[governance] Re: [govenance] The domain name racket goes on

[Norbert Klein]

On 9/20/2014 4:13 PM, Roland Perry wrote:
> In message 
> <CACAaNxjgk3EPhadYkB5cAqtnWo828i4XKHJkR53TuxxmRnWRbw at mail.gmail.com>, 
> at 08:20:22 on Thu, 18 Sep 2014, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> writes
>> They have spent so much so fast that they are actually cutting the 
>> budget for 2015, as new gTLD revenues are significantly lower than 
>> what was anticipated.
>>
>> The latest in this saga is that the Gala, a staple of ICANN meetings 
>> has been cut from the Agenda
>
> I had always supposed they were paid for by the sponsors, and are 
> often held in what amount to public buildings so perhaps subsidised by 
> low hire fees from the host country. But one lives and learns.

My dictionary says "saga": A long, involved story, account, or series of 
incidents.

OK - any real information about this multi-million dollar saga?

If I remember correctly, many of the "gala" events at ICANN meetings 
were sponsored by the local hosts, no?


Norbert Klein
Cambodia


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