-----Original Message----- From: vinton g. cerf <vcerf at MCI.NET> To: Jim Fleming <JimFleming at unety.net> Cc: tld-wg at ripe.net <tld-wg at ripe.net>; domain-policy at open-rsc.org <domain-policy at open-rsc.org>; DOMAIN-POLICY at LISTS.INTERNIC.NET <DOMAIN-POLICY at LISTS.INTERNIC.NET>; ietf at ietf.org <ietf at ietf.org> Date: Saturday, September 12, 1998 8:39 PM Subject: Re: Raising $500,000 for the new IANA Jim the idea was to limit maximum contribution to $50,000 and to assume/work towards a funding model which does NOT require any contributions at all in the steady state. The funding proposed is strictly for start-up to avoid the possibility that initial funding would be a show-stopper. vint @@@@@ OK...if 500 companies step forward with $1,000 to apply, then I suppose we could send the $50,000 back to each of the large donors. 250 of the initial companies could be from the "existing" legacy TLDs. This would place everyone on an equal footing and will raise an instant $250,000. In light of France's recent decision to take control of some of the so-called ccTLDs, I think it is time for the Internet community to recognize that a TLD, is a TLD, is a TLD. @@@@ http://www.gtld-mou.org/pab/mail-archive/00298.html "Lastly, it is necessary to end rapidly the exploitation, by private operators having received no mandate from the French authorities, of the management of top level domains corresponding to French overseas departments (.gp for Guadeloupe, .mq for Martinique,...). IANA effectively considers that these are "national" domains. The French government must therefore request IANA to refuse to recognize these operators or to allocate them IP addresses." @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Jim Fleming Unir Corporation - http://www.unir.com End-2-End: VPC(Java)---C+ at ---<IPv8>---C+ at ---(Java)VPC http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/130dftmail/unir.txt http://www.ddj.com/index/author/idx10133.htm -------- Logged at Mon Sep 14 11:31:14 MET DST 1998 ---------