Jay,
Where is the Ogilvy PR cost?
Gene...Hi Jay Fenello, you wrote on 7/9/99 2:30:13 PM:
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>For those who have not seen it yet:
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>http://www.icann.org/correspondence/bliley-response-08july99.htm
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>Since ICANN's financial performance
>remains hidden, I've roughed out these
>calculations. ICANN Board members are
>encouraged to correct any miscalculations:
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>http://www.icann.org/contributors.html
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>- $397,000 in Private Donations
>- $57,000 in Registrar Application Fees
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>[TOTAL REVENUE = $454,000]
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>http://www.icann.org/correspondence/bliley-response-08july99.htm
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>- The DARPA research contracts paid for the full direct and indirect costs
>of the IANA, including staff salaries and wages, office facilities and
>rent, computer equipment and network connectivity, ISI's institutional
>overhead, and telephone and travel expenses. These costs were assumed by
>ICANN as of January 1, 1999, and ICANN has received no USG funding support
>since that time.
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>[$?????? x 6 months = $???????]
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>- ICANN has contracted with The Darwin Group for the full-time services of
>Mr. Roberts and for support of the Office of the ICANN Interim
>President/CEO on a month-to-month basis at the rate of $18,000 per month.
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>[$18,000 x 8 months = $144,000]
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>- Costs of professional and technical services agreements are projected at
>$1.0 million for the year, or approximately $85,000 per month, which is in
>line with recent experience. The largest single expense within this
>category is for legal services. Technical services, which currently exceed
>$20,000 per month, are expected to decline during the year as permanent
>staff additions are made.
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>[$65,000 x 9 months = $585,000 in legal fees]
>[$20,000 x 6 months = $120,000 in technical fees]
>[Ogilvy Fees -- not referenced]
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>- Estimated costs of four three-day Board of Directors meetings, plus
>bimonthly telephone conference meetings, total $850,000. The Board, which
>will expand during the year to its full complement of nineteen Directors
>from the current ten, will continue to meet in major regions of the world
>in order to enable its constituents to have an opportunity to physically
>participate in board public forums and committee meetings. Board public
>forums will continue to feature video and voice distribution over the
>Internet.
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>[3 meetings (Boston, Singapore, Berlin) = $600,000]
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>[TOTAL EXPENSES = $1,449,000]
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>If ICANN's expenses have been approximately
>$1,450,000, and their revenue has been approx.
>$450,000, WHERE IS THE OTHER $1,000,000 ??????
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>Who's been paying these bills?
> or
>Who's been extending this kind
>of credit, and why?
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>Respectfully,
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>Jay Fenello
>President, Iperdome, Inc.� 404-943-0524
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I'm very happy @.HOME(sm)
Gene Marsh
president, anycastNET Incorporated
