[council] RE: Salary increase to $900,000 for ICANN CEO

[john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Phil,
 
This is pretty much a "by-the-numbers" approach to setting Mr. Chehade's 
salary.  In fact, with an FY15 budget showing about $170 million US in revenue, 
studies show it could have been a couple hundred thousand more.  I am sure the 
Board feels it has exercised discretion. This is reinforced by the fact that 
the CEO has to hit his performance marks to reach the total. 
 
Mr. Chehade has publicly committed to letting the community participate in his 
performance review, but I have not yet seen the invitation.  If I sound 
skeptical, it is because I am and because, even though the compensation can be 
easily justified by what others in his position make, it ignores the potential 
moderating effect of a likely supply of existing talent who would no doubt be 
equally able to get the job done.  This is a common problem for businesses who 
seek to measure continuity by executive terms of service rather than investing 
in a shared commitment to the mission.
 
Here in the U.S., baseball uses a performance measure called "Wins Above 
Replacement" (WAR) to assesses the value of a player. It seeks to answer the 
question: "How many wins does a player create over-and-above the number of 
games his team would win if he were replaced?"  Really good players are at 5 or 
6 WAR, the superstars are at 10.  I wonder what Fadi's WAR would be?
 
Cheers,
 
Berard
 
--------- Original Message --------- Subject: [Bc-private] FW: Salary increase 
to $900,000 for ICANN CEO » The Milathan Post
From: "Phil Corwin" <psc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 8/3/14 2:37 pm
To: "bc-private icann.org (bc-private@xxxxxxxxx)" <bc-private@xxxxxxxxx>

FYI. Good post from Stephane.
 
 The Board gave itself a raise as well.
 
 
 
 http://post.milathan.com/2014/08/salary-increase-to-900000-for-icann-ceo/
 
 
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