[Ccwg-auctionproceeds] reserves, was Notes & action items from today's CCWG-AP meeting

[Kavouss Arasteh]

Dear John
I agree with you but what I said was, setting a level for reserve account
is outside our mandate.
Whether or not it is a bad thing or wrong message or otherwise to put money
from auction  at the top of the predetermined level of reserve account set
by ICANN is a matter yet to be dabated  and decided upon.
In your views it is a bad thing and wrong message to the community. I do
not share that view until we fully debated that and come to the same
conclusions or otherwise.
Regards
Kavouss

On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 9:00 PM, John R. Levine <johnl at iecc.com> wrote:

> Alan’s view that CCWG discuss the level of ICANN reserve account is outside
>> the mandate of CCWG. We may just decide whether or not that account be fed
>> by using Auction money but decision on the appropriate level of the
>> reserve
>> account is totally outside or mandate as it is a decision to be made by
>> the
>> Board and not by this group
>>
>
> Technically, the board has to approve any disbursement plans we come up
> with, so it's always a board decision, but I agree that using auction money
> to top up the reserves is a bad idea for two reasons:
>
> 1.  It would send a bad message to the community.  ICANN goes through a
>    complex multi-year process to decide who to give the auction bonus to
>    and decides the most deserving recipient is (drum roll) ICANN itself!
>    We've now confirmed every speculation that ICANN is a bunch of corrupt
>    navel gazers.
>
> 2.  It would send an equally bad message about ICANN's financial
>    management.  While the timing of the USG transition was hard to
>    predict, the fact that it would happen and would cost extra was not.
>    In general, well run organizations match their revenue and expenses,
>    including maintaining adequate reserves.  If ICANN didn't plan ahead,
>    invaded the reserves, and can only restore them by a top them up from
>    this one-time piggy bank, what will happen the next time ICANN doesn't
>    plan for something?
>
> Regards,
> John Levine, johnl at iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for
> Dummies",
> Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. https://jl.ly
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