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On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 07:24:14PM +0200, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> On Sun, 2019-07-14 at 12:32 -0400, Aaron Bauman wrote: |
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> > On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 05:24:16PM +0100, Roy Bamford wrote: |
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> > > On 2019.07.14 15:40, Aaron Bauman wrote: |
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> > > [snip] |
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> > > |
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> > > > This can be fixed by proper by-laws, ... |
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> > > |
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> > > [snip] |
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> > > > -- |
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> > > > Cheers, |
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> > > > Aaron |
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> > > > |
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> > > |
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> > > That's over simplification. For things to get fixed, |
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> > > people have to do stuff. By-laws don't ensure |
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> > > anything gets done. |
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> > > |
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> > > -- |
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> > > Regards, |
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> > > |
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> > > Roy Bamford |
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> > > (Neddyseagoon) a member of |
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> > > elections |
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> > > gentoo-ops |
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> > > forum-mods |
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> > > arm64 |
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> > |
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> > You are correct. It alone does not "fix it", but it does hold the board in |
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> > violation of retaining one. Which in turn means Section 5.6 comes into play for |
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> > the general membership. |
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> > |
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> > As other comments I have made stated, by-laws govern the trustees just as much |
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> > as the general membership. |
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> > |
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> |
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> No offense meant but reading your posts, I start feeling like your |
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> solution to all the problems boils down to 'force Trustees to fix them, |
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> and if they don't, then force them more'. I'm not yet sure if this |
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> involves pursuing legal responsibility on past Trustees (i.e. punishing |
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> them for trying to fix stuff but being unable to fix it entirely), or |
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> just pursuing current Trustees to the point that nobody will stand for |
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> elections. |
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> |
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> -- |
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> Best regards, |
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> Michał Górny |
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> |
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Yes, they can be legally held responsible for not filing the proper taxes. If |
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anyone is willing to hold prior trustees accountable then that would be one |
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course of action. I don't forsee anyone filing suit though... but they |
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absolutely could. |
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Another course is to force a re-election of the entire board by majority vote |
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of the general membership, as is currently in the by-laws. |
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Again, none of this changes except that one may have more faith in an umbrella |
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if that is the decision to pursue. Those umbrella board of directors are *not* |
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elected by the Gentoo community though. |
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However, I offer that proper retention of a CPA will fix this. Once contracted, |
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they too are bound by law to complete those filings unless payment is defaulted |
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by us. |
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-- |
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Cheers, |
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Aaron |
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