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On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 23:44 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:41 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: |
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> > On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 23:34 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> >> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 10:02 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: |
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> >> > Its good to have a empty seat filled. But if the person filling it can't |
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> >> > get the tasks at hand done. There is not much difference to the seat |
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> >> > being empty. :) |
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> >> there is when the legal requirements are that we have X trustees |
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> > There is no such law or any legal requirement. A company can be a single |
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> > person which includes a Corporation in any form, C, S, etc ;) |
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> the law says the bylaws must be followed. our bylaws say we need X |
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> people. ergo we are legally required to seat X people. |
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What law says that? Bylaws are for internal operations. We made the |
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bylaws, and there is no entity that will ever enforce breaching bylaws. |
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Now the bylaws clearly state the duties of the treasurer and there has |
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never been an annual report presented to the members. Even if bylaws say |
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one thing and an entity does another. There is really no means to |
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enforce such. |
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Seems there might be some non-profit or other entities that enforce such |
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here in the United States, but its not done by a government entity. If |
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anything maybe on a state by state basis. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bylaw_enforcement_officer |
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Keep in mind until 2008 Gentoo did not have official by laws. I helped |
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to draft the by laws that were adopted back in 2008. We did a very |
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transparent review, and went section by section on this list. |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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Obsidian-Studios, Inc. |
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http://www.obsidian-studios.com |
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