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

[Thompson, Darlene]

Danny,

The criteria that you state that each ALS needs to be self supporting is
completely outside of this discussion.  Each ALS IS self supporting but
as most of us represent completely cash-strapped organizations, there is
no way that we can afford to fund ICANN processes.

For example, N-CAP can fund its own programs and projects but it has not
got the money to fund ICANN outreach.  This completely falls within the
scope of that third criterion that you mention.  It would be completely
laughable, though, to expect non-profits to use their limited funds to
support a private corporation's outreach activities.

Having said that, we are each willing to donate our limited time and
effort into promoting this which DOES have value and which means that we
ARE putting resources into this project.

D

Darlene A. Thompson
Community Access Program Administrator
Nunavut Department of Education/N-CAP
c/o P.O. Box 1000, Station 910
Iqaluit, NU  X0A 0H0
Phone:  (867) 975-5631
Fax:  (867) 975-5610
dthompson at gov.nu.ca

-----Original Message-----
From: Danny Younger [mailto:dannyyounger at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 3:57 PM
To: Thompson, Darlene; Nick Ashton-Hart; Brendler, Beau; Evan
Leibovitch; NA Discuss
Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] ATTENTION REQUIRED: Re: ARIN Participation at
the Nonprofit Technology Conference

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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