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On 2018.07.12 19:26, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 2:15 PM Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@g.o> |
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> wrote: |
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> > Fixing things to wind up the Foundation and fixing things to run |
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> > the Foundation is exactly the same work. |
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> > I don't percieve a vote for Alec, at this time, as a vote to wind up |
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> > the Foundaion, that happens later with a vote of members. |
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> > Its a vote to fix things, possibly by throwing money at the |
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> problems. |
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> Sort of. Keep in mind that if your strategy is to achieve compliance |
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> and spin down, then you're going to be willing to spend quite a bit of |
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> money to resolve things (an unsustainable amount long-term, but there |
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> is no long-term). You're also going to try to avoid doing stuff that |
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> makes that more complicated (ongoing operations/etc). You don't need |
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> a sustainable process, because there is nothing to sustain. Instead |
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> the focus should be on what comes next. If you can get that long-term |
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> body to start picking up bills and building up donations before you |
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> shut down that might also make sense. You might appoint a lawyer as |
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> your treasurer/etc. |
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Whatever the board decide to do they have fudicary duty to get value |
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for money for the activities that they fund. |
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That implies that if a fix costs $x, that's what it costs, regardless of the |
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long term outlook for the Foundation. |
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The fudicary duty also implies optimising (not maximising) any remaining |
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funds to pass on to the Foundations successor. |
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For the avoidance of doubt, value for money, does not mean lowest |
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price. There are always intangibles to be assessed in value judgements. |
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> Then if the community doesn't back the vote you just go bankrupt |
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> because you're out of money and have no sustainable model going |
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> forward. Either way you dissolve the org I guess, it just changes |
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> whether the community vs the IRS gets the Gentoo name. |
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That's always an option. |
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> Rich |
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Regards, |
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Roy Bamford |
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