Milton,

I got what you were saying.

Just think that had the offer been made earlier it would have been 
more difficult for the manipulation you're concerned about to happen. 
There might have been a real opportunity for those interested to do 
some outreach, not handing out cash to anyone who asked, but a 
"community" effort. Now it will be staff led.

Adam





At 10:01 AM -0400 8/18/09, Milton L Mueller wrote:
>Adam,
>I think you're missing my point. ICANN is a private corporation, and 
>one that takes increasingly strong and direct measures to promote 
>its own interests as an organization. The idea that they will nicely 
>hand over money to autonomous civil society groups to organize their 
>own constituencies, without any discrimination, is completely 
>unrealistic.
>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>>
>>  Just thought it was a shame the offer of funds wasn't made available
>>  earlier.
>>
>>  Adam