Re: [atlarge-discuss] Membership Fees & Bylaws

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Danny and all stakeholders or other interested parties and members,

  Very good points here Danny!  As I and a few others early on
months ago emphisized time and time again, "Money is the mothers
milk of politics and policy making".  Without it, and a goodly amount
of it, you have little and likely NO chance of making a difference.
Lobbying costs big $$...

DannyYounger@cs.com wrote:

> Richard,
>
> ICANN is a cartel.  Their livihood depends upon those that feed their
> coffers.  Public interest groups, no matter how representative, moral,
> transparent or replete with integrity cannot on their own successfully
> pressure a cartel.  Try "pressuring" OPEC and see how far it gets you.  Those
> that control a monopoly resource only fear those that have the muscle to
> impact their revenue stream.  If icannatlarge.com ever develops a
> multi-million dollar war chest and then uses those funds to legally threaten
> ICANN, then perhaps you can make some progress.  ICANN is "pressured" by the
> ccTLDs because they are in a position to impact the revenue stream.  You are
> not.  And it won't matter how large you become if you don't start accruing
> financial reserves and begin retaining a legal staff.  Your own agenda and
> your own community mean absolutely nothing if you can't back it up with the
> money necessary to fight your battles.
>
> I have raised the issue of membership fees on many occasions, only to watch
> you folks dodge the issue.  Perhaps you are afraid that once you start
> charging a membership fee your roster of members will disappear and instead
> of a thousand members you will only have less than fifty.  You might as well
> start facing your financial realities now.  That means having the panel doing
> the job it was elected to do.  Since the panel has already forgotten what
> their task was, let me remind you...
>
> Your job was to draft the bylaws.  Once bylaws are in place votes may be held
> to deal with such matters as incorporation  and the need to elect a treasurer
> and other officers.  Bylaws allow for finances to be raised, for transparency
> to be preserved, for legitimacy and accountability -- none of which is
> currently guaranteed to your membership in the absence of such bylaws.  Who's
> in charge of getting the bylaws drafted, and when will we see a draft ready
> for ratification?  This should have been your top priority, but I don't even
> see it on anyone's radar screen.  Perhaps the panel thinks that picking a new
> name is much more important than working on the bylaws... if so, I think the
> panel has its priorities screwed up.
>
>
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