<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Dick Hardt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dick.hardt@gmail.com">dick.hardt@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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As for using Wesabe or something like that -- my preference would be<br>
to let the ED decide how best to operate the Foundation in a manner<br>
that minimizes overhead and provides the appropriate amount of<br>
transparency and information accessibility.<br>
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I am a big believer that if you want someone to be responsible for<br>
something, you need to give them the authority to make the decisions<br>
about it.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I support that approach. I wasn't necessarily suggesting using Wesabe specifically, but only suggesting that that level of human-readable reporting would be a nice-to-have.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Of course the board treasurer should use whatever tools will enable him (or someday her?) to be most effective.</div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Chris / Nat: if you are elected to the board, then you will have more<br>
insight, which is of course is one of the roles of the board.<br></blockquote></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><br></span></div>Yep, true dat.<div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>
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