Comment on Proposed Content Policy ToS and FAQ changes

  1. sanders Sun 30 Jun 2013 09:25PM UTC

    I see the 'just hire them' answer for a lot of things, but it's not simple. Before we can take steps to hire anyone, it would require a huge shift in our HR practices to provide for direct management, pay roll, potentially coordinating international employment practices, raising our annual insurance by 500%, developing employment contracts, running a hiring process, at minimum. If our Legal, Financial, Volunteers & Recruiting Committees, and Board, again at minimum, did nothing else for the next year, then, yes, we could do that. We'd also need donors to kick in at least 3 times more than they currently do annually to adequately pay a professional coding staff and cover the overhead.

    This is something we're working toward, but like everything, it has a place in our priorities. I think, at least for this year, we'd all prefer securing our existing volunteer base, keeping our tax status, and adding more servers so we can continue to function rather than backsliding in the services we do provide.

    ~sanders, otw treasurer, board member

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    1. What (Guest) Sun 30 Jun 2013 10:19PM UTC

      I actually just meant re-opening the volunteering for interested coders but it's good to know that you are considering employing people as well.

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