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color=#0000ff size=2>It seems to me that if we're going to be talking about
sponsorship, we should also be talking about whether it's time for ICANN to
start charging a registration fee to attend the meetings. I was dumbstruck
when I attended my first ICANN meeting and found out that there's no charge to
attend. Every other meeting I attend has a registration fee and some are
quite high ($750+). </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=756294514-24012011><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Let me be clear: I'm NOT suggesting that ICANN should
start charging a registration fee so that the meetings are revenue
generators. I do think, though, that it's time to examine whether the
costs of the meetings are high enough so that it makes sense to charge some fee
that can be used to offset those costs. In addition, the more ICANN can
recover through registration fees, the less money it needs from sponsors.
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color=#0000ff size=2>As to the sponsorship fee, the prices and "benefits" are at
the point where there's an optics issue, IMHO.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> owner-council@gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Stéphane Van
Gelder<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 24, 2011 3:40 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Adrian
Kinderis<BR><B>Cc:</B> council@gnso.icann.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [council]
Sponsorship of the ICANN Meetings<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>I see no reason why this could not be discussed here.
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<DIV>Is there anyone from Staff that can address Adrian's questions?</DIV>
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<DIV>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?</DIV>
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<DIV>Stéphane<BR><BR>
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<DIV>Le 23 janv. 2011 à 09:49, Adrian Kinderis a écrit :</DIV><BR
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am not sure of the correct forum to bring this up however I do so
here…<O:P></O:P></DIV>
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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.<O:P></O:P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif">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!<O:P></O:P></DIV>
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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.<O:P></O:P></DIV>
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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.<O:P></O:P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif">Your
thoughts would be appreciated.<O:P></O:P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif">Regards,<O:P></O:P></DIV>
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lang=EN-AU>Adrian Kinderis</SPAN></B><SPAN
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