<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 19, 2021, at 06:32 , Martin Hannigan <<a href="mailto:hannigan@gmail.com" class="">hannigan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 12:33 AM Steve Noble <<a href="mailto:snoble@sonn.com" class="">snoble@sonn.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto" class="">Since they are a non-profit, they could also cut executive salaries. As of 2019, John was being paid over $546,000 to respond to posts on mailing lists. <div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/541860956" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/541860956</a><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><table style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-size:0.8125rem;line-height:1.3;font-family:graphik,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;width:337.091px" class=""><tbody style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline" class=""><tr style="margin:0px;padding:15px 0px 5px;border:0px none;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:700;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline" class=""><td style="margin:0px;padding:inherit;border:0px none;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline" class="">Key Employees and Officers</td><td style="margin:0px;padding:inherit;border:0px none;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:right" class="">Compensation</td></tr><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 5px;border:0px none;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline" class=""><td style="margin:0px;padding:inherit;border:0px none;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline" class="">JOHN CURRAN <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-style:italic;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline" class="">(CEO AND PRESIDENT)</span></td><td style="margin:0px;padding:inherit;border:0px none;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:right" class="">$546,029</td></tr><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 5px;border:0px none;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline" class=""><td style="margin:0px;padding:inherit;border:0px none;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline" class="">RICHARD JIMMERSON <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-style:italic;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline" class="">(COO)</span></td><td style="margin:0px;padding:inherit;border:0px none;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:right" class="">$347,120</td></tr><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 5px;border:0px none;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline" class=""><td style="margin:0px;padding:inherit;border:0px none;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline" class="">JOHN SWEETING <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-style:italic;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline" class="">(SR. DIRECTOR, RSD)</span></td><td style="margin:0px;padding:inherit;border:0px none;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:right" class="">$279,352</td></tr><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 5px;border:0px none;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline" class=""><td style="margin:0px;padding:inherit;border:0px none;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline" class="">MARK KOSTERS <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-style:italic;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline" class="">(CTO)</span></td><td style="margin:0px;padding:inherit;border:0px none;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:right" class="">$276,796</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am tempted to throw gasoline on this fire. However, that isn't productive, nor is this, in light of a serious concern related to the fee structure. Is hare that concern as well.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If we want good people? We pay. For most of these positions and salaries pay is well below career positions that most of these folks could easily obtain in the industries we/ARIN serves. Nobody is getting rich working at ARIN. John Curran is the face of the organization and it's his job to answer these questions. It may not be his job to answer _every_ question, but speaking for myself: I have zero issue with his pay and duties. <br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Fees are ultimately the board's responsibility: <a href="https://www.arin.net/about/welcome/board/" class="">https://www.arin.net/about/welcome/board/</a> <br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Warm regards,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">FWIW, as much as John and I disagree about the fee structure, I do agree with Marty here. John does an excellent job doing what he does for ARIN and the</div><div class="">salary he is receiving is probably a substantial pay cut from some of his previous endeavors. I have no issue with any of the people above receiving the</div><div class="">salaries that they do from ARIN on the same basis described above by Marty.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Owen</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>