Re: a little something worth noting . . .

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On Thursday 17 April 2003 12:24, dep wrote:
> instead, we saw a budget involving more than $170,000 per year -- and
> saw *it* only because it was leaked to me -- in which there was an
> item, news releases at $3,000 apiece. now. in the course of my life i

i drafted a private response some days ago to Dennis regarding discussing KDE 
League budgetary concerns on this list. i decided not to send it because i 
figured it would probably only make things worse, not better. as the threads 
continue to grow and become more and more speculative, i feel compelled to 
send that draft to this list:

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On Wednesday 16 April 2003 11:21, dep wrote:
> though it would, of course, be good to know what the kde league ever
> did and what it cost, because at from $2,000 to $10,000 per member to
> participate, it seems there was a lot of money collected for very
> little result. i would love to see evidence to the contrary; all that
> has thusfar been offered is excuses as to why an accounting is not
> forthcoming.

nothing has been forthcoming to you perhaps. to be completely honestly, it's 
none of your business as you neither contributed money nor were involved in 
the League (correct me if i'm wrong, of course). but you are curious, and 
that's well within the bounds of acceptability as far as i'm concerned. hell, 
i'm curious too.

happily the issue is not being ignored and when there is something to say, i'm 
sure it will be said. until then, i'd welcome it as a personal favour if you 
stopped making more demands regarding the issue of League accounting and 
progress. why? because they aren't going to help ease tensions that exist and 
it isn't going to make anything happen faster than it already is. the results 
of your constant prickling at this point as a non-stakeholder in the issue 
can only result in worsening things, not making things better. there are 
those who are stakeholders who are attempting to make things better, and they 
are even meeting with success.

i also trust that you are not saying these things solely because you dislike 
Andreas but because you are truly concerned about the well being and 
propriety of an organization that is to be acting in the best interests of an 
Open Source project. anything less would be petty and spiteful, two things i 
consider beneath you as a person.

in any case, that's all i can and will say right now, and no, you can't quote 
me on any of it....

take care, and best of fortunes...

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