<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">On Jun 20, 2014, at 5:39 AM, Ian Peter <<a href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com">ian.peter@ianpeter.com</a>> wrote:<br><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><div>John, to be clear</div><div> </div><div>I did not propose a tax.</div><div> </div><div>I suggested that a proportion of current income (which I described as a tax) be allocated to dealing with social issues such as digital divide.</div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>Acknowledged. I am unable to find such social issues in ICANN's charter, so this </div><div>allocation is indeed a "tax" on the organization, regardless of your labeling.<br><div dir="ltr" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><div> </div></div></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><div>It’s neither unreasonable or unusual for those who profit from a sphere of activity to donate some of their income/profits to associated areas. Indeed, some would see it as a worthwhile investment in improving the environment from which income is derived.</div></div></div></div></blockquote><div dir="ltr" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;"> </div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">While I agree that it is not unusual, note that <span style="font-size: 12pt;">ICANN is _not-for-profit_ with </span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">a </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">specific mission; again, those who are </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">profiting from its sphere of activity </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">would be the service and content </span><font face="Calibri" size="3">providers (generally for-profit endeavors </font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">throughout the globe.) Or are you suggesting that ICANN be made into a </span></div></div><div><font face="Calibri" size="3">for-profit endeavor, and that it be uniquely taxed for this purpose?</font></div><div><font face="Calibri" size="3"><br></font></div><div><font face="Calibri" size="3">/John</font></div><div><font face="Calibri" size="3"><br></font></div><div><font face="Calibri" size="3">Disclaimer: my views alone.</font></div><div><font face="Calibri" size="3"><br></font></div><div><font face="Calibri" size="3"><br></font></div></div></div></div></body></html>