This is not true. I have taken good care of the account since the Treasurer resigned and responded to the last funds request within one day..

"...Upon +1 from another Board Director in addition to myself, I will order the switch using Hildon's US bank account.

Please confirm you prefer to have it delivered care of IPHH?
Rob

On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 04:50:48PM +0200, Falk Stern wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> at the moment we have a pressing performance issue on our hosted hardware.
>
> We currently have a 100MBit managed switch connecting each blade, IPMI
> modules and the uplink to our hoster.

>
> Backups through this switch take a long time and database access could
> be faster.
>
> Techstaff made the decision that we would like to purchase a Netgear
> GS724T-300EUS 24 Port Gigabit switch.
> (http://www.amazon.de/Netgear-GS724T-.../ref=de_a_smtd)
>
> We need a managed switch because different security zones are separated
> by VLANs internally.
>
> The Netgear Switch is the most economical decision. It is rackmounted,
> has 24 ports, which leaves room for further extension, and supports
> everything we need.
>
> Buying HP Procurve or Cisco would be overkill for this.

>
> Best regards,
>
> Falk"

It was Woody who showed up 4 days later (4 days is Ok, but it's wrong for the person who was slow to accuse the person who was faster of being nonresponsive) -

"Sorry for the delay. Lots of things going on with me RL, including a "holiday
weekend" in the states this past weekend.

I'm +1 on this as well. Probably best to order via a German provider (or
Amazon, some company that does business in EU)?"

And then after getting Woody's +1, I ordered the switch within one day to the satisfaction of the sysop-

"Hi Rob,

looks good to me

Thanks a lot!

Best,

Falk

robert bauer wrote:
> Falk,
>
> I believe I successfully ordered the switch through amazon.de
> <http://amazon.de>. I'm a bit anxious about it because my German is not
> good. Can you please confirm that the order confirmation below looks
> like everything is done right? There is also a possibility that our US
> bank account will eventually not be accepted although everything seemed
> to work when I made the order through currency converter. Please keep
> us informed as to status. I hope it works out properly.
>
> Rob
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *bestellbestaetigung@amazon.de
> <mailto:bestellbestaetigung@amazon.de>* <bestellbestaetigung@amazon.de
> <mailto:bestellbestaetigung@amazon.de>>
> Date: 2013/5/28
> Subject: Ihre Bestellung bei Amazon.de
> To: "board@hildonfoundation.org <mailto:board@hildonfoundation.org>"
> <board@hildonfoundation.org <mailto:board@hildonfoundation.org>>"

The issue with that request for "reimbursement" was that the request was made without mentioning that funds had already been solicited and donated for the hard drive. The prior donations were not mentioned at the time of the request for "reimbursement", so it is being handled with care in order to ensure that the donations to Hildon Foundation are dispensed properly without duplication. Woody was informed of this concern weeks ago and knew about it when the above comment was made

This also is not true, at least on my part. Here is my response to a meeting request a month ago, WITHIN ONE DAY -

"Let's not try to have a meeting this week. It's too much of a squeeze to try to schedule it and announce it in advance. Next week, I am currently available on Tuesday or Wednesday from 10am-2pm. If Jim can confirm this week that he is available for a meeting during one of those time periods, then we can schedule it and announce it."

Here is my response to Woody's meeting request that he did not make until AFTER the false allegation of being obstructionist quoted above-

"I think the last meeting request I got was more than a month ago. I am currently available next Thursday between 9am-2pm.

I recall Joerg's request to be paid for storage drive he had already collected money for. What is the other request? Can you put together a list of all the agenda items and I'll post them on the website?

Rob"

Hardly the "obstructionist" response to meeting request Woody would have you believe. I'll let Jim speak for himself. But as I've said before, I would understand if he has concluded that it's not constructive or timeworthy to respond. If I do not respond to the next set of ad hominem attacks and politically motivated, half-truths that may appear on the forum after this, understand that I am merely declining to play politics with the pachyderm while not resigning as others have understandably done recently. I can be reached via maemo.org PM or board@hildonfoundation.org.

The community can rest assured that I will, as I always have over the course of several years of service, dutifully carry out the responsibilities that I have taken on, including looking out for the donations already made to Hildon Foundation until the next Treasurer comes along.