On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 03:40:10PM -0400, Richard Darst wrote:
> My overall plan would be something like this:
>
> Mail -discuss telling of my plan. (Perhaps not even mention Clint
> in the first message, instead follow up saying "here is one
> example"). Ask if anyone else would like to contribute, or would
> like to ask for money from the community. Work out (possibly
> privately) who donetas how much and who gets how much. Do the
> accounting based on that, whether it is things on-site, donation of
> part of attendees' own travel sponsorship, or other payments.
>
> Would this be more acceptable?
It would solve the "ad personam" issue I've mentioned, yes. In that
case, I'd have no problem authorizing reimbursements through Debian,
provided that someone else does the accounting (sorry, ENOTIME to do
that myself).
That does not solve the potential 501(c)(3) issues that have been
mentioned in this thread, though. I'm not knowledgeable enough on US law
to judge how concrete those risks are. If you decide to go this way, I
suggest asking SPI if they consider the risk acceptable before
proceeding.
Cheers.
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