[maemo-community] By-Laws for Hildonfoundation

[From: Iván Gálvez Junquera]

Nieldk, is it possible for you to edit the post in TMO to provide a version
of the document in PDF instead of docx?  With my user I'm not able to edit
it.


2012/8/26 robert bauer <nybauer at gmail.com>

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> On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 1:16 PM, gregor herrmann <
> gregor+maemo at comodo.priv.at> wrote:
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>> On Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:30:07 -0400, robert bauer wrote:
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>> Thanks for your quick reply!
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>> > > 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.
>>
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> I stand corrected - sponsor needed for SPI rather than referral.
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>> 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.
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>> [0] http://spi-inc.org/projects/associated-project-howto/
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>> > > | 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.
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>> Thanks again,
>> gregor
>>
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