X.Org Foundation Board of Directors 2010 Election

[Stuart Kreitman]

On 02/10/10 05:14 PM, Luc Verhaegen wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 05:01:11PM -0800, Stuart Kreitman wrote:
>    
>> On 02/10/10 03:43 PM, Luc Verhaegen wrote:
>>      
>>> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 03:17:16PM -0800, Stuart Kreitman wrote:
>>>
>>>        
>>>> On 02/10/10 11:47 AM, Daniel Stone wrote:
>>>>
>>>>          
>>>>> (tl;dr: Yes, I agree that the Foundation needs to be doing a lot more,
>>>>>            but nothing we've done is hidden from our members, i.e. board
>>>>>            members know basically as much as you, and that this is a result
>>>>>            of lack of time/etc, rather than any desire to keep any
>>>>>            information private.  Yes, we should be doing better.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Disclaimer: All of this is off the top of my head.  I could be and am
>>>>> probably wrong on some of the details.  This does not represent an
>>>>> official statement on behalf of the Foundation, etc, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 06:31:32PM +0100, Luc Verhaegen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>>>> The X.org Foundation exists to best represent the interests of the X.org
>>>>>> Foundation members, by being the legal entity responsible for the state
>>>>>> of the Foundation. To a large extent, its responsibility is to manage
>>>>>> the considerable amount of funds that the X.org foundation has gathered
>>>>>> over the years, in the best interest of these X.org foundation members.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>              
>>>>> Rather.  For the record, I think the current balance is on the order of
>>>>> ~$us150k.  Around the time we dissolved the sponsors' group, we decided
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>> As co-signer of the checks,  that sounds really high, My guess is that its
>>>> knocked down to 1/2 that by now, but I haven't seen the exact balance for
>>>> a few years now.  This needs to be sorted before comittments for the next
>>>> conference are made.    Keith?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> So, Stuart, you are not on the board, but you have to cosign the
>>> checks... How come there seems to be no certainty about the amount still
>>> available?
>>>
>>> Luc Verhaegen.
>>>
>>>        
>>
>> I have co-signed every check since 2005.  Keith has given me a verbal on
>> the balance from time to
>> time, but I haven't seen a written or historical accounting in a while.
>> I trust Keith doesn't want to
>> do something dumb like bounce a check, and you can ask him about how
>> skeptical and severe
>> I am when it comes to COUNTER-signing.  After all, most of this money
>> originated from my employer.
>>
>> By the way, do you have receipts for reimbursement of FOSDEM costs?
>>
>>
>> Stuart
>>      
> My question was more about how it could be possible that there seems to
> be a rather large discrepancy between what you think should be in the
> accounts, and what Daniel, a board member not handling funds, thinks
> should be in the accounts. This seems a weird situation.
>
> Like last year, there are no FOSDEM costs. After some questions were
> raised about the social event, I decided to also forgo asking X.org
> sponsorship for that.
>
> Luc Verhaegen.
>    

No point in debating mere guesstimates. We're working on getting the 
answer for you.
As far as "questions raised",  this is a tough crowd, but I'd urge you 
to have a thick skin and
persevere, we can meet any reasonable needs.


Stuart