[Build] Lock costs

[Mitch Altman]

I've been out of the loop, so I apologize for any redundancy.  I just assumed there would be a group of people (of those who are into it) coming up with a budget for the build, and then we'd ask for a consensus at a Tuesday meeting.  Should be a rubber stamp, no?

 

 

Mitch.

 

 

 

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> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:49:06 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Build] Lock costs
> From: longobord at gmail.com
> To: build at lists.noisebridge.net
> CC: maltman23 at hotmail.com
> 
> I'm still keen on having a little separation between the person with
> the purse strings and the person who makes the call to "make it so".
> Something like an undertreasurer for the build so that the person
> spending the money is not the same as the person making the decisions.
> (I've found that this sort of setup can actually make things easier
> for a variety of reasons.)
> 
> Christie
> 
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> 
> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Andy Isaacson<adi at hexapodia.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 07:23:15PM -0700, Rubin Abdi wrote:
> >> Andy Isaacson wrote, On 2009/08/10 18:59:
> >> >We should also figure out some way to streamline and formalize our
> >> >reimbursement process; as it currently stands, there are two options
> >> >neither of which is especially awesome:
> >>
> >> Weren't we just going to setup a budget, get that approved through
> >> consensus then have the great Shannon delegate those funds?
> >
> > I think it's clear the consensus process won't work for every $300
> > expenditure we'll incur during the build process.
> >
> > I hadn't heard the plan you outlined.  (I may have missed some
> > discussion, but if so I suspect most of the membership did too.)
> >
> > I'm not sure how I feel about the idea of a build czar with budget
> > authority.
> >
> > If we had a treasurer in this country I'd say we should just
> > go through him.
> >
> > I suppose we should consense something like "We will spend approximately
> > $foo on the build, with $bar for floors, $blah for walls, $zork for
> > sinks, $toodle for bathroom."  And then designate an executive to make
> > it happen (aforementioned czar).
> >
> > That'd require having a plan, though...
> >
> > -andy
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