[council] Sponsorship of the ICANN Meetings

[Alan Greenberg]

I have no inside information, but the issue came 
up a while ago in At-Large, and it struck me then 
that this may be a result of this being (I think) 
the first meeting without a major local host, who 
previously was expected to provide significant resources.

Alan

At 24/01/2011 03:39 AM, Stéphane Van Gelder wrote:
>I see no reason why this could not be discussed here.
>
>Is there anyone from Staff that can address Adrian's questions?
>
>As far as the Council taking a position on this, 
>what do others think? Is there a desire to work 
>on drafting a letter on this topic?
>
>Stéphane
>
>Le 23 janv. 2011 à 09:49, Adrian Kinderis a écrit :
>
>>Stephane,
>>
>>I am not sure of the correct forum to bring this up however I do so here

>>
>>I have been contacted by a number of my 
>>constituents regarding the severe raising of 
>>pricing of the sponsorship packages for the upcoming San Francisco meeting.
>>
>>In most cases prices within the different 
>>levels of sponsorship packages have doubled and 
>>it seem that ICANN is trying to secure a few 
>>sponsors at $500,000. This seems, to me at least, just plain crazy!
>>
>>My organization has sponsored on a number of 
>>occasions and are potentially again this time. 
>>However I am concerned of these changes and the impact they may have.
>>
>>The reason I bring it up in this forum is 
>>because I wonder if this is something the 
>>Council could take a position of. We all 
>>benefit from a healthy participation of 
>>sponsors. Without them the meetings would not 
>>exist. However, I believe ICANN is being just 
>>plain greedy and this could potentially harm future meetings.
>>
>>Your thoughts would be appreciated.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>>Adrian Kinderis
>>
>>
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