Re: SPI Meeting Reminder: Thursday 14th June, 2012 @ 20:00 UTC

On Fri, 15 Jun 2012, Ian Jackson wrote:

> I'm afraid I've had a bit to drink now, but:

Uh oh, I think we're off to a bad start :)

> This is absolutely ridiculous. Do yuo have no reading comprehension
> whatsoever ? What on earth do _you_ think "authortitative
> decisionmaker" means ? Do you have access to a dictionary ?

Actually my reading comprehension is very good, but thanks for asking. I
explained my understanding of the term and the reasons behind it back on
May 25. No need to repeat them again.

>> I disagree on this point. My position is that we should definitely have
>> counsel review any proposed resolution template before we put it in to
>> action. This need not be an onerous process. SFLC has been very quick to
>> respond to our queries in the past. I am very impressed by the service
>> they have been providing us.
>
> This is absolutely ridiculous. This "resolution template" was put

Yes, so you've said twice already :)

> into action without legal review and now you are treating it as some
> kind of immutable gospel and refusing to budge from it!

Actually I have stated on numerous occassions my willingness to change the
wording. I just do not wish to change it in the manner you have
suggested.

In a worst case scenario the wording of a resolution could be interpretted
by a court of competent jurisdiction. Even if the original wording was
not reviewed by a lawyer I don't want to compound the problem by changing
the resolution without proper consideration at this time. There is
increased interested among FOSS projects to use fiscal sponsorship and
this is a good time to review the wording of the resolution template[1].

[1] I hadn't mentioned it earlier but moves towards this were already
afoot before you raised the concern.

> Apparently you have convinced a majority of the board.
> This is absolutely ridiculous. Don't they have any reading
> comprehension either ???

My experiences with the board would lead me to conclude that they have
excellent reading comprehension, some of them in several languages.

:)

Speaking only for myself as an individual director, as always.

Rob

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