[council] Sponsorship of the ICANN Meetings
Alan Greenberg
alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca
Mon Jan 24 23:15:05 UTC 2011
ok. My mistake. Alan
At 24/01/2011 05:45 PM, Adrian Kinderis wrote:
>That is not true Alan.
>
>There have been a number of meetings where there
>have been no formal major local host.
>
>Sydney springs to mind.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Adrian
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>On 25/01/2011, at 9:35, "Alan Greenberg"
><<mailto:alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca> wrote:
>
>>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 havve 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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