[ncdnhc-discuss] Hopeful solution - converting membership checks at no cost

[KathrynKL at aol.com]

To NCC:
I read with dismay about the high charges our members must pay to convert 
their local currencies into US dollars to pay ICANN.  It is hard enough to 
come up with the membership fee, no one should have to pay additional fees. I 
have spent hours on the phone with my bank, and ** my bank will clear foreign 
currency checks without a charge.**

I can offer the following service to the Constituency:  
- If you send me a membership check from your organization, in your local 
currency, I   
  will clear it at no cost and send the money on to ICANN.

I will place your check in my IOLTA account. This is a special bank account 
held by attorneys for funds that are given to them in trust (which means that 
the money does not belong to the attorney).   After the checks have cleared, 
I will send them on to ICANN in US dollars.  I will also notify Dany 
Vandromme, our NCC representation in charge of membership fees of their 
arrival. 

Here is the procedure I propose:
1) If your organizations has access to a credit cards, wire transfers or easy 
conversion to US currency -- ** go ahead and continue to pay ICANN directly.**
2) If conversion is a problem, then if you feel comfortable, you can send 
your check to me for clearing and forwarding to ICANN.  The check must be 
payable to **Kathryn A. Kleiman, Esq., IOLTA.**
3) Send email about your check, organization, date of sending, and membership 
fee to me, KathrynKl at aol.com and to Dany Vandromme (our NCC rep on membership 
dues) at vandrome at renater.fr so we know it is coming.
4) Send the check to Kathryn A. Kleiman, Esq, Attention: Membership Dues, 
McLeod, Watkinson & Miller, One Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 800, 
Washington DC 20001. 
5) Make the check payable to Kathryn A. Kleiman, Esq., IOLTA.
6) Let me know in your note with the check (since currency values may have 
changed) the amount of the membership fee (in US dollars) that you are paying.
7) Also in your note please tell me your organization's name, and the email 
address and name of the person in your organization I should notify when the 
check has cleared and the payment has gone on to ICANN.

Please only use this service if you feel comfortable with it, and with me.  I 
hope it helps make the difficult process of paying membership fees a little 
easier. 

Regards,
Kathy Kleiman
Founding Director, ACM's Internet Governance Project
(Former NCC Adcom member and Names Council representative)
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