From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D24071382C5 for ; Mon, 29 Jun 2020 14:38:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9121BE08F7; Mon, 29 Jun 2020 14:38:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5D09BE08F1 for ; Mon, 29 Jun 2020 14:38:25 +0000 (UTC) From: "Andreas K. Huettel" To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Cc: "Robin H. Johnson" Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Questions for Council candidates: Future of the Foundation Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2020 17:38:16 +0300 Message-ID: <15474247.tgchFWduMW@noumea> Organization: Gentoo Linux In-Reply-To: References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart11146889.hzESeGDPOM"; micalg="pgp-sha256"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 33c71835-0c4a-4d1f-b4af-5e0d49061c66 X-Archives-Hash: 5428de58de2a10a4067331db4ed1d7ff --nextPart11146889.hzESeGDPOM Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > Q1: What are your feels on the recent history of the Foundation? (last > 2-3 years) > Q2: What should the Foundation do more of? > Q3: What should the Foundation do less of? A good effort was made to clean up the mess left behind by previous trustee= s.=20 Once the IRS question is definitely resolved, if we indeed have now more ca= sh=20 inflow than outflow, we need to figure out how to use the funds effectively. =46unding hardware and services is one thing, but it's not the thing that G= entoo=20 is lacking most. In addition, we need to keep the social contract in mind w= hen=20 spending the money. One of my pet projects was already to get Gentoo to sponsor (up to a cap)=20 expenses for *one* conference attendance for each new developer. I.e. up to= =20 XXXX EUR cost reimbursement (travel, accommodation, daily living expenses a= t=20 capped/set rate, similar to what is done for public servants like me) for=20 =46OSDEM attendance. This might be quite helpful in getting new devs integr= ated=20 into the community. > Q4: What should become of the Foundation? > * something not the following list at all? > * long-term continue to exist as-is non-501c6 state > * finish 501c6 state > * convert to 501c3 in some way If it continues to exist, convert to a tax-exempt state. Preferably 501c3. = See=20 below. > * join an umbrella? > ** what should the selection criterion be? > * disband entirely > ** where should the financial holdings go? > ** where should the copyright & trademark holdings go? > ** what actions will be impacted by this? Preferably join an umbrella, transfer assets and disband. For the very simp= le=20 reason that we then avoid the situation of the "double-headed beast" that h= as=20 plagued us in the past.=20 I was recruited in 2010, and there was never any doubt for many years that = the=20 foundation was a mostly passive observer of the distribution, without=20 interfering in the daily business.=20 In the wake of the idella4 story and the subsequent "takeover attempt", I=20 would like to make sure 100% that this never happens again and that develop= ers=20 know which elected group steers the distribution (the council). As Ulrich already states, we do not have much choice in terms of umbrella=20 selection. As for the example of SPI (where I know more details), all=20 (tangible and intangible) assets could be transferred to SPI, and similarly= =20 all assets could be transferred *out* of SPI into an 501c3 again if that ev= er=20 becomes necessary. =2D-=20 Andreas K. 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