proposed NCUC response to the ICANN-VeriSign settlement

[Horacio T. Cadiz]

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Milton Mueller wrote:

> I have revised the first paragraph of the NCUC response to incorporate
> Iliya's comment as follows (see last sentence):
>
> between contracting and policy making. We also see a dangerous conflict
> between ICANN's putative oversight role and its incentive to negotiate
> generous financial agreements with a contractor that is at the same time
> ICANN's main source of revenue.


   Good point raised by Iliya. I just looked at the financial terms
and never really computed the amount vis-a-vis inflation and compounded
interest. But whatever it is, the point is that it is never a good
framework for a regulator, by itself, to negotiate financial terms
with the one it regulates.

    Does anyone have a breakdown of ICANN's revenues?

-- Bombim Cadiz
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