[maemo-community] By-Laws for Hildonfoundation

[From: robert bauer]

On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 1:16 PM, gregor herrmann <
gregor+maemo at comodo.priv.at> wrote:

> On Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:30:07 -0400, robert bauer wrote:
>
> Thanks for your quick reply!
>
> > > I don't see the necessity for creating a foundation instead of using
> > > the services of e.g. SPI [0] or the SF Conservancy [1] in the USA or
> > > FFIS e.V. [2] in Europe. Has this been considered, and if yes, why
> > > were these options discarded?
> > SF Conservancy was approached.  They were discouraged by the number of
> > closed source packages in maemo.  SPI requires a referral and we might
> > approach them if we have one.  To my knowledge, FFIS e.V. has not been
> > approached.
>
> I'm not sure I understand what is meant by "referral" here; my
> understanding of the process (from reading [0] and watching SPI's day
> to day work) is that after an informal request one of the directors
> acts as a sponsor for an application, which means that they then lead
> the formal process.
>

I stand corrected - sponsor needed for SPI rather than referral.


>
> If there is interest in the maemo community to explore the SPI
> option, a short mail to board at spi-inc.org might be a simple first
> step.
>
> [0] http://spi-inc.org/projects/associated-project-howto/
>
>
> > > | Within one year, the initial Board shall determine the criteria and
> > > | method for the selection of subsequent Board of Directors.
> > > I don't think that's a good idea. From my understanding of the nature
> > > of by-laws, clarifying how officers are (s)elected is one of the
> > > crucial things to have.
> > Sure.  Do you have a proposal?  This is one of those catch 22 issues
> > implied by your previous query - how do we select the initial Board for
> an
> > organization that doesn't exist yet?  I'll add to that - how do we allow
> > for having someone from Nokia or Jolla on the Board (if we want to do
> that)?
>
> Yup, this bootstrapping is not trivial :)
> Couldn't we just say
> - the initial board is the Community Council at the point in time of
>   incorporation
> - the initial rules of election for the board (i.e. unless changed
>   later via the membership) are the same as for Council elections
>   now?
>
> The current Council has already discussed these two options.  Good to see
you mention them.


>
> Thanks again,
> gregor
>
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