[volunteers] Reimbursing Mark Weisler (was: Introducing domain-check)

[Paul Reiber]

Rick wrote:
> Paul responded offlist (gee, what's wrong with on-list, absent an actual
> need for privacy?), saying that an attempt had been made to collect
> member contributions to reimburse Mark, but that it had resulted in
> exactly $1

Rick, I responded off-list because I didn't want to share my disappointment
regarding this situation with everyone.

> I'm not content with merely pronouncing that outcome "disappointing".
> It needs to be fixed.  Mark remains out of pocket $36 - $1 = $35 on
> behalf of all of SVLUG.  So, I'll be paying Mark $5 immediately, next
> time I see him, and explicitly thanking him on SVLUG's behalf for
> showing leadership.
>
> (Stiffing people who've shown leadership, and by omission saying "Thanks,
> sucker!", is inappropriate and a no-brainer in the "fix this" category.)
>
> Anyone else have $5 and a sense of ethics?

While I truly appreciate your efforts to help rectify this, I don't
want to make
too big of a thing about it.  (...and not just 'cause it's Mark's money and
not mine! :-)))

Consider the other ongoing expenses that you and I and Mark and the other
SVLUG volunteers willingly shoulder - as examples, lost wages, gas and parking
costs for the LWCE last week, and the miscellaneous costs as well as time we
all spend on SVLUG related activities.

I'll guesstimate that I'll have forked out well over $100 this year in
support of
SVLUG efforts.  I can't speak for Mark, but in my case, I'm doing this
willingly,
without any expectations of being reimbursed.

That said, I'll also give Mark $5 next time I see him. :-)

Regards,
-Paul