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Re: Responsibilities and issues regarding amuta status.



In message <199607240920.MAA30588@blinky.bfr.co.il>,  writes:
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[a whole lot of absolutely correct information snipped].

|Linux Users Group using his status to get invited to conferences, or
|using official group stationary for personal business letters.  Or it
|might take a more criminal form, such as using group funds to fly to a
|conference.

This should be prevented by writing up a fairly draconic charter for the
NPO. I am not above peculation, myself, but would not want anyone else
peculating. I am sure most Linux-IL members feel the same way.

|Of course there are alot of advantages to becoming an amuta.  The
|official status would allow us to do alot of things that we currently
|can only do with great difficulty.  Others have discussed these
|things.  I just wanted to point out some of the
|political/inter-personal dangers of becoming official.

A very important matter is the ability to get money from the bloody
government for the NPO. This money should and must be used to finance
Linux-IL's participation in trade shows and NOTHING ABSOLUTELY else.
This, of course, includes printing flyers, stickers, T-shirts or
whatever, but does not include consumables or other items.

In addition, I should hope there is at least one rat... lawyer, that is,
on the Linux-IL. Will such a creature be willing to pay off his public
debt (of being a lawyer) by contributing what time is needed to oversee
the creation of the NPO and take care of its rather limited activities.

The member dues should go to the lawyer and the CPA and, if an overhead
exists, for any other expenses connected with the trade shows. If an
overhead STILL exists, it should be given to some worthwhile, non-
government, charity (AKIM, Let The Animals Live, Save the Whales,
Greenpeace, International Red Cross, etc).

---MAV
Marc A. Volovic                                 (finger for PGP signature)
marc@cs.huji.ac.il                               Linguists do it cunningly


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