RE: [ALSC-Forum] FYI: Elections not budgeted

[Bruce Young]

Comments on Esther Dyson's reply to Hans Klein:

>As far as I can see from outside, it's very simple. this is a draft budget
>and it's not at all clear what the amount should be, so they left it out -
>probably by mistake.  Certainly a silly mistake, politically and
>practically, but certainly not a secret board decision....

Maybe.  I can buy lack of political savvy on the board's part (we've seen
*lots* of evidence of that!.) But if so (putting on my old budget manager's
hat!), why were other entries included marked as TBD (to be determined), but
no TDB line was entered for election dollars?

>Stand by for an amendment in Stockholm....

OK. Setting a firm electon date would help as well.  The @Large community
needs to know we're not being abandoned.

>and meanwhile, please do contribute to the substantive questions the
Committee is trying to address.

Count on it! :) Many of us joined the @Large community to make a difference,
because we see how important the Internet will be in our lives (and the
lives of our progeny, in the case of old folks like me!).  :)


Bruce Young
Portland, Oregon
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