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 9FB571382C5 for ; Mon, 29 Jun 2020 17:41:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CE138E08A6; Mon, 29 Jun 2020 17:41:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:2001:470:ea4a:1:5054:ff:fec7:86e4]) (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 AF26CE089A for ; Mon, 29 Jun 2020 17:41:49 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2020 13:41:45 -0400 From: Aaron Bauman To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Questions for Council candidates: Future of the Foundation Message-ID: <20200629174145.GB109251@bubba> References: <15474247.tgchFWduMW@noumea> 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; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="+g7M9IMkV8truYOl" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <15474247.tgchFWduMW@noumea> X-Archives-Salt: ff0ab76d-17cc-44fa-9498-860a7f1dcbfc X-Archives-Hash: 641d613bf6cb342289b9913b5bdb36c1 --+g7M9IMkV8truYOl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 05:38:16PM +0300, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: > > 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? >=20 > 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= at=20 > capped/set rate, similar to what is done for public servants like me) for= =20 > FOSDEM attendance. This might be quite helpful in getting new devs integr= ated=20 > into the community. > +1 Of note, there is some financial considerations here dependent on the 501cX chosen. > > 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 >=20 > If it continues to exist, convert to a tax-exempt state. Preferably 501c3= =2E See=20 > below. >=20 +1 > > * 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? >=20 > I was recruited in 2010, and there was never any doubt for many years tha= t 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 devel= opers=20 > know which elected group steers the distribution (the council). > I am not aware of what that individual did, but I am familair with him so I can only imagine. Please see my response to Robin as well with other ways of addressing such shenanigans from occuring. I believe it paramount that we retain our autonomy as a distribution. --=20 Cheers, Aaron --+g7M9IMkV8truYOl Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAABCAAdFiEEDA48qNrrn8VVVcst4yp5f7HQy3AFAl76J9kACgkQ4yp5f7HQ y3BRNQf/S84Li/QY8ayRdrXpQiFmiVPaCFsZGBSyTcP0TmHpZIhElFLy8FRP859O VUVf0XGsvIX5f8i+LQQyOD4YGCLsxc5BkhIclVmpqLUa0jB1BSxcEXWXRyP9R2oY LJb1OVr5yUYhBrKvuq+XDGL7azLG0r0AvSk92iDFA8grfNR5aooSRldC+j7FYAac CJYQiV2lNUgUOsOasx6psX/Wh5CkgDP9D5091P7L7YrARSryaJrErwqJGwGOBUnN W0OYXFnTJz4v5Ezw606r5ZAgGzS0efjSSy53OpsTjFScbug1FI1GgVDSJL+FjiPE NSbmtQbmpE4eoEeotcBU6QZqXOECVQ== =p0Yp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --+g7M9IMkV8truYOl--