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Article #3Dog Chases Tail (Re: TFN Donations (was: TFN Donation Plea)
From: Bob Allisat
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 00:00
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 00:00
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David Jones (dej@torfree.net) wrote:
: Up until, say, a week ago, there were two funding options:
:
: 1. Flat fee. Against the by-laws, and the ideologies of many directors.
:
: 2. Tiered service. Software for managing this is being implemented,
: but human resources qualified to do this are scarce, so implementation
: is lagging behind any board action.
:
: The Board is currently considering other interim measures that
: bridge the gap between these options. In the event that tiered-access
: is approved, the technical team will be on the critical path. For this
: reason, an interim fee may be imposed (which I would hope be credited
: to the tiered-access account, but that's up to the board).
Bridge the gap? Interim
options? Critical path? It's like this:
Impose? What a joke! Jones
et al had years to prepare No-one wants anyone
for this day when there to take the lead for
would be no more gov't fear of failure but
handouts. And still all no-one also wants to
Jones can do is talk and do anything because they
make big words. are too busy with other
things. All sorts of
The tiered access figures silly options fly around.
all you silly tarts tout But still no-one wants
are cooked, fake, fraudulant. anyone to take the lead
And a flat fee forces the for fear of failure but
poor off the Freenet. Money. no-one also wants to do
Now. Leadership. Yesterday. anything because...
Time. Over? Perhaps.
Anyone notice a pattern here?
Bob Allisat
The fire burns in the roots of the forest
deep under the snow
to re-emmerge once the waters of spring recede
and sun hot winds parch the lands.
--
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103731,67a02e8e26549ac0,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103731,public X-Google-Thread: 10aaae,67a02e8e26549ac0,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10aaae,public X-Google-Thread: 10643c,67a02e8e26549ac0,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10643c,public X-Google-Thread: 1511e9,67a02e8e26549ac0,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1511e9,public From: ab330@torfree.net (Bob Allisat) Subject: Dog Chases Tail (Re: TFN Donations (was: TFN Donation Plea) Date: 1997/01/28 Message-ID: <E4pyJM.7GB.0.queen@torfree.net> X-Deja-AN: 212728485 references: <E4Mq39.xy.0.sheppard@torfree.net> <E4o5M5.Lrt.0.queen@torfree.net> <E4p3Ao.DrD.0.spadina@torfree.net> organization: Toronto Free-Net newsgroups: torfree.policy,torfree.general,tor.general,can.infohighway