All,
How about these compromise proposals?
1.) Make it a choice to the registrant as a support element to ICANN.
Like we do on our tax forms for political election contributions.
2.) Split the difference, $.50 is paid by the Registrar, and $.50 by the
Registrant. No cost passing off to the registrant by the
registrar.
Note: My position is simple, if ICANN is doing such a great job, than
they should have no trouble in getting more than enough in donations
to support theemselves.... PBS seems to be able to do it!!
Karl Auerbach wrote:
> > > Well, I (no doubt among others) proposed a buck a registration...
> > > ... that piddling little buck.
> >
> > That dollar cumulates to nearly $6 million a year.
> >
> > And who is to say that the dollar-a-domain name approach won't be applied
> > to be the dollar-per-IP address approach.
> >
> > That would amount to several billions of dollars per year.
>
> I just read one of Bill Lovell's posts on this subject and I wanted to add
> that I don't think that the $1 is a bad idea. And his reasons why it
> helps keep the "big guys" from obtaining too much control are good
> reasons.
>
> I simply wanted to point out that from small acorns great oaks grow - that
> a small (to us in the US) $1 fee can accumulate to something significant
> so we should not dismiss it simply because it is small on a per-person
> basis.
>
> --karl--
Regards,
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