Independent space from ARIN

Tue Apr 15 15:38:48 UTC 2003

On Tue, 15 Apr 2003, E.B. Dreger wrote:

> 
> SJW> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 13:43:39 +0100 (BST)
> SJW> From: Stephen J. Wilcox
> 
> 
> SJW> Thats not _that_ large a turnover, $6m, and $2.3m for
> SJW> salaries isnt that big.  Altho I wonder what the $1m of
> SJW> fringe benefits are!
> 
> SJW> Not for profit simply means the company keeps hold of any
> SJW> profits it makes and reinvests/reduces fees as a result. It
> SJW> doesnt stop you paying senior staff large salaries tho as
> SJW> thats wages overhead not profit...
> 
> How true... many not-for-profit and non-profit organizations have
> some very cherry financials, and are sitting much prettier than
> many for-profit entities.
> 
> I have an idea:
> 
> Perhaps ARIN needs to explain each dollar in/out with the same
> amount of detail and scrutiny involved with IP allocations.  All
> money spent needs to be extremely well documented; summaries are
> insufficient.  Show actual receipts, reports explaining the
> necessity of the expenditures, and proof that the expenditures
> were the most efficient choices.

LOL, a "wages request template" that must be approved by members before you can 
have your months salary... 

"Sorry Mr ARIN-Employee, you must give us a detailed breakdown of exactly what 
you were doing for every minute of last month before we can approve this 
request. Its not our problem if yuo need this money to eat, you must follow 
procedures"

;)

Steve

> 
> It seems many are curious about fringe benefits.  That makes as
> good of a starting point as any.  "ICANN support" and "other
> Internet support" also look interesting.
> 
> Because ARIN is to serve the Internet community, perhaps it
> should be controlled by such, with Internet-community reps voting
> on each ARIN expenditure.  One representative per ASN?  Per
> netblock?  Per IP address would be the worst approach, with those
> holding unjustified /8 blocks getting unfair voting clout.
> 
> Domain registration service improved when a few competitors came
> to town.  That also is a { uniqueness & authority delegation }
> service.  Parallels?  I think so...
> 
> 
> Eddy
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