[volunteers] Reimbursing Mark Weisler

[Darlene Wallach]

Rick Moen wrote:
> I wrote:
> 
>> My thanks to Mark Weisler for promptly reimbursing me.  SVLUG should 
>> make sure _he_ doesn't have to eat that cost, either.  I heard that
>> nobody passed the hat at the August meeting for this purpose.  Paul, 
>> has that omission been fixed?
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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?
> 
> 
> 

I suggest making an announcement - thanking Mark and
passing the hat at the September SVLUG meeting. I also
suggest posting this discussion to the main svlug
email list as everyone benefits from the website not
just volunteers.

Darlene Wallach