Speaking more officially, less personal opinion.

On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 18:49 -0400, Richard Freeman wrote:
>
> Would this run into any kinds of legal issues?

Should prevent any.

> If you're not 
> already familiar with such things you might want to talk to a lawyer.

As it pertains we will likely have counsel review the final Bylaws. We
will also solicit advice from counsel when needed regarding future
Bylaws revisions or other matters.

> I'm torn on this.  In theory the council and trustees/foundation should 
> be well-coordinated and they're really just two parts of a single 
> effort. 

That's the idea. Two heads, thinking doing different things
uncoordinated on same body? :)

> If we mix them we either need to formalize more of 
> what happens, or potentially risk running into legal issues.

Really it's a paper formality. Daily operations do not change. Just
clarification of duties and separation on paper. In one document :)

-- 
William L. Thomson Jr.
amd64/Java/Trustees
Gentoo Foundation