Charlie Brady wrote: > > On Tue, 12 May 2009, Peter Walter wrote: > >> Some might be surprised to hear me say this, but please cut Garret some >> slack. He is trying to do the right thing - give control of the funds to >> a person designated by the community. Yeah, the methods may not be >> pretty, and perhaps not exactly conform to the letter of the law, but, >> in America, if you don't like what someone does in a civil matter, you >> sue them. I doubt that Ruffdogs or it's successors will, and, as long as >> Garret transfers the funds and gives a complete accounting of their use, >> he should be indemnified against any action that might ensue. > > Given what we now know, I don't think there would be much advantage in > handing over funds to a different volunteer, who would still be > operating without any organised direction from a properly constituted > management committee. > > I think we should pass our thanks on to Garret for what he has done > thus far, and for offering to continue to do that for the present, and > press on to discussing what should be done to build a sustainable > project for the future. Charlie,
That makes a lot of sense to me. Perhaps Garret will also agree to take on the responsibility of shutting down SME Server Inc. once we reach community agreement on a new structure and the way forward. Peter > > --- > Charlie _______________________________________________ Discussion about project organisation and overall direction To unsubscribe, e-mail [email protected] Searchable archive at http://lists.contribs.org/mailman/public/discussion/
