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I thought ARIN was a not-for-profit organization. Like a co-op. I want a cut as I am an ARIN member. :-) - Brian J. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew S. Hallacy" <[email protected]> To: "Richard A Steenbergen" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 9:01 PM Subject: Re: Independent space from ARIN > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 02:21:01AM -0400, Richard A Steenbergen wrote: > > > * Why do we have to pay very large sums of money ($2500+ per year at a > > minimum) for this wonderful IP policing service. Where in the heck does > > all that money go? > > From http://www.arin.net/library/corp_docs/budget.html : > > Out of the $7,861,700.00 they raked in last year: > > SALARIES $2,326,653.85 > FRINGE BENEFITS $1,045,063.15 > HIRING COSTS $75,000.00 > TRAVEL AND CONFERENCE $631,732.40 > COMMUNICATIONS $236,699.62 > COMPUTER $118,941.75 > DEPRECIATION $445,750.00 > RENT & OCCUPANCY $461,287.00 > GENERAL OFFICE $192,400.00 > LEGAL FEES $100,000.00 > Legal Defense Fund $200,000.00 > ICANN SUPPORT $188,480.00 > Other Internet Support - Merit & ISOC $100,000.00 > LACNIC SUPPORT $66,000.00 > CONSULTING $184,000.00 > Total $6,372,007.76 > > > In other words, they're milking the cash cow. > > > * Why are we expected to continue the status quo of paying thousands of > > dollars for addresses in IPv6? Without the threat of an artifical > > shortage to "manage", what possible reason is there to justify ARIN's > > existance or fees? Why do we all get the feeling IPv6 isn't an end to > > the expenses, but rather a vast new market of registration and renewal > > fees? > > Because the owners of the cash cow don't want it to go away. > > > -- > > Richard A Steenbergen <[email protected]> http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras > > GPG Key ID: 0xF8B12CBC (7535 7F59 8204 ED1F CC1C 53AF 4C41 5ECA F8B1 2CBC) > > -- > Matthew S. Hallacy FUBAR, LART, BOFH Certified > http://www.poptix.net GPG public key 0x01938203 >
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