Re: Specific Questions

[Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com>]

At 07:34 PM -0600 12/25/96, Jeff Williams wrote:
>fee.  Also the waiting period of 60 days is too long for that
>amount to be tied up on this type of process.  If we handled our

	the 60day waiting period is for SLD assignments, not gTLD registrar
selection.  The $20K is for covering costs of the gTLD registrar selection
process.

>on this list.  My question is, do you have any other outside
>funding other than the collection of fees of this nature?  If not

	no.

>why not?  I think I could come up with at least $2m in outside
...
>Therefore, fees of $20,000 would not be necessary.

	There are lots of ways to obtain money.  Each has tradeoffs.  Since
the registrars will be generating a revenue stream, what's the problem with
tapping those who will be generating the stream to pay for their selection
process?  A side-effect of this approach is to provide a bit of financial
vetting for applicants.

d/

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