On 02/10/10 05:14 PM, Luc Verhaegen wrote: > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 05:01:11PM -0800, Stuart Kreitman wrote: > >> On 02/10/10 03:43 PM, Luc Verhaegen wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 03:17:16PM -0800, Stuart Kreitman wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On 02/10/10 11:47 AM, Daniel Stone wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> (tl;dr: Yes, I agree that the Foundation needs to be doing a lot more, >>>>> but nothing we've done is hidden from our members, i.e. board >>>>> members know basically as much as you, and that this is a >>>>> result >>>>> of lack of time/etc, rather than any desire to keep any >>>>> information private. Yes, we should be doing better.) >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Disclaimer: All of this is off the top of my head. I could be and am >>>>> probably wrong on some of the details. This does not represent an >>>>> official statement on behalf of the Foundation, etc, etc. >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 06:31:32PM +0100, Luc Verhaegen wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> The X.org Foundation exists to best represent the interests of the X.org >>>>>> Foundation members, by being the legal entity responsible for the state >>>>>> of the Foundation. To a large extent, its responsibility is to manage >>>>>> the considerable amount of funds that the X.org foundation has gathered >>>>>> over the years, in the best interest of these X.org foundation members. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Rather. For the record, I think the current balance is on the order of >>>>> ~$us150k. Around the time we dissolved the sponsors' group, we decided >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> As co-signer of the checks, that sounds really high, My guess is that its >>>> knocked down to 1/2 that by now, but I haven't seen the exact balance for >>>> a few years now. This needs to be sorted before comittments for the next >>>> conference are made. Keith? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> So, Stuart, you are not on the board, but you have to cosign the >>> checks... How come there seems to be no certainty about the amount still >>> available? >>> >>> Luc Verhaegen. >>> >>> >> >> I have co-signed every check since 2005. Keith has given me a verbal on >> the balance from time to >> time, but I haven't seen a written or historical accounting in a while. >> I trust Keith doesn't want to >> do something dumb like bounce a check, and you can ask him about how >> skeptical and severe >> I am when it comes to COUNTER-signing. After all, most of this money >> originated from my employer. >> >> By the way, do you have receipts for reimbursement of FOSDEM costs? >> >> >> Stuart >> > My question was more about how it could be possible that there seems to > be a rather large discrepancy between what you think should be in the > accounts, and what Daniel, a board member not handling funds, thinks > should be in the accounts. This seems a weird situation. > > Like last year, there are no FOSDEM costs. After some questions were > raised about the social event, I decided to also forgo asking X.org > sponsorship for that. > > Luc Verhaegen. >
No point in debating mere guesstimates. We're working on getting the answer for you. As far as "questions raised", this is a tough crowd, but I'd urge you to have a thick skin and persevere, we can meet any reasonable needs. Stuart _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
