2011/5/10 Kirill Lokshin kirill.lokshin@gmail.com:
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Luke Faraone luke@faraone.cc wrote:
On 05/10/2011 07:58 PM, Kirill Lokshin wrote:
Plus, given the present lack of funds, it's quite reasonable for the board to keep a tight grip on spending. ;-)
That's done by the limit on expenditures to 96USD. I'm not sure why the size of the box is relevant.
True. (Although, given that the $96 amount is tied to that particular box size, I'm not sure what we'd really gain by deliberately omitting it; it's a bit like the proverbial Ford Model T bit about getting any color, as long as it was black.) Kirill _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-DC mailing list Wikimedia-DC@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-dc
I suppose I would've caused much less outrage if I limited the resolution to "The Treasurer is authorized to spend $96 to go rent a PO Box somewhere" but I think it's fair for people to know where the PO Box is and what exactly we're getting out of our money. Conversely, if I had limited it to "we're getting the small PO Box at the Friendship Post Office" then there would've been the question "but how much does it cost?" There would also be the legal question of the Treasurer being able to spend corporate dollars without being explicitly authorized to do so (given the present lack of budget). So while the text of the resolution may be a bit ridiculous, I'm trying to be as specific as possible in the interest of transparency. By debating the sausage making on the mailing list, we can use our in-person meetings for things that are more important and more fun than debating back-office matters.