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From: Chrissy Fullam <musikc@g.o>
To: 'gentoo-nfp' <gentoo-nfp@l.g.o>
Cc: 'Ferris McCormick' <fmccor@g.o>, 'Roy Bamford' <neddyseagoon@g.o>, "'William L. Thomson Jr.'" <wltjr@g.o>, "'Matthew Summers; CEO, Liquidus Tech, LLC'" <matthew.summers@××××××××××××.com>
Subject: RE: [gentoo-nfp] Gentoo Foundation Inc Trustees - Adjourned August Meeting
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:08:19
Message-Id: 08d401c908a2$248e75d0$6dab6170$@org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-nfp] Gentoo Foundation Inc Trustees - Adjourned August Meeting by "William L. Thomson Jr."
1 > > I was of the impression that tsunam was to remain acting treasurer, is
2 > > that deprecated?
3 >
4 > A the upcoming meeting I will be putting a motion on the floor calling for
5 > a vote of no confidence.
6
7 See below for details but I hope that all involved will reconsider the
8 notion, there seems no solid ground for such a vote.
9
10 > > We do need both, but I do think that tsunam will be more than able to
11 > > handle these things, given the level of commitment he has already
12 > > demonstrated over the years.
13 >
14 > But presently he is MIA.
15 > He has the lowest meeting attendance.
16
17 Not sure how this is accurate. Reference:
18 http://www.gentoo.org/foundation/en/minutes/index.xml
19 The meeting logs only list from March to May but tsunam is present in each
20 meeting.
21
22 > Not fulfilling a single treasurer duty. Short of arranging a few minor
23 > payments.
24 > I have watched Joshua not do anything for months
25 > I have 0 tolerance for inaction. More so when I am bearing the weight of
26 > that inaction. Had Joshua done the bank leg work, I would feel different.
27 > But I did all the hard work. All that is needed now is ~30 minutes if
28 > that. Which he clearly does not have.
29
30 This does not seem accurate. Wltjr offered to help tsunam with tasks and
31 when he complained about doing it tsunam said he'd take back the work then
32 wltjr made light of the work remaining, essentially declining the offer. All
33 in the lengthy attached file though excerpts are below:
34
35
36 Jul 13 12:05:28 <NeddySeagoon> Gentoo Foundation Banking - tsunam ... your
37 turn
38 Jul 13 12:05:43 * wltjr is doing yard work will be in and out
39 Jul 13 12:05:47 <tsunam> Well as we've been discussing about the
40 banking. There's a few options
41 Jul 13 12:06:09 <tsunam> one of which is related to where our outside
42 of the NM address is
43 <followed by discussion of banking options>
44 ...
45 Jul 13 12:34:39 <NeddySeagoon> 217511 The Gentoo Store is Out of Date we
46 still need to fix our own store
47 Jul 13 12:35:07 <NeddySeagoon> The licencing agreement won't do that
48 Jul 13 12:35:34 <fmccor> No, it just lets other people sell
49 Gentoo-branded things.
50 Jul 13 12:36:44 <NeddySeagoon> There are 3 options ... close the strore,
51 run it ourselves or appoint some officers (a store project) to do it.
52 Thoughts ?
53 Jul 13 12:37:07 * musikc coughs and mutters something about have PR
54 assist
55 ...
56 Jul 13 12:39:05 <tsunam> wouldn't need to be a developer, could just
57 be staff and someone recruited for running said store
58 Jul 13 12:39:16 <NeddySeagoon> tsunam, exactly
59 ...
60 Jul 13 12:44:47 <NeddySeagoon> tsunam, Its your solo now ... Treasurers
61 Report for FY ending 30 June 2008
62 Jul 13 12:45:52 <tsunam> We spent next to no money and have over 80
63 people donate to Gentoo this year. WE NEED to set a budget for spending
64 money. At least one new server a year for infra as they are still using p3's
65 as core infra boxes
66 Jul 13 12:46:08 <tsunam> as you're aware some of them are really
67 showing age, such as the forums frontend box
68 Jul 13 12:46:28 <tsunam> Taking in money without really spending any
69 is not a benefit to anyone
70 ...
71 Jul 13 14:05:13 <wltjr> NeddySeagoon: I am not, and I am less happy wrt to
72 Gentoo overall now
73 Jul 13 14:05:33 <NeddySeagoon> wltjr, Take a break from the Foundation
74 stuff
75 ...
76 Jul 13 14:06:05 <NeddySeagoon> fmccor, can you pick up the banking stuff ?
77 Jul 13 14:06:28 <fmccor> NeddySeagoon, No; I'm not qualified for
78 that.
79 Jul 13 14:06:35 <tsunam> hand it back to me
80 Jul 13 14:06:45 <tsunam> I'll figure a way to make time
81 ...
82 Jul 13 14:10:30 <fmccor> wltjr, Can you send the forms I sent you to
83 Joshua, or should I send him copies directly?
84 Jul 13 14:10:43 <wltjr> fmccor: I can send, but you all are getting ahead of
85 yourself
86 ...
87 Jul 13 14:10:58 <wltjr> we need to answers to questions to find out if we
88 can even proceed with Wells Fargo
89 ...
90 Jul 13 14:11:20 <tsunam> wltjr: just let me know where you got and
91 I'll follow up
92 ...
93 Jul 13 14:11:54 <wltjr> tsunam: I can call them at least and get answers,
94 which I assume will take ~30 minutes, since they will have to ask a
95 supervisor and are not common/normal questions

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