[cooperation-wg] Cruz and Co Send ICANN Another Letter

ITU's budget is about CHF 165 million per year. ICANN's budget for fiscal year 2016 is about $ 113 million (CHF 108 million).

Best,
Richard

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cooperation-wg [mailto:cooperation-wg-bounces at ripe.net] On Behalf
> Of Gordon Lennox
> Sent: Wednesday, April 6, 2016 14:02
> To: Cooperation WG
> Subject: Re: [cooperation-wg] Cruz and Co Send ICANN Another Letter
> 
> Yes. So many people and so many different hats. One can easily get
> confused.
> 
> But my attention to this was drawn by a post by Steve Crocker.
> 
> So speaking for myself - no hat! - I wonder again how different people
> think ICANN relates to the various sovereign states around the world.
> The last time I looked ICANN was still a not-for-profit incorporated in
> California. So a charity subject primarily to Californian law?
> 
> Gordon
> 
> PS Trivia question of the moment: how does ICANN’s budget compare with
> the ITU budget?
> 
> 
> > On 06 Apr 2016, at 12:56, Hannigan, Martin <marty at akamai.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi Gordon,
> >
> > He's also acting in his capacity as a seated United States Senator,
> not a President candidate.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Marty
> >
> >> On Apr 6, 2016, at 06:47, Gordon Lennox <gordon.lennox.13 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> << Republican Presidential hopeful Ted Cruz (and others) has sent
> yet another letter to ICANN. This time round, the letter is addressed
> both to the Chairman of the ICANN Board, Dr Steve Crocker, as well as
> to former CEO Fadi Chehadé.
> >>
> >> The letter repeats some of the questions previously put to ICANN,
> though the wording is much blunter this time round.
> >>
> >> . . . >>
> >>
> >>
> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20160405_cruz_and_co_send_icann_another_l
> etter/
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