Quoting geni geniice@gmail.com:
On 18/10/2007, joshua.zelinsky@yale.edu joshua.zelinsky@yale.edu wrote:
I've discussed this idea with a few editors before including JzG, Slimvirgin and KillerChihuaha all who thought it was a good idea. Unfortunately the first two of those are no longer active. In both cases they might very well be active if we did have such a fund. IANAL but we would need to set it up as a 501c3 probably and make very sure to keep it very separate from the foundation. The foundation is more important than anyone editor and must be well insulated against any legal foul ups by editors.
How many people did we lose due to amorrow? And that was inbox full of death threats harassment. People leave. Some of them come back. Yes there are some for who a legal fund might be useful in getting them to stay but probably not the ones you are thinking of.
I think in the cases of both JzG and SV there were many issues and we shouldn't confuse the proximate cause of either one leaving with the various other contributing causes. But yes, in neither case would this have helped deal with the immediate cause for leaving.