Re: The Price Of Admission. Unacceptable.

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

Jim and all,

Jim Dixon wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 18 Sep 1997 ejw@globecomm.com wrote:
> 
> > >I see.  CORE is not capable of hiring such people?
> >
> > yes, i imagine that after completing its formation that this could
> > be accomplished.  let's delay by 2-3 months as we form core and then
> > the fulltime team of some very expensive and talented people.
> >
> > given the timeframe i do not think that an core hired and subsidized
> > team is practical.  any ideas to solve these problems, or just more
> > "nominet, nominet"?
> 
> I went to the shared registry design meeting in Munich on the 15th of
> August, over a month ago, and I went to the meeting in New York on 4/5
> September.  Each of these was supposed to be a CORE meeting but wasn't.

  Very true.  I had reps at the New Your meeting as well.  A total
waste of time.
> 
> One of the myriad problems here, the one you are talking about now,
> is delay.  The delay is coming from within the IAHC/PAB/POC/CORE
> process, not from outside.

  Yep.  And watch this problem get worse befor it gets better.
Bad leadership always creates this kind of problem.
> 
> We now have an RFP process running without CORE being there to sign
> the RFP.  Would it really be at all difficult to try to recruit someone
> in the same exact way?  That is, it is not impossible to run a
> recruitment drive before the prospective employer exists.

  True enough and a good suggestion.  Don't count on it though.
> 
> The prospective members of CORE should be out there looking for a strong
> executive to run the organization, someone with a good Internet background,
> someone actually willing to get his or her hands dirty and get
> something running.  Preferably someone who knows something about
> software development and something about man management.  Yes, I know
> an ideal candidate, but he already has a job ;-)

  That is usually the case.  They good ones always have a job.  SO
you have to meke it attractive to get such a person.  A good
compensation
package always helps here.  ANd a good employment contract.
> 
> The selection of a good executive to run CORE would give it some much-
> needed credibility.  The lack of any staff or prospective staff makes
> it absolutely necessary to have someone else design the CORE system
> and someone else run it.  This lack of staff isn't a necessity, it's a
> choice, and it's a bad one.

  I agree.  A very bad choice.
> 
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Regards,
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Jeffrey A. Williams
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