Re: [gentoo-nfp] Nomination of Alec Warner (antarus) for the Trustee Election

[Matthew Thode]

On 18-07-12 14:26:46, Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 2:15 PM Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@g.o> wrote:
> >
> > Fixing things to wind up the Foundation and fixing things to run
> > the Foundation is exactly the same work.
> >
> > I don't percieve a vote for Alec, at this time, as a vote to wind up
> > the Foundaion, that happens later with a vote of members.
> >
> > Its a vote to fix things, possibly by throwing money at the problems.
> >
>
> Sort of.  Keep in mind that if your strategy is to achieve compliance
> and spin down, then you're going to be willing to spend quite a bit of
> money to resolve things (an unsustainable amount long-term, but there
> is no long-term).  You're also going to try to avoid doing stuff that
> makes that more complicated (ongoing operations/etc).  You don't need
> a sustainable process, because there is nothing to sustain.  Instead
> the focus should be on what comes next.  If you can get that long-term
> body to start picking up bills and building up donations before you
> shut down that might also make sense.  You might appoint a lawyer as
> your treasurer/etc.
>
> Then if the community doesn't back the vote you just go bankrupt
> because you're out of money and have no sustainable model going
> forward.  Either way you dissolve the org I guess, it just changes
> whether the community vs the IRS gets the Gentoo name.
>

One reason to do the vote early vs late

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Matthew Thode (prometheanfire)