On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Jacob Appelbaum <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jacob@appelbaum.net">jacob@appelbaum.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On 01/13/2011 03:31 PM, Shannon Lee wrote:<br>
> non-members are allowed to have shelves.<br>
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</div>Also, they're welcome to participate in the consensus - even if it's<br>
dreaded, it's certainly not a service without value. :-)<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The question then becomes: what's the marginal value of a block over convincing a member in good standing to block? Often, it takes a beer or two (times two people), so let's fix it at the fair market value for 3 reasonable beers (tips not included).</div>
<div><br></div><div>That is, every time you block consensus, you should forfeit ~$12 in deductions to keep the IRS happy. If that's problematic, bring a six pack and "donate it" to noisebridge at the next meeting, as a "consensus offset."</div>
<div>--</div><div>/jbm</div><div><meta charset="utf-8"><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">(And, hey, my accounting practices here are about as legitimate as everything else that's come up in this thread. Really, your deductions are between you and your accountant, barring the "get the treasurer to say you donated N dollars" game you may need to play. Our original treasurer had a very understanding stance on such things, but our current treasurer hasn't yet said anything about that game.)</div>
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