RE: Who owns the Root Name Servers

[Jim Fleming <JimFleming at doorstep.unety.net>]

On Saturday, March 21, 1998 11:18 AM, Kent Crispin[SMTP:kent at songbird.com] wrote:
@On Sat, Mar 21, 1998 at 10:26:50AM -0600, Jim Fleming wrote:
@[...]
@> 
@> It would be interesting for the IAHC/CORE supporters to all provide
@> a full accounting of their finances related to DNS work for the
@> past couple of years. I think that you would find that few, if any,
@> "donated" their time.
@
@I personally have spent hundreds of hours of my personal time on this
@stuff, spent a couple thousand of my personal dollars, and used up my
@personal vacation time from my job.  I have not received one thin dime
@in return. 
@
@There are many other people who have devoted equally large amounts of 
@personal effort, for little or no compensation.  The IAHC and POC 
@have received some coverage for expenses for travel and conference 
@calls, but they clearly are not getting rich over it.
@

Kent,

Please disclose all of the information.

Is it true that you are an employee of the U.S. Government ?
Doesn't your income (i.e. funding) come from LBL, Lawrence Berkeley Labs ?

If this is the case, are you saying that at no time have you
spent time (or money, directly or indirectly) at LBL on DNS matters ?

Also, why is it that the papers you submit for organizing the IAHC RFP
process are signed with your LBL affiliation, but other communication is not ?

When you are flying around lobbying for the IAHC, do people know
that you work for the U.S. Government ?

-
Jim Fleming
Unir Corporation
IBC, Tortola, BVI