I've been messaged briefly about it, I wouldn't really call it concrete. Any payment I receive will be in Neucoin. If the community got upset I'm sure it's alterable. But I am to the understanding that I will get some compensation for pre-launch efforts. I'm a moderator because I believe in this coin, I intend to give most coins given to me for moderating away. Also as moderator my only responsibility is to The neucoin.org forum not here. If they decide to pay me a bit for it cool.
I'm still not clear why this is a big deal? If you work you should be compensated. I'm also not sure why anyone would expect 100% impartiality from a moderator? I don't...I expect you guys to lean positively towards the project, however, realistically I think you have to keep that in check to some extent.
In other words, give good, well-reasoned arguments supporting why you believe what you believe, and why you believe, despite failing to meet pretty much every other commitment that has been made, that the NeuCoin team can be trusted going forward?
But not in this case.
Not discussing the merits of the argument, throwing up one's hands, and saying "I don't trust you, therefore no one should" is the Internet equivalent of of a 6 year old saying he's taking his ball and going home. This doesn't build credibility...in fact, it simply confirms what people already think about NeuCoin.
I think what you and James, and the entire Neucoin team, all fail to realize at the moment, is that in the eyes of the sliver of the crypto community that are interested in following this, I (and others such as torrgeek and windtalkers) are the most credible people involved in the discussion about Neucoin at the moment. Until you guys (meaning the whole Neucoin team) start addressing the greater credibility/integrity issue things are not likely to improve.