[UK-TUG] On TUG and DANTE acceptance of funds from UK TUG

[Jay Hammond]

Dear Members,

your committee works hard to deal with intricate questions like this. 
Jonathan's questions are directed to committee members, and I believe he 
should have directed this to the committee not you.


On 13/10/2021 08:29, Jonathan Fine wrote:
> Hi
>
> In this message I assume that David Saunders motion is passed.
>
> I've got two questions for the committee, probably for Arthur and 
> Joseph. I ask now to avoid surprises about what happens to our money, 
> after the SGM.
>
> Recall that recently the committee mail list was told that TUG has 
> agreed in principle to accept a donation from UK TUG provided there 
> were "no strings attached", and that DANTE has not yet responded to a 
> similar request.
>
> According to https://www.tug.org/donate/dev.html 
> <https://www.tug.org/donate/dev.html> any person can make a donation 
> that goes entirely to fund TeX development, and TUG will administer 
> the donations on behalf of the community, without any fee.
>
> Arthur: Why can't  UK TUG donate to TeX development by taking up that 
> offer from TUG? Or have I misunderstood "no strings attached"?
>
> Joseph: What if DANTE doesn't respond and TUG's "no strings" is 
> inconsistent with the constitution? Does that mean that by default the 
> Committee gets to decide where the money goes?
>
> with kind regards
>
> Jonathan

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