[wg-review] No Cash, No Vote!

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DRAFT REPORT OF THE NAMES COUNCIL BUDGET COMMITTEE TO THE NAMES COUNCIL
http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/nc-budget/Arc00/msg00318.html

Regarding procedures to address the failure of DNSO Constituencies to pay
their assessed dues, the Committee discussed this matter during three
different meetings and in its January meeting agreed to propose to the
Council the following procedures:

>From the date that invoices are mailed/e-mailed to representatives of
Constituencies, if payment is not received by the DNSO or its agent by:

** 30 days, the Constituency is sent a reminder letter and another invoice

** 60 days, the Constituency is sent a delinquency notice and the
delinquency notice is posted on the DNSO Website

** 90 days, the Constituency is sent a "show cause notice" (in which they
are asked to show cause as to why their voting rights in the Names Council
should not be suspended) and they are charged a 5% late payment fee to cover
the cost to the DNSO of the cost of money.  The 5% penalty is added to that
Constituency's dues for the next (not the current) DNSO budget year.

** 120 days, the Constituency is sent a "final notice to pay" and charged an
additional 5% late payment fee, which is also due as a added payment for
their next year's DNSO dues

** 180 days, the voting rights, but not the right to participate, of that
Constituency's representatives to the Names Council are suspended until such
time as the DNSO or its agent receives all past due amounts including the
varies late payment fees.

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While the above-cited post to the NC-budget list (March 6) may be old news
to some of you, it should underscore the difficulties to be faced by any
newly-emerging constituency.  Not only will it cost $15,371 at current rates
to join the Council, but a failure to make timely payment will result in
disenfranchisement.

There are already enough barriers to entry for a new constituency, and even
certain current constituencies will be hard pressed under these constraints.
Rates will assuredly rise over the course of time, and those groups with
only meager financial resources will find it to be next to impossible to
self-organize and to generate such cash.

For those of you that still think that adding new constituencies in this
manner is the way to solve the issue of representation, think again.  In
addition to financial barriers, you will next need to abide by Names Council
"criteria" that evaluates "the need, uniqueness, potential contribution and
representiveness" of your proposed constituency.
http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/nc-plan/Arc00/doc00003.doc   Good luck
crossing that bridge!






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