Re: [Membership] Fees for Organizations

[edyson@edventure.com (Esther Dyson)]

so make it a smaller percentage of revenues, or define it differently. I.e.
go with your second paragraph.

esther

At 03:09 PM 01/05/99 -0400, Michael Sondow wrote:
>Esther Dyson a écrit:
>> 
>> Excuse me, but 1 percent of revenues is often equivalent to 10 percent of
>> profits. That is rather high....
>
>True enough. But what about enterprises that have high revenues and
>no profits because they are over-spending, paying their executives
>too-high salaries, or any of the other things they do to the
>unhappiness of shareholders (when these exist)? Should these pay no
>fees, when more financially responsible corporations are paying high
>ones?
>
>Lest ICANN fall into the position of the tax-collector,
>across-the-board fees are more feasible.
>


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