Yes, I want to know that steps have been taken to minimize the possibility future thefts.
I don’t know all the details of the financial controls, but I do know that members of the board have been given the ability to monitor bank transactions and accounts online at will to detect unusual activity and have been reviewing transactions at the monthly board meetings. There has been a major turnover of the composition of the board, which now consists of three major recent donors, plus Michael Vassar and Eliezer Yudkowsky.
Also, the SIAI pressed criminal charges rather than a civil suit to cultivate an internal reputation to deter repeats.
I don’t know all the details of the financial controls, but I do know that members of the board have been given the ability to monitor bank transactions and accounts online at will to detect unusual activity and have been reviewing transactions at the monthly board meetings. There has been a major turnover of the composition of the board, which now consists of three major recent donors, plus Michael Vassar and Eliezer Yudkowsky.
Also, the SIAI pressed criminal charges rather than a civil suit to cultivate an internal reputation to deter repeats.