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On Tue, 2011-03-29 at 14:38 -0400, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: |
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> Now once the new trustees are elected, and after the audit or during. |
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> The trustees really need to work on figuring out how people become |
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> officers. Right now I do not believe there is any policy for such. You |
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> just become a trustee, and if you want an officer. But if there are more |
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> trustees, there can only be 4 officers, as it was when I was a Trustee. |
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> I was 5th elected, thus not a officer. But that was a very lame way to |
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> assign officer positions. |
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Also just for clarification, it was me who suggested the lame idea of |
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assigning officer roles in order of election back in 2008. I take full |
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responsibility for that lameness. |
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However something I did not realize at time of running for the board of |
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trustees, which others might not, and Matthew brought up. As a trustee |
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you have no liability. As an officer, you do have liability, and must |
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sign your name to things, sticking your neck out, and in a sense putting |
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your butt on the line. |
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I am not sure people who want to become trustees understand that they |
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might also end up as an officer. Which is a very different role, and |
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comes with potential consequences and liabilities that does not exist |
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for a trustee. Not to mention the amount of work that needs to be done. |
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How Gentoo goes about getting trustees is fine, elections great. But the |
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officer problem, needs to be addressed at some point as well. To really |
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stick my neck out there, I think at some point officers might have to be |
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paid. |
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In an ideal world, lots of areas of Gentoo are paid, infra, council, |
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newsletter editors, maybe even some low dollar stuff for new articles. I |
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am not talking about any great amounts. At best maybe like part time job |
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stuff, though if things got large enough maybe full time. |
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Anyway given the amount of work and responsibilities of officers. I am |
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not sure that will ever get done by volunteers. If there is never any |
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means to correct such. Then I guess its time to start talking to the |
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SPI. |
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I rather not see Gentoo go to the SPI, but it cannot remain as it is |
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with regard to the foundation, financial neglect, and the rest. |
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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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