Re: Specific Questions

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Karl Denninger wrote:
> 

Karl, well I do not think they should be doing this out of the goodness
of their harts(even though it is the christmas season).  But everyday
is not Christmas.  I believe that they should be compensated in at 
least a nominal manner.

Regards,

> >
> >       $20,000 is actually a compromise down from an initial $30,000 that
> > we developed during our back-of-the-envelope calculations.  It represents
> > what we believe to be the relatively fixed costs of the selection process
> > (times the number of winners).  The variable cost that is significant is
> > credit checking; it depends upon how many applicants there are and that's
> > why it was separated out.
> >
> >       Why is the number so high?  Well, it turns out that getting an
> > international group to convene electronically and face-to-face isn't cheap.
> > Neither are the requisite lawyer fees, etc.  And this doesn't count much
> > for the cost of their time.
> >
> > d/
> 
> Why don't you:
> 1)      Break it out, line-item by line item.
> 2)      Explain why a volunteer group (you CAN step down and be replaced
>         with someone else) should be compensated in ANY way for their work.
> 
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