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Ferris McCormick wrote: |
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> Restricted distribution because I consider it to be sensitive. |
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> On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 11:57 -0500, Matthew Summers; CEO, Liquidus Tech, |
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> LLC wrote: |
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>> William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: |
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>>> On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 14:59 +0000, Ferris McCormick wrote: |
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>>>> On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 22:18 +0100, Roy Bamford wrote: |
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>>>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- |
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>>>>> Hash: SHA1 |
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>>>>> My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> The Adjourned August Meeting meeting of the Trustees of the Gentoo |
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>>>>> Foundation Inc will be resumed on Sunday 31th August at the normal time |
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>>>>> of 19:00 UTC. |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> You may read the agenda at http://xrl.us/kkykb. |
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>>>> Are we going to take action on the secretary? I know we have at least |
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>>>> one application. And secretary is very important. |
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>>> And a treasurer. We need an active one and to open a bank account |
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>>> yesterday. IMHO we need a treasurer more than a secretary. |
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We do need both, but I do think that tsunam will be more than able to |
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handle these things, given the level of commitment he has already |
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demonstrated over the years. |
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> Some organizations (like some banks I looked at) require an official |
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> letter from the secretary certifying that we are the people we claim to |
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> be. Presumably, the secretary writes a letter explaining whatever they |
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> want and has it notarized. I don't know off hand if that is some |
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> regulatory or legal requirement, or if it's just legal CYA. You can |
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> rely on a notarized document, because if we make something up that's |
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> perjury. |
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This is technically correct (the best kind ), however unfortunate it may be. |
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>> We need both, |
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>>> but lack of a secretary won't cause harm to the foundation. Lack of a |
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>>> treasurer and tax filings at end of year. We could lose NPO status. Or |
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>>> be subject to late fees or fines. Unless we file for an extension on our |
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>>> return for 08. |
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>> I was of the impression that tsunam was to remain acting treasurer, is |
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>> that deprecated? |
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> Problem seems to be that he doesn't have enough time for it. |
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> I brought up the secretary question because we don't have one at all, |
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> and I think we should bring Matthew on board if he still wants it. That |
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> gives us the additional benefit of showing that yes, we can have |
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> officers who are not members of the Foundation. The officers really |
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> need to be managers; trustees only need to have won a popularity |
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> contest because they are elected. (I prefer the FreeBSD approach, I |
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> think --- as I understand it, their foundation has no members at all. I |
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> could dig their rules out of one of the piles on my desk, but I'm not |
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> going to right now. Gentoo couldn't realistically do that, though, |
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> because we have a culture that says we elect trustees and council |
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> members.) |
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> Regards, |
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> Ferris |
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I am still interested, of course, and I will make the time regardless of |
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circumstances to get the work done. In some cases I may have a trusted |
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assistant aid me, but I can do that because I own my business. We work |
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with a lot of non-profits, so we have a great deal of experience in what |
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Gentoo is dealing with now. I also know some really good people that |
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can assist with some of the technical (read legal & financial) |
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requirements & speed bumps we may encounter. |
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I am ready to start when Gentoo calls. |
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Best Regards, |
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Matt |
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Matthew W. Summers |
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Chief Executive Officer & Systems Engineer |
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Liquidus Tech, LLC |
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matthew.summers@××××××××××××.com |
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www.liquidustech.com |