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MLH had no authority to kick out the students. The hackathon is run by a separate group of Waterloo students, whereas MLH is a for-profit hackathon organizatio
by whiteboarder 11y ago
MLH had no authority to kick out the students. The hackathon is run by a separate group of Waterloo students, whereas MLH is a for-profit hackathon organization that just helps colleges with sponsorships.
- petercooper 11y agoOK. The story doesn't make the relationship clear. It reads as if MLH was the organization running/policing the event.
- nness 11y agoYou've written this a few times, but there's no proof that that is the case. MLH obviously had a commercial relationship with the University and that would likely entitle them to certain authorities. Unless your privy to the contract, or the University has officially stated otherwise, what source are you using to back this up?
- whiteboarder 11y agoMy other sources have to remain private unfortunately. (official responses haven't been crafted yet) But I can say that even if it ends up that they technically had the authority to do this, then us Hack the North organizers were mislead to an extraordinarily large degree about the nature of the relationship between MLH and Hack the North.
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- nness 11y agoHack The North's official statement supports the cations taken by MLH. http://hackthenorth.com/hackthenorth-response.pdf http://hackthenorth.com/hackthenorth-response.pdf
- folz 11y agoUnfortunately they did. It's buried in the Sanctioning Agreement, but by accepting MLH sanctioning (which is done via a legally binding contract) you allow MLH authority over who attends the event. They don't advertise this fact very much.