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From: David Seifert <soap@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] 2019 Gentoo Foundation Trustee Election & Annual General Meeting
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 21:52:45
Message-Id: 05117767177e723042fbffe83088eb375d87ecff.camel@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] 2019 Gentoo Foundation Trustee Election & Annual General Meeting by Andrew Savchenko
1 On Tue, 2019-06-18 at 19:22 +0300, Andrew Savchenko wrote:
2 > On Tue, 18 Jun 2019 10:29:38 +0200 Michał Górny wrote:
3 > > On Tue, 2019-06-18 at 10:03 +0200, David Seifert wrote:
4 > > > On Tue, 2019-06-18 at 09:43 +0200, Michał Górny wrote:
5 > > > > On Sun, 2019-06-16 at 23:00 +0000, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
6 > > > > > Only active Gentoo developers who are also Foundation members
7 > > > > > may
8 > > > > > be
9 > > > > > nominated. [1]
10 > > > > >
11 > > > > > Nominations MUST be made by posting to
12 > > > > > gentoo-nfp@l.g.o,
13 > > > > > and
14 > > > > > the nominated candidate must accept not later than the end of
15 > > > > > the
16 > > > > > nomination period.
17 > > > >
18 > > > > Ok, let's try someone else. I nominate:
19 > > > >
20 > > > > David Seifert (soap)
21 > > > > Mikle Kolyada (zlogene)
22 > > > >
23 > > >
24 > > > Does this mean I'll be placing myself in harm's way and that the
25 > > > IRS
26 > > > will issue an arrest warrant for me because the Foundation's
27 > > > finances
28 > > > are a disaster?
29 > > >
30 > >
31 > > Can't say. I'd presume US citizens will take care of being
32 > > arrested,
33 > > and we'd be protected by our nice governments.
34 >
35 > Be careful. Because Poland has extradiction treaty with US:
36 > https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/99-917-Poland-Extradition-Treaty-1.pdf
37 >
38 > Best regards,
39 > Andrew Savchenko
40
41 Most European countries have extradition treaties with America. I'm not
42 even worried about extradition. I'm worried about traveling to America
43 and then being held legally liable for tax fraud, racketeering and
44 embezzlement for something I have nothing to do with.

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