Re: [Debconf-team] About the DC15 entity and authority (was: DebConf 15 Legal Entity)

2014-04-16 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Andreas Barth [2014-04-17 08:24 +0200]: > Just speaking about theoretical things, but: With your current > draft the board could kick out all people having a different > opinion, and if the general assembly would vote about the appeals > anyone who disagrees with the board cannot vote

Re: [Debconf-team] DC15 fiscal year (was: DebConf 15 Legal Entity)

2014-04-16 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Andreas Barth [2014-04-17 08:20 +0200]: > Tax excempt organizations do an three-year tax filing for the > statement of being tax excempt, My use of "annual return" was wrong. What I meant is the paper work required at the end of the fiscal year, mainly books and balance sheet. > (And

Re: [Debconf-team] About the DC15 entity and authority (was: DebConf 15 Legal Entity)

2014-04-16 Thread Andreas Barth
* martin f krafft (madd...@debconf.org) [140417 08:19]: > So yes, a whole lot of bureaucracy and legal bounds, but no > cementation of authority. Just speaking about theoretical things, but: With your current draft the board could kick out all people having a different opinion, and if the general

Re: [Debconf-team] DC15 fiscal year (was: DebConf 15 Legal Entity)

2014-04-16 Thread Andreas Barth
* martin f krafft (madd...@debconf.org) [140417 07:32]: > My motivation for doing that was to avoid having a short fiscal year > ("Rumpfgeschäftsjahr") in 2014, which would just mean having to file > an additional annual return. Tax excempt organizations do an three-year tax filing for the stateme

[Debconf-team] About the DC15 entity and authority (was: DebConf 15 Legal Entity)

2014-04-16 Thread martin f krafft
Folks, The point was made that a DC15 legal entity with bylaws and people in power might slant the way we work together and cause situations of authoritarian behaviour or abuse of power. I would like to clarify that the highest body in the association we're proposing is the members' assembly. It

[Debconf-team] DC15 fiscal year (was: DebConf 15 Legal Entity)

2014-04-16 Thread martin f krafft
Hello, Andi Barth took an issue with our intent to make the fiscal year of the DC15 entity start on 3 May (the prospective date of foundation). My motivation for doing that was to avoid having a short fiscal year ("Rumpfgeschäftsjahr") in 2014, which would just mean having to file an additional a

Re: [Debconf-team] Updated budget for DC14

2014-04-16 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Richard, On Montag, 24. März 2014, Steve Langasek wrote: > FWIW, not having direct access to the penta db, I find that Richard's > website is the best source for historical data about recent DebConfs, even > though it stops at DC11. If someone has the necessary raw penta access and > wants to