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How is ICANN Spending Your Money?

• Comment posted Jun 19, 2009 11:02 pm PDT — by David Goldstein
  Oh George… all I've asked for is a fair comparison that any junior HR worker would do that takes into account the package of benefits relating to the work done. You won't do it. And you still see people working…

• Comment posted Jun 19, 2009 1:58 pm PDT — by David Goldstein
  You can't even do what any HR manager would do when they are assessing salary packages. You are incompetent. As for my work with DomainNews, I do what I do and it's fine. You're so incompetent you wouldn't even know…

• Comment posted Jun 19, 2009 12:19 pm PDT — by David Goldstein
  As I said Geoge, it aint just numbers that make up a package of what people are paid and you won't acknowledge that. You're the one claiming ICANN staff are overpaid. So you do the fair comparison. And you are…

• Comment posted Jun 19, 2009 2:12 am PDT — by David Goldstein
  Ahh George. You've got no facts to back up your story so you divert attention. I see you are very selective in what a not-for-profit is. It seems the only NFPs want to compare ICANN too are those that back…

• Comment posted Jun 18, 2009 12:01 pm PDT — by David Goldstein
  I see George, you still don't deal with the issue I raised, that is you don't compare like with like. Come on, just do it. You tell me you're a financial genius. So why aren't you wanting to compare the…

• Comment posted Jun 18, 2009 1:48 am PDT — by David Goldstein
  Yay, it's George's broken record again. While you're at it George, don't forget to add as a comparison not-for-profits such as the large foundations in the U.S. the Gates Foundation for example. I'd hate you to be selective in your…

ICANN Uses For-Profit Companies as "Comparables" in Its Employee Compensation

• Comment posted Jan 13, 2009 8:41 am PST — by David Goldstein
  Yes Michael. I along with the thousands, could it be millions, who have suffered from the greed of speculators in the financial markets who have lost their jobs, homes, superannuation, investments and more, probably don't see speculators as adding much…

• Comment posted Jan 12, 2009 7:06 am PST — by David Goldstein
  Oh, so greed and morally repugnant actions are fine, in this case in regards to the the financial markets, if governments allow it? Especially when they lead to a "collapse" in the financial system that leaves the perpetrators free. Yeah,…

• Comment posted Jan 12, 2009 5:04 am PST — by David Goldstein
  Good god George, you really are away with the pixies. You should get a job trying to sell real estate or holidays in Palestine, Zimbabwe or Iraq. You are equating ending speculating with a centrally planned economy. Ummm. Isn't it…

• Comment posted Jan 12, 2009 2:01 am PST — by David Goldstein
  And of course George, speculation (and greed) had nothing to do with the world's current financial predicament. And of course, speculation in oil had nothing to do the recent spikes in the price of oil, and that was just dandy…

• Comment posted Jan 08, 2009 5:38 am PST — by David Goldstein
  Since George is into full disclosure, I'm surprised he didn't declare his support for the ITU. Could it be his support for the ITU clouds his judgement on ICANN? It has been brought to my attention the following posting by…

• Comment posted Jan 07, 2009 8:15 am PST — by David Goldstein
  Here we go again… I'm not sure how to explain this to you George in simpler English. What I have said is that any comparison of employees in one organisation to another MUST include all factors including salaries AND other…

• Comment posted Jan 07, 2009 7:51 am PST — by David Goldstein
  And for the record, as George has been unable to conduct unbiased research, nor research that covers all the issues he contests (namely that both salaries and conditions need to be included in any analysis of remuneration), his views should…

• Comment posted Jan 07, 2009 7:10 am PST — by David Goldstein
  Once again you are unable to answer my questions George. Your diatribes against ICANN do not deal with the issues. The last not-for-profit I worked for employed, at quite considerable expense, a human resources organisation to look at the organisation's…

• Comment posted Jan 07, 2009 4:49 am PST — by David Goldstein
  Since you are unable and/or incapable of answering the substantive issues I have raised George, this discussion is pointless. You have been published in some journal. Was it peer reviewed. If so, great. If not, so what? I'll be going…

• Comment posted Jan 07, 2009 1:43 am PST — by David Goldstein
  George's visceral hatred of ICANN is obviously clouding is poor research skills. First, whatever and whoever you want to compare an organisation's salaries with, you also need to compare positions with similar accountabilities and skills. The poor comparison of ICANN…

• Comment posted Jan 06, 2009 9:07 am PST — by David Goldstein
  You just don't get it do you George. I will repeat it again. My argument is that employers need to be competitive. How many times and in how many ways do I have to say this? There may well be…

• Comment posted Jan 06, 2009 8:29 am PST — by David Goldstein
  Oh George, I can see it now, the economic rationalist, the wunderkind of the 80s and 90s. Sorry, the quality of your research has failed big time here. And anything that opposes the economic rationalist is religious. Interesting theory. There…

• Comment posted Jan 06, 2009 7:44 am PST — by David Goldstein
  I think you will find I gain no benefit from what you call ICANN's waste. I provide a service that nobody else can match given the quality and price of what I do. That apart, I'm not defending ICANN, but…

• Comment posted Jan 06, 2009 5:24 am PST — by David Goldstein
  Religious and moral arguments? I'm dealing in the real world world George and realise not-for-profits need to either compete for the best staff, or settle for staff that are leftover and can't get the jobs with companies that offer the…

• Comment posted Jan 06, 2009 4:46 am PST — by David Goldstein
  George, Once again you don't understand the issues. If the pigs are sick, as per your analogy, they won't eat the biscuits. You have to manage farm animals like any other resource. And once again, if you don't treat staff…

• Comment posted Jan 06, 2009 4:11 am PST — by David Goldstein
  No George, I don't see this as a moral or emotional issue. I see it as justice. I see it as a case of one must look after one's staff or they go elsewhere. Obviously your knowledge of the not-for-profit…

• Comment posted Jan 06, 2009 3:23 am PST — by David Goldstein
  George, Your comments re what people shoule be paid in the not-for-profit sector are baffling to be kind, but in reality, idiotic. What are you saying is that when someone works for a not-for-profit, they are to be condemnded to…

• Comment posted Jan 06, 2009 12:08 am PST — by David Goldstein
  This is a really poor article George. Having worked for not-for-profits in the past, I know from experience that if a not-for-profit doesn't compete with for-profits, then they often miss out on the better staff. It is not just ICANN…

Gartner on New Generic Top Level Domains

• Comment posted Aug 16, 2008 6:26 pm PDT — by David Goldstein
  True John. The aliens may really be out there waiting to come and get us. And those scheming buggers they are going to come just as .com is about to lose its role, in about the year 2378… Or the…

• Comment posted Aug 16, 2008 6:07 pm PDT — by David Goldstein
  As I was travelling on the train today through Germany I drank my Bionade, the label entirely in Germany. But was TLD do they promote? Well, .com of course. And when one types in bionade.de, as soon as you click…

• Comment posted Aug 14, 2008 7:51 am PDT — by David Goldstein
  I have a feeling there are two or even three debates going on here. The original point made by Gartner was they expected "'classic' TLDs, particularly '.com,' to continue to overwhelmingly dominate the domain name marketplace." So what SMEs do…

• Comment posted Aug 13, 2008 4:55 pm PDT — by David Goldstein
  Patrick, I also know that plenty of companies defensively register their ccTLD names for their brands and name. It goes both ways. And while you give some examples, there are others such as IBM that when you type in ibm.ccTLD,…

• Comment posted Aug 13, 2008 3:11 pm PDT — by David Goldstein
  Sorry John, but while you have provided stats, I don't see they prove anything. I could provide stats on the sale prices of domain names that show what people pay big money for and this what shows demand. But then…

• Comment posted Aug 13, 2008 2:23 pm PDT — by David Goldstein
  I'm still trying to work out what the number of registrations in Taiwan, Ireland, or any other ccTLD has to do with the debate over whether ccTLDs are more popular than gTLDs. It's pointless to use individual ccTLD statistics. What…

• Comment posted Aug 08, 2008 2:29 pm PDT — by David Goldstein
  John, How many of your .eu websites, especially those for larger companies that cross borders, did and did not redirect to another domain name such as .com? You miss the point. A larger company whose business crosses borders will want…

• Comment posted Aug 07, 2008 10:07 pm PDT — by David Goldstein
  Oh, and why do you think most people register domain names in new TLDs? Check out how many .eu or .asia domain names are actually used. They are directed to the .com name mostly, or another TLD. I know the…

• Comment posted Aug 07, 2008 9:40 pm PDT — by David Goldstein
  No John. It's funny how .com domain name sales around the world sell for far far far higher prices than any other TLD. So no, I still see no evidence of you being right. Sure, people in individual countries use…

• Comment posted Aug 07, 2008 4:37 pm PDT — by David Goldstein
  Patrick and John are wrong. Sorry guys, but what percentage of large companies/organisations/anything around the world, or any company that operates outside of their home country, would not use a .com or other gTLD name? The answer will be a…

• Comment posted Jul 12, 2008 10:13 pm PDT — by David Goldstein
  Patrick, The report doesn't totally miss the mark but rather quite accurate. .com isn't confined to the US but is a generic TLD used all around the world, including in every European country. And almost every German company who wants…