[sudo-discuss] [!] Need Qurorum @ tonight's meeting to Change Banks for Sudo

[Julio Rios]

If I can vote remotely, I also vote yes.  Thanks for holding it down Matt.

On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 2:09 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:

> yes I also vote Yes even though i won't be able to make it to the meeting
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> On Wed, 16 Dec 2015, danarauz at gmail.com wrote:
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> I am not sure that I can make it to the meeting, but to make sure please
>> count my vote as: YES to switch away from  IAFCU.
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Mari M. <strawberrypilabs at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>       I might be able to show up online if need be. I'm still much too
>> sick and going through trauma to actually be in the space, though.
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>       CCL is using WFCU as well. Seems OK - no particularly bad or good
>> experiences to report. Only drawback is that they don't have all that many
>> branches, and
>>       you usually have to do major account changes in person at the
>> branch (downtown Oakland is probably closest for us).
>> I should be there this evening, but if not, I vote strongly in favor of
>> switching away from IAFCU, and lukewarm in favor of switching to WFCU...
>>
>> Patrik
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>> On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Matthew Senate <mattsenate at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>       Hey all,
>> Sudo did a straw poll last week to get the ball moving on this, but need
>> quorum to come to a decision about switching banks. It doesn't seem too
>> controversial to me, there aren't that many options anyway.
>>
>>
>> https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2015-12-09#Move_to_Western_Federal_Credit_Union
>>
>> Long and short of it is that sudo's current credit union, Internet
>> Archive Federal Credit Union (IAFCU) is struggling to stay open. The credit
>> union
>> members took a vote that was due Dec 8th about whether or not to
>> liquidate the credit union. Sudo Room did not vote on behalf of its
>> membership, but the
>> evidence is pretty convincing that this is a failed experiment and it's
>> time to reorganize and try new things:
>>
>> https://blog.archive.org/2015/11/24/difficult-times-at-our-credit-union/
>>
>> Western Federal Credit Union, is large, stable, now supports quickbooks,
>> and is where Omni Commons holds its main account currently, making payments
>> very
>> efficient. It seems like a no-brainer, and I personally have not found
>> any more appealing options. For instance, Bank of the West is closing its
>> Temescal
>> branch location, part of long-term closures, so there is no obviously
>> close credit union to our current location at 4799 Shattuck.
>>
>> Finally, it'd simply be nice to see your faces at sudo tonight, just to
>> say hi and catch up, possibly before some of us go out of town for
>> holidays, etc.
>>
>> // Matt
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