Re: [atlarge-discuss] Membership fees

["Ron Sherwood" <sherwood@islands.vi>]

Thank you, Jeff:

On behalf of the entire membership, I gladly accept your generous offer of
$25,000 (I think that was what you said you are holding in escrow for us) so
that we don't have to look elsewhere for seed money.  This should see us
through until we are organized and in a position to apply for grants to the
established foundations.

I am sure we are all very grateful to you for no longer having to consider
the one source that should be attempting to support us.

Ron Sherwood
.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Williams" <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>
To: "Jan Siren" <sirenj@earthlink.net>
Cc: <atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de>
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 10:35 PM
Subject: Re: [atlarge-discuss] Membership fees


> Jan, Ron and all fellow members,
>
>   Of course, Jan is quite right here.
>
>   I also fail to comprehend why this fledgling organization with
> the current mix of members would even consider such a request
> to ICANN for any funds what so ever when we should easily be
> able to garner such funds via our own efforts, and initially from
> our own pockets.  Making or engaging in a financial link of
> or from ICANN given their history in financial misbehavior
> would be a potential prelude to significant intrigue of a negative
> nature that as a fledgling organization we cannot afford...
>
>
>
> Jan Siren wrote:
>
> > Ron Sherwood wrote:
> > >
> > > Good morning, Jan:
> > >
> > > Of course you are right in your suggestion that, once legally
established,
> > > we apply to a whole plethora of trusts that are likely to fund certain
> > > aspects of our organization.
> > >
> > > However, why do you and so many other people attempt to negate the
idea of a
> > > simple request to ICANN for seed money?  It is not our job to decide
that
> > > ICANN does not have money in their budget to help organize a grass
roots
> > > (bottom-up) structure...  it is for them to tell us that, if they
don't want
> > > to help!
> >
> > ...
> >
> > Waste of time in my view.  Right now we have no structure from which to
> > solicit support.  After we have By-laws, elected a Board, have
> > incorporated,
> > and have identified a qualified grant-writer among ourselves...*then* we
> > will
> > be in a position to seek financial support somewhere.  If we have a
> > well-crafted proposal in hand, it would make more sense at that time to
> > go to
> > directly to a foundation with a mission to support worthy causes, and
> > which
> > is likely to be more sympathetic to our aims than ICANN is ever likely
to
> > be...
> >
> > ...in short, I don't imagine a circumstance that makes your original
> > suggestion likely to succeed.
> >
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> Regards,
>
> --
> Jeffrey A. Williams
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