The numbers are alarming, but the argument needs to be more persuasive.

For a proposal like this, I would expect to see a breakdown of where the money has gone and realistic projections of futures expenses. Simply providing alarmist statements based upon linear extrapolations (after being adjusted for inflation alone) then proposing an even more alarmist buyout (when the only thing of tangible value is the domain name) is not enough when proposing potentially crippling changes to funding.