[governance] FW: [] ICANN President: $750,000+$195,000 bonus

[Sivasubramanian Muthusamy]

Hello Carlos

Thank you for your comments.

In a sense I agree that $ 250,000 is a very large sum, but from a different
point of view, it also happens to be a sum that is not huge. Also, it is a
good idea to create a fund to increase participation or enable good
programs.

Please take a look at my response today to Avri Doria. It covers all the
point you have mentioned.

Sivasubramanian Muthusamy




On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca> wrote:

> With all due respect, Muthusamy, we are talking about US dollars here,
> not rupees or yen or... the whole amount is extremely high -- remember,
> ICANN is a non-profit organization, not a for-profit corporation!! And
> 250K US dollars has a tremendous value for,eg, ICANN creating a more
> decent fund to help increase Southern participation, etc etc.
>
> Like many for-profit corporations, Mr Beckstrom earns nearly two times
> as much as his closest aides (Mr Brent, Mr Jeffrey, and Mr Pritz), who
> in their turn earn two times as much as the chief financial officer (Mr
> Wilson).
>
> Now I understand why Mr Beckstrom always looks so happy :)
>
> --c.a.
>
> Avri Doria wrote:
> > On 14 Feb 2010, at 10:47, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy wrote:
> >
> >> In the case of the CEO's compensation for the year, I wouldn't worry
> about a $ 250,000 difference. It isn't much.
> >
> > It could help to fund at least one application by some worthy applicant
> from a developing region maybe even seed money for a Foundation to help
> applicants from developing regions.  Lots of things could be done with that
> 250K that you think is not so much.  Maybe he will donate it to some good
> cause since it is not so much.
> >
> >> And not a significant difference to merit an embarrassing discussion in
> a public list or in an open forum.
> >
> > To whom is this discussion embarrassing?  You, me?  I am not embarrassed.
>  If we don't talk about here, then where?  If one sees excess, it needs to
> be pointed out.
> >
> >>  There are good natured people with the required qualification who would
> opt to work at low compensation levels, but it is not always necessary for
> all non-profit corporations to take advantage of the goodness of such
> people.
> >
> > I disagree.  We should find the people who are dedicated, know the field
> and are willing to take a reasonable wage.  I accept the need to pay them a
> livable wage for LA, Brussels or even Palo Alto, and I accept that they have
> higher then normal expenses while doing their job - I even accept that they
> travel business class since that is the only way to travel and work at the
> same time.  I do not accept that they need to be paid according to the
> standards of profit making industry or need TV studios in the Palo Alto
> office.
> >
> >> Our energies could instead be directed towards finding ways of enhancing
> ICANN's revenues in areas where it is due, where it does not become a burden
> for the user. That would be several times more rewarding than saving a few
> thousand dollars on Executive Compensation.
> >
> > It is a symbolic issue.  One of the problem i see in IANN is that it
> persists in seeing itself through the lens of a profit making corporation.
>  This excuses a whole lot of problems.
> >
> > And do not think that there is any will in ICANN for unburdening the poor
> user (the ICANN tax on domain names is not after all, the real burden on the
> user).  E.g. there have been several calls over the years from setting up a
> foundation to help applicants who have less then LA style 'bundles of bucks'
> in order to make applications - and we have seen no movement in this area.
>  Finding ways to help ICANN bring in more money will only result in higher
> wages for a greater number of employees (don't get me wrong jobs funding is
> a good thing - i am happy lots of people have work in ICANN).  If a
> foundation were set up to channel the some of the bounty, including the
> windfall we will see from gTLD auctions, into a foundation geared toward
> development and especially developing a DNS industry in developing regions,
> instead of ploughing the money into excessive salaries, then ICANN would
> have a better reputation in the world and more importantly would be doing
> the right thing.
> >
> > I am not embarrassed to say such things.
> >
> > a.
> >
> >
> >
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