From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EI2kI-00062E-Ld for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 11:26:39 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j8LBKeZc018130; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 11:20:40 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j8LBKdXE032567 for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 11:20:39 GMT Received: from seemant by smtp.gentoo.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1EI2kF-0005sn-Kd; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 11:26:35 +0000 Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 07:26:35 -0400 From: Seemant Kulleen To: Corey Shields Cc: gentoo-trustees@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-trustees] Re: Request for funds Message-ID: <20050921112635.GC4398@toucan.gentoo.org> References: <432DBF3F.9070305@gentoo.org> <200509201610.45671.cshields@gentoo.org> <4330CDA8.6040301@gentoo.org> <200509210316.40125.cshields@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-trustees@gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200509210316.40125.cshields@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-Archives-Salt: d51349a8-978f-456a-ae71-8835197a5380 X-Archives-Hash: 1fcf24f330e627cfa4d99e58f0393f90 On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 03:16:40AM +0000, Corey Shields wrote: > On Wednesday 21 September 2005 03:04 am, you wrote: > > > > Could you explain why this wouldn't look good to the IRS? > > My fear is that the moment we start to help a dev in need, there will be devs > in need all over. What, then, becomes the criteria for selecting Dev A but > rejecting Dev B? If that becomes sketchy then the complaint could be made > (to the IRS) that the Gentoo Foundation is no longer operating in the public > interest. > > -C > I was not referring to power bills and such. I was actually thinking of burnt harddrives, cpus, memory sticks etc. Such things can be purchased and sent (and thus moneys tracked). In other words, my statement was about things rather than cash. Having said that, it is entirely possible that it would be a slippery slope with a lot of devs suddenly in need, but I tend to think people are basically good and that that won't happen. Seemant -- gentoo-trustees@gentoo.org mailing list