into your organizational pockets to support this
initiative, or not?  

As I see it, ICANN has professional Staff that engage
in outreach activities.  Doubtless some of that Staff
will be at the upcoming Dubai session.  I would see a
greater value in pushing ICANN to finally recruit a
North American liaison whose duty it would be to
properly engage in outreach activities on this
continent.

ICANN has already budgeted for that function.  Do we
really need to spend more money on what may well turn
out to be duplicative outreach work when the NA
Liaison assumes his/her duties?

Danny

--- "Thompson, Darlene" <DThompson at GOV.NU.CA> wrote:

> Would anybody be against suggesting such a thing? 
> Can we agree to this
> on-line?  It seems fairly reasonable to me.
> 
>  
> 



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