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Amuta and stuff
Please people! Can we cut all the director-treasurer conspiracy bullshit
here? In my opinion, most of the time we won't even need to hold neither
lawyers nor accountants (although we'll find that out in the meeting).
I know of several lawyers who have volunteered to handle the registration.
My view of Linux-il as an amuta is simple. Get the benefits, dump the
nasty stuff. This means that even though X is "president", or "founding
member", this means absolutely nothing as to who handles what. If
some member wants to take care of a show, fine. If it happens to
be a founding member, that's fine too. All kinds of science-fiction
embezzling scenarios people have been dreaming up here are wild. We
ARE an enthusiastic LUG, people! Having the title "Amuta" doesn't
mean we turn crooked! Where were all the doomsayers when I collected
the nice sheaf of shekels before Computax (out of which 50% actually
went to the show ;-))?
Having said that, some thoughts about government help. I find it hard
to imagine the government will fund us in any way. They probably fund
amutot that are more public-concerning, like amutot for retarded people,
handicapped, and of course, deaf. However, it's definitely worth
a try. Again, receiving some cash from the government doesn't mean
it's necessarily a PILE of cash. And it doesn't mean we start to
rent offices and conduct million-dollar transactions (geez! Doesn't
this sound crazy?).
So, please relax people. Let's debate this in the meeting face-to-face.
Shay
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Shay Rojansky, roji@cs.huji.ac.il Finger for PGP public key
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