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From: Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Council discuss: overlapping council terms of two years
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:31:42
Message-Id: 1312910618.3396.0@NeddySeagoon
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Council discuss: overlapping council terms of two years by Donnie Berkholz
1 On 2011.08.09 15:01, Donnie Berkholz wrote:
2 > On 12:50 Fri 05 Aug , Fabian Groffen wrote:
3 > > On 05-08-2011 00:51:51 -0700, Donnie Berkholz wrote:
4 > > > > I think we have to agree to disagree on this one. The corporate
5 > norm
6 > > > > of checks and balances is to have applications for expenditure,
7 > be it
8 > > > > for trivial sums or large capital items, to be signed off by
9 > > > > someone/some group with no interest in the outcome, so they can
10 > make
11 > > > > an objective decision.
12 > > > >
13 > > > > e.g. I can sign off travel and expenses for others but not for
14 > myself.
15 > > >
16 > > > At least in my experience, each division would receive its own
17 > budget
18 > > > with independent spending authority. This is subject to auditing
19 > but
20 > > > only in retrospect, not prior to the expense taking place.
21 > >
22 > > Do you suggest the Council should have money to spend?
23 >
24 > No, we're just way out on a weird analogy limb here.
25 >
26
27 Well, as Gentoo the distro has no legal links to the Gentoo Foundation
28 Inc., I suppose the distro as headed by the council could set up its
29 own legal entity somewhere in the world, to raise funds ... :)
30
31 Its the legal ties bit I would like to fix, which gets us back to where
32 I started.
33
34 --
35 Regards,
36
37 Roy Bamford
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