No, I'm not saying any of that. I'm saying that I can't be bought. Period. It makes no difference to me personally who makes the money since I don't earning my living from the internet. That's why I can afford the luxury of standing by moral principles. What it costs me is time, a far more precious commodity, so in future, please don't expect me to waste it on rebutting words you put in my mouth. Regards, Joanna > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Fleming [mailto:JimFleming@ameritech.net] > Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 11:58 PM > To: Joanna Lane; karl@cavebear.com; 'The IETF'; Judith Oppenheimer; > jefsey@jefsey.com; Richard Henderson > Cc: love@cptech.org; Milton Mueller; Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School > of Law; apisan@servidor.unam.mx; KathrynKL@aol.com > Subject: Re: results of .... election > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joanna Lane" <jo-uk@rcn.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 8:20 PM > Subject: RE: results of .... election > > > > Strange as it may seem to you, I think you'll find we can't be > bought, with > > the possible exception of a majority of seats on ICANN's Board > and Executive > > Committee. > > Regards, > > Joanna > > > > Are you saying....that you really do not care about serving in > your elected capacity, > and the need to properly fund and staff that...but instead, think > you will, somehow, > bypass the duties you have been elected for...?....and be "given" > a majority of seats > on the ICANN "Board" ?....would this be similar to an elected > U.S. Representative > stating that s/he is not interested in that elected position, but > instead would trade for > the Senate seat, which would, of course, be filled by a much > better funded person. > > Don't you think that $2,000,000 per year is enough ? > Do you think that the ICANN Board members should each be budgeted > $5,000,000 ? > Is that too large a difference ? > Could you set up lower cost offices in New York, by renting from > an I* insider ? > ...that would help to place the money in the "right" hands... > > Jim Fleming > 2002:[IPv4]:000X:03DB > http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space > http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/130dftmail/unir.txt > > > > >