[ncdnhc-discuss] ISOC to bid on .org

[Jonathan Weinberg]

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, who make good money in jobs or consulting gigs with [a] 
ICANN; [b] businesses directly affected by ICANN; or [c] unrelated 
businesses or organizations, and therefore have the luxury of personal time 
in which to discuss ICANN issues.

Jon