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On 2011.08.09 15:01, Donnie Berkholz wrote: |
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> On 12:50 Fri 05 Aug , Fabian Groffen wrote: |
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> > On 05-08-2011 00:51:51 -0700, Donnie Berkholz wrote: |
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> > > > I think we have to agree to disagree on this one. The corporate |
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> norm |
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> > > > of checks and balances is to have applications for expenditure, |
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> be it |
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> > > > for trivial sums or large capital items, to be signed off by |
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> > > > someone/some group with no interest in the outcome, so they can |
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> make |
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> > > > an objective decision. |
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> > > > e.g. I can sign off travel and expenses for others but not for |
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> myself. |
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> > > At least in my experience, each division would receive its own |
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> budget |
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> > > with independent spending authority. This is subject to auditing |
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> but |
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> > > only in retrospect, not prior to the expense taking place. |
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> > Do you suggest the Council should have money to spend? |
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> No, we're just way out on a weird analogy limb here. |
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Well, as Gentoo the distro has no legal links to the Gentoo Foundation |
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Inc., I suppose the distro as headed by the council could set up its |
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own legal entity somewhere in the world, to raise funds ... :) |
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Its the legal ties bit I would like to fix, which gets us back to where |
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I started. |
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Regards, |
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Roy Bamford |
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(Neddyseagoon) a member of |
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gentoo-ops |
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forum-mods |
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trustees |