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...
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