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It seems to me that we may be loosing focus on
eligibility here.
Instead of charging people all over the world to
vote which would create some HUGE collection problems, why don't we advise the
"16+ email postal address" criteria for eligibility with no charges.
Then let the domain owners help fund ICANN. It does not have to
give them more dominion, it's just that if the registrars gave $.50 or whatever
per registration/renewal to ICANN for their administrative costs. It could
be assessed monthly. There are a lot less fewer registrars than people,
and it would be easier to administrate.
Or alternatively, they could
"assess" for ISP connections. That would
eliminate objections from/about the domain owners.
There may be problems with non-profit corporation
status and "assessing fees" but it would be more reasonable.
Excluded of course would be the "free ISP's;" or
they could be forced to pay something from ad revenues which is why they are
"free" to begin with.
If domain registration were used, ICANN already has
the figures of who is registering what - it would be easy for them to
administrate and a lot cheaper.
BUT it is ICANN's job to be raising funds -
not ours.
Sasha
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