[ncdnhc-discuss] ISOC to bid on .org

[Joop Teernstra]

At 05:52 p.m. 7/06/2002 -0400, Jonathan Weinberg wrote:
>At 10:10 AM 6/7/2002 -0700, Dave Crocker wrote:
>>At 12:35 PM 6/7/2002 -0400, James Love wrote:
>>>: Jamie, you are paid for yourinvolvement in ICANN.
>>>
>>>      Well, not by any outside funder.
>>
>>Oh?  You mean you are spending your personal money?
>>No.  I didn't think so.
>>You are paid by your job.  Your job gets it money from others.  (For 
>>reference, that means it is "outside" money.)
>>Hence, your time and money spent on ICANN work are your job.
>>By contrast, Kent's time and money spend on ICANN work is his own, 
>>personal time and money.
>
>
>         Of all the grounds on which one might attack Jamie, this is 
> plainly the silliest.  Jamie has given up the opportunity to work for 
> decent money, instead taking a pitifully small salary from CPT so he 
> would be free to promote the causes he cares about.  He's got no 
> financial stake in ICANN decisions.  He's made much more of a sacrifice 
> than (almost all of) the rest of us, ...


Jon,

Those who have made more personal sacrifices to bring public accountability 
to ICANN have been attacked by Kent C as "messiah complex" sufferers.
Lawyers who understand DNS issues and have a technical clue are rare (and 
dangerous). They have to be driven away by any form of character 
assassination, no matter how silly.





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