[CCWG-Accountability] Level of Discourse / Rules of Order

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Profit (for distribution to shareholders or similar) is distinctly different for profit as in surplus (to be invested and/or used for programs).

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> On Jan 17, 2015, at 22:11, Phil Buckingham <phil at dotadvice.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> All,
>  
> I can’t agree more with James and Keith’s comments here.
> Both James and I were at Namescon 2015 last week in Vegas – it’s our job / income.
> so I’ m personally struggling to keep up.
> Please please all remain on topic- accountability and transparency – treat everybody with respect even if your views are fundamentally different.
>  
> As a note (of warning) to All:
> Akram Atullah, ICANN ‘s Head of the Generic Domain Division responsible for new gTLDs (personal friend of ICANN’s CEO)  – was a keynote speaker – publicly stated that ICANN would not contribute to a global marketing effort to boost user awareness- the programme is seriously off budget/target registrations. However the whole programme was agreed to as “not for profit”. I say again – ICANN 2013 financial audited, signed statements show a $ 80m “profit” . Something is wrong here ………….
>  
> Regards,
>  
> Phil
>  
> [...]
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