[gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-nfp] Trustee Nominations: present & prior trustees

[gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-nfp] Trustee Nominations: present & prior trustees

[Robin H. Johnson]

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On Thu, Jul 06, 2023 at 06:55:26AM +0000, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
> I'd like the nominate some present & prior trustees, with the caveat
> that to accept the nomination, I ask that they write a brief manifesto,
> to make their election promises.
> 
> (in alphabetical order):
> ...
> robbat2
> ...

I'd held off on accepting my own nomination until I wrote my manifesto.

I accept my self-nomination, and hope to continue as a trustee
explicitly as the treasurer to financial continuity to the Foundation.

I've been the treasurer of the Gentoo Foundation since 2015, including a
period over 2017-2018 where I was the treasurer only, and not a trustee.

In my role as treasurer, I've handled bookkeeping, reimbursements,
expenses, financial statements, and liaised with our tax professionals
to ensure taxes were filled.

I'm here to keep the money flowing for the needs of the Foundation.

I hope to have the FY2023 financial statements (period ending
2023/06/30) ready before the end of the voting window.

If the other trustees will continue the actual umbrella handover work,
I'm here to support that, including financial due diligence, but I'm not
going to say that I will lead the umbrella handover.

I would also like to take this opportunity to encourage further funding
requests be made to the Council. The Umbrella transition will take a
small percentage of whatever funds we transfer in (as well as a
percentage of income after the transfer): spending it up-front will
reduce the amount of fees in that Umbrella transition.

Infrastructure is relatively well equipped for capital expenditures at
this point: limited by hosting locations & power constraints rather than
finances (The only meaningful large expense would replacing the
Gentoo-owned hardware hosted at Manitu, but that's a much larger
discussion).

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Robin Hugh Johnson
Gentoo Linux: Dev, Infra Lead, Foundation Treasurer
E-Mail   : robbat2@gentoo.org
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