Re: [atlarge-discuss] Re: membership fees

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

Danny and all stakeholders or other interested parties,

  Good specific information that you so kindly provided here
Danny.  I for one, thank you for it.

  Yes, INEGroup uses a similar trust account that you mention
that Kathy Kleiman uses.  Her and I exchanged the idea of this
some time ago in and attempt to assist the NCDNHC. (See relevant
archives).

DannyYounger@cs.com wrote:

> It can reasonably be expected that this organization (with a worldwide base
> of members) might run into the same set of financial difficulties experienced
> by the Non-Commercial Constituency (which already has defaulted on almost two
> years worth of payments to the DNSO).
>
> So, it is important to learn from the failures of the NCDNHC so that the same
> set of problems don't re-emerge in this body.
>
> For example, there are ways of eliminating currency conversion charges.
> Kathryn Kleiman once wrote that her bank will clear foreign currency checks
> without a charge.  She places such checks into an IOLTA account (which is a
> special bank account held by attorneys for funds that are given to them in
> trust).  After the checks have cleared, the funds may then be re-transmitted
> to the recipient organization.  As Kathy is a member of icannatlarge.com,
> perhaps she would be willing to set up such a service for this organization.
>
> But let's return to the question of appropriate fees... as per my
> understanding, the Non-Coms assess a minimum of $50.  ccTLD contributions
> also start at $50.  The Business Constituency charges a minimum EURO $250.
> IPC membership starts at $75.  Registrars have a flat $750 fee.  The ISPs
> don't post their fee structure, but as they have only 38 members and yet meet
> their $15,000 annual obligation, they must assess at least $400 to each
> member.  Organizations like ISOC with 10,000 members charged $25.  Smaller
> groups like ACM charge their members $99.
>
> On this list I have seen $10 mentioned as a possibly appropriate fee...
> based on current numbers, that would translate into an annual budget of only
> $9470 (which is far below even the cost of being a constituency member in the
> GNSO -- and that's assuming that each and every member now on the roster will
> tender their fees, a somewhat unrealistic expectation).  BTW, the GNSO will
> be charging an estimated $17,500 for membership fees based on an initial
> calculation for six member constituencies.
>
> Until such time as ancillary funding becomes available through philanthropic
> grants or other efforts, it will be necessary to set fees at a level
> sufficient to actually pay for the real costs of running the organization.
> Based on the experience of other constituencies (where even a minimum $50 did
> not sufficiently meet their financial needs), I think that you are probably
> looking at a neighborhood that is past the $50 benchmark (especially because
> not everyone now on the list will pay).
>
> Comments?
>
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Regards,
--
Jeffrey A. Williams
Spokesman for INEGroup - (Over 124k members/stakeholders strong!)
CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng.
Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC.
E-Mail jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com
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