1. I see no need to have a charity license for the following reasons. It isn't a charity. You are in the formative stages of development of this collective resource business / commercial entity. Unless VOD has evidence somewhere to the contrary or am I missing something?
2. VOD seems to want to pick out scammers. Why not look directly at Quickseller who is running an anonymous and likely an illegal escrow service internationally. Those sorts of services are most likely well regulated and require people to provide at least BASIC information about who they are to this community. How about we crack on against those who have something to hide. Talk about the potential for abuse and long cons having an ESCROW with no name. If you are so worried why not attack someone currently taking money and doing it anonymously right now and has so for months?
3. Armis if you want transparency you should be posting guarantees about WHO YOU ARE running this venture. Being anonymous is not the right move and sends up some pretty large red flags for me personally.
4. There is no need to BET etc to resolve this issue and challenging people in that way does not build trust at all. BFL Josh favorite tactic to push his con was betting with members of the community to SILENCE THEM PERMANENTLY.
All you need to do is provide a simple short explanation and people can then decide to either support it or not. Put your identity out there with some sort of CV etc so we can measure your worth and value with regards to your proposal. Finally VOD either gives evidence to support his claims this venture requires a charity license. If those conditions are met problem solved and VOD can better spend his time fixing people like Quickseller running potentially long con escrows and find out why Adam Allcock the VAT and Mail Service fraud is backed by Quickseller. That might be a better use of VOD's time and Techshares time.
Bicknellski,
in response to #1 - I agree
in response to #2 - Apart of Vod's job at BCT is to 'bust scammers' and I'm fine with that, but I'm not a scammer nor am I going to allow anyone to extort anything from me that I'm not prepared to share. Yes, escrow service is a highly regulated area and perhaps part of cover in ever country with more than 1M pop, so too is extortion. If someone doesn't like the terms of another the best thing to do is to refrain from using their business.
in response to #3 - IMO any size flag is a no no. When PICISI is formed it will be consistent with the laws of the land it is domiciled.
in response to #4 - his claims are unfounded, specious, irresponsible, reckless, and perhaps actionable. They were uncalled for, they damaged my username's character, and cause me to have to address the same questions multiple times in multiple places. He knows he's wrong most people that look at this whole matter knows he's wrong, however most people at BCT aren't looking at the whole matter they are simply glancing at the big red notice that says "warning...) under my username. Then they carry that prejudice to our dealing. Vods rush to judgement is going to mislead others into wrongly believing they have something to fear dealing with me. I didn't cause that he did. I'm not less honest today than I was last week, I did nothing to deserve how I'm being treated.
When Vod said that the plan is a scam, when he called me a liar, when he went to my sponsors and my threads claiming its a long-con he should have know that was out of order, he should have known that was disrespectful, he should have known it was untrue, but if he didn't at that time he certainly should know now. I'm sure many are letting him know he's wrong this time. When he did all of that he's the one who placed the bet, he's the one that claimed to be able to tell the future, and he is the one that bet high and bet fast, and every day he keeps adding to the pot. So if he truly believes what he claims stand by it, with his username. I don't need his money so this isn't a bet for money its a bet based on truth, who is telling the truth. If he really thinks I'm a liar then he should have nothing to be concerned about. But if I'm proven to be the truthful one and prove his claims to be false of course he should suffer consequences. Remember he not only shot first, but he's still shooting.
Vod's action has placed doubt in the minds of many about PICISI and Armis for no just reason.
If you read about PICISI you will see that it's an opportunity for many to do well, an opportunity that I shared with everyone with great detail. I didn't have to share it in such a public fashion.
In response to that last paragraph - see above.