<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"><div><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#330033"><blockquote cite="mid:6DCFB66DEEF3CF4D98FA55BCC43F152E494F2BE5@BRN1WNEXMBX01.vcorp.ad.vrsn.com" type="cite"><span>The point I was making in my message was that ICANN funds all of the IANA naming functions but does not fund all of the IETF and RIR costs related to IANA processes.</span></blockquote>
How do you know that? I thought this was a free service for the IETF.</div></div></blockquote></span><div><br></div><div>No entity is charged for IANA services. Really.</div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"><div><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#330033">I admit I don't know the numbers contribution levels for the IANA service, but I am pretty sure IETF pays nothing for it.</div></div></blockquote></span><div><br></div><div>There are no "contribution levels for IANA services." The IETF does not provide any funding to ICANN. Nor do the .INT registrants. The RIRs and some ccTLDs provide a voluntary contribution to ICANN, but that accounts for a tiny fraction of ICANN's revenues.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>-drc</div><div><br></div></body></html>