[Foundation-l] Board Resolutions from March 30th 2012

[Ilario Valdelli]

The diversity and the variety helps to react in a better way to the changes.

The reduction of the ways to donate helps to control and to monitor, but
gives less variety.

Ilario

On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 12:17 AM, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:

> Since payment processing is not contemplated as a vector for receiving
> funds, either in 2012 or beyond, it makes sense to permit processing only
> where it provides a significant advantage in raising funds and where the
> reliability and integrity of funds processing is not in doubt. As the
> resolution states, all entities are permitted (and, I'm sure, encouraged)
> to raise funds in other ways.
>
> While I personally believe that the FDC model is flawed, and that the
> concept of the "wiki way" is not helpfully transferable to managing large
> amounts of money, I think that under the circumstances the Board has taken
> the best possible steps with these three resolutions.
>
> ~Nathan
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