Re: [atlarge-discuss] Re: membership fees

["Micheal Sherrill" <micheal@beethoven.com>]

Hello Jeff (Zombi) Williams:

Please give us the name of the similar trust account that INEGroup uses.

Please point us to the specific archives regarding relevant exchange of ideas concerning your attempt to assist NCDNHC.

Do not get fuzzy on me Zombi-boy, show me the data.

Regards,


Micheal Sherrill


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>
Date:  Thu, 25 Jul 2002 19:44:12 -0700

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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