[Noisebridge-discuss] deep crack announcement .. tax issue/

[Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson]

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On Oct 7, 2009, at 7:52 PM, Rachel McConnell wrote:
> Joachim, are you suggesting that you think the US immigration laws are
> RATIONAL?
>
> I think it would be awesome to have Deep Crack, but not if it screws
> with members.  Let's find out if this is a legit worry or not.
>

This very cleanly summarizes my position. Let's find out whether this  
is actually an issue. Let's not _ASSUME_ it won't be an issue -  
because US immigration laws are well known to be fickle and impervious  
to common sense. But let's find out.

I do not want a decision on this until we know. If a decision before  
that is forced, I will block it. Once we know what the deal with the  
US citizenry is, I would think it absolutely AWESOME to have it around  
- - if all other issues (space, energy, et.c.) find satisfactory  
solutions. But the US Citizen clause does worry me.

Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson, Dr.rer.nat
Postdoctoral researcher
mik at math.stanford.edu






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