[HCoop-Discuss] Cracking down on negative balances

[docelic]

On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 07:14:53PM -0500, Steve Taylor wrote:
> Michael Potter <mpotter at hcoop.net> writes:
> 
> > On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 21:19 +0200, Omry Yadan wrote:
> >> Booting people with zero balance is fine.
> >> preventing service from people who have 3 months worth of payments is
> >> not fine.
> > <SNIP>
> >> That's what I think, anyway.
> >>
> >>     Omry.
> >
> > Omry,
> >
> > As discussed before, in practice, a significant number of people quietly
> > vanished, went negative, and the rest of us were picking up their tab.
> > The only practical solution is to raise the bar, hence the new balance
> > requirement.
> >
> > Michael Potter
> >
> 
> "As discussed before" but unseen by some, including Omry.
> 
> Can the board backtrack enough to present a clear picture of the new
> policy? That is, can we get an e-mail from the board to hcoop-announce
> giving 
> 
> - a brief explanation of the problem
> - a proposed solution, including effective date after at least 30 days
> - feedback period in [hcoop-discuss]
> 
> .....

Sure, we'll do that. But I think this was more informal communication
on the list and no sudden changes are going to take place.

-doc