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On Mon, 2019-07-01 at 10:31 +0100, Roy Bamford wrote: |
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> On 2019.07.01 08:50, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > On Sun, 2019-06-30 at 17:55 -0400, Aaron Bauman wrote: |
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> > > On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 05:54:35PM -0400, Aaron Bauman wrote: |
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> > > > On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 01:49:58AM +0200, Andreas K. Huettel |
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> > wrote: |
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> > > > > > Isn't it about time we quit pinning the mistakes of the past |
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> > on the |
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> > > > > > officers of the present? |
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> > > > > |
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> > > > > Well, yes. Though, we tried something in the past, it didnt |
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> > work, we should do |
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> > > > > it different in the future. |
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> > > > > |
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> > > > > > From what I understand, the present and recent |
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> > > > > > officers have made extraordinary efforts to rectify the |
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> > shortcomings of |
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> > > > > > previous trustees |
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> > > > > |
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> > > > > And that's great. |
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> > > > > |
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> > > > > But are you sure that we should require continuous |
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> > "extraordinary efforts" |
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> > > > > from trustees in the future, just to keep things running? |
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> > > > > |
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> > > > > FWIW, I endorse antarus / Alec for trustee. :) |
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> > > |
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> > > No, once fixed, the books will likely be continued to be done by a |
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> > full time CPA. |
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> > |
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> > Wouldn't a dedicated 'full time CPA' be more expensive than an |
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> > umbrella |
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> > that has a financial team for multiple projects? |
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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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> > |
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> |
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> Ah, the nuances of the English language used between two non |
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> native spears. |
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> A 'full time CPA' means that the person does that sort of work full |
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> time. It does not mean that he or she works full time for any one |
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> client. |
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Yes, I understand that. However, I still believe that a contract |
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initiated between CPA and a single small-ish entity such a Gentoo |
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involves more costs than fees taken by umbrella dedicated to multiple |
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entities. Please correct me if I'm wrong. |
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While I can agree that we need to pay more at the moment due to past |
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issues, I also believe that we owe it to our donors that we try not to |
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spend most of their money on unnecessary bureaucracy (read: keeping |
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a dedicated Foundation if there's an alternative that works for Gentoo). |
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-- |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |