Originally Posted by AVN Theo

Chris was with us for several years, he is a real hard worker and an honest person. This is something I can proudly say for all my employees some of which have been with us since the formation of the company in 1983. I won't go through the path of him not confirming his ICM employment the 1st day it was posted at GFY, I won't be surprised if it wasn't even officially completed. When a company hires a person they get to decide the timing of such announcement.

I won't discuss his past employment status with us, but as his friend I feel the break he took was for his own benefit. He is strong, he stood up and entered a productive mode again. When Chris learns something he gets really good at it and that's why I insisted him to at least go through the interview process with TrafficShop regardless of not having an extensive background in brokering traffic. Companies and employees come to AVN all the time asking for assistance and very often some great matches occur. As matter of fact the last couple days, 2 Internet industry veterans became available and if you are looking to hire feel free to reach me out and i'll pass them your info.

Regarding his short ICM employment? I personally didn't expect to see Chris working there and in the beginning I thought it was a joke. The heat associated with such position is given and I assumed he would have avoided it. I don't judge him though for his decision, it was his to make, not mine. I would be hypocrite to hide my belief that if he had stayed under the GFY radar he would have helped ICM pick new clients. I'm sure their next sales person will be given strict guidelines not to post here. Live and learn.

The webmaster community has been more than outspoken for years about the new TLD. There are significant and serious concerns about the effect it will have in the industry as a whole and a lot of things have yet to be addressed.