Re: Donations

2006-06-14 Thread MJ Ray
Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The DPL could 'unvet' the first one and then vet the second one. [...] Even if it was vetted and failed, it was still vetted, unless there's time travel. I suggest that the vetting limit wouldn't make sense. > The point of the exercise is to avoid hav

Re: Dealing with trolling

2006-06-14 Thread MJ Ray
Filipus Klutiero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I had to Google the meaning of "fooing the man instead of the ball". If > there are still other readers at this point, this seems to mean "to > focus on the person doing something rather than on something". [...] It's from football (the obscure sport with a

Re: Donations

2006-06-14 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On 14 Jun 2006, Don Armstrong said: > > My fear is that some newly founded organization is veted by some > > future Evil DPL, assets are transfered and dispersed wihtout > > allowing some lead time for people to examine the situtation. > > what is eno

Re: Dealing with trolling

2006-06-14 Thread Filipus Klutiero
MJR: I am not taking the "pretending" flame-bait this time. There is no reason to doubt my sincerity. Argue I'm misguided if you want, but don't resort to public attacks on me. I could see some reasons, but I'm happy to skip these and consider that both of us were misguided since you seem

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Rocking Venezuelans

2006-06-14 Thread Aníbal Monsalve Salazar
On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 08:04:01AM -0400, Jose Parrella wrote: >On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 08:59:10AM +0200, Enrico Zini escribió: >> >>A little ago I've read the news that Venezuela is going to train 40 >>people on basic Linux use. Four hundred thousands. YOU ROCK! >> >>The courses were due to

Re: Donations

2006-06-14 Thread MJ Ray
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Err, Would Evil DPL actually pay that much attention to the > constitution? Probably not, but who would hold them to the constitution? Or would the constitution be rewritten to match DPL actions after they've been actively working against its

Re: Donations

2006-06-14 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On 14 Jun 2006, Don Armstrong said: [Snipping away stuff that needs more thought to reply to] >> Well, I am not sure. §4.2.2.2 means that such a decision by the DPL >> can be immediately put on hold, well before any funds are >> committed. I don't see how delaying decisions to authorize or >> u

Re: Donations

2006-06-14 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060613 20:08]: > Should we move the bit about SPI to an external no-foundation > document? I would be open to that, but it would be nice if I see > some indication other people agree with aj and me. Has anyone asked the lawyers about the consequen