Ean Schuessler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This summary leaves out some key elements.
That's a nature of both summary and diplomacy. He didn't mention that you were organisationally asleep and reacted when you woke up by trying to exceed your powers. I suspect John wants to avoid any unnecessary offence to current, future or past SPI board members. On your summary: > - Most of Debian's filings are still in a tenuous state, maintained by > untrained volunteers in residential facilities. As you wrote yourself, you can't judge the state. I don't think volunteers and "residential facilities" are necessarily harmful. If you wanted to be constructive, you could ask SPI to offer training to the treasurer and deputy. What's relevant for treasurers of a US volunteer organisation? > - The situation is largely unchanged from when we had major accounting > malfunctions and significant lost funds. "Largely" is a weasel word. I think that the organisation structure is as tight as it can be without tying people down or allowing single rogues to hurt things. The structure would have prevented the past problems with more actors. There's also work started to make SPI follow relevant guidelines. > - The spin-control portraying affairs as under control is at least overly > optimistic and is at worst deceptive. Yes, I think it's too soon to say "under control". I disagree that there's much "spin control" though. -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Subscribed to this list. No need to Cc, thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]