[Noisebridge-discuss] meet tomorrow?

[Noah Balmer]

To look at it another way, If the board doesn't keep the donors happy, they
won't get any more donations, so the board is highly motivated to keep the
interests of the donors in mind.

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Noah Balmer <noahbalmer at gmail.com> wrote:

> >So, people are advocating for people to, possibly, pay a couple of hundred
> dollars a month in order for us to get a space in San Francisco but these
> same people putting in money won't get any say in how the group is run,
> legally? Not everyone who pays a bunch of money is going to be on the board
> (or want to be) and we also shouldn't limit board membership to those who
> have enough money to pitch in a lot.
>
>>
>> What is the solution?
>>
>> Al
>>
> The board has all the legal liability, and should be doing a lot more than
> a couple hundred dollars worth of work a month.  If people pay for
> membership and the board screws them over, they can always sue the board
> (breach of contract, theft, dereliction of duty, whatever), but it's not
> reasonable to expect the board to be legally liable if they don't have
> control of the corporation's actions, and it's not reasonable for a member
> to expect power without being responsible for the repercussions if their
> power is abused.
>
> We can talk about it tonight, but I expect that any concerns members have
> about their money being misused are addressed in law, and could be further
> refined with membership agreements if necessary.
>
>
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