[maemo-community] By-Laws for Hildonfoundation

[From: Niel Nielsen]

Yep, will do so this evening. No problem.

/Niel
On 27 Aug 2012 14:17, "Iván Gálvez Junquera" <ivgalvez at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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>
>
>>
>>
>> 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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>>
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