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

[Glen Jarvis]

Now I realize the concern, I also would never want to jeopardize someone's
visa.  Who would have the burden of proof that this wasn't accessed if it
were in a public place where he could get access to it? It sounds like a big
headache for some of our non US-citizen members/visitors/etc :(
Glen

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 8:01 PM, Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson
<mik at stanford.edu>wrote:

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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?
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> > 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.
> >
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> 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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