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On 2008.05.25 01:03, Luca Barbato wrote: |
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> William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: |
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> Luca Barbato |
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> Gentoo Council Member |
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> Gentoo/linux Gentoo/PPC |
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> http://dev.gentoo.org/~lu_zero |
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> gentoo-nfp@l.g.o mailing list |
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All, |
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These threads have got too long and on my mail client, somewhat broken, |
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so I'm posting here because it looks like a good place, nothing more. |
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All this discussion of what Gentoo could become and the way is should |
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move is all very well but its not helping the here and now of getting |
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bylaws agreed. |
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Gentoo is an organic entity, continually growing in different |
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directions as contributors (not only devs) come and go. |
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The Foundation needs a set of bylaws *now*, that suit Gentoo as it is |
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*now* but written in such a way that allows for flexibility as Gentoo |
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ch ages. |
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The Foundation is set up as a business legal entity because that's the |
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only sort there is. Its behavior is bound by New Mexico law, as |
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interpreted by case law and the bylaws, which we are discussing here, |
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Article by Article. William is quite right when he says there is no |
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such thing as an informal foundation. Try informally filing your |
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personal tax returns. |
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As long as we obey the laws, which really only describe how we must |
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conduct the business of the Gentoo Foundation, the 'what' we do and how |
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we organise it is up to the Foundation members, within our articles of |
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incorporation. |
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Back to the now. |
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The emphasis is very much on the *now*. There is no point in framing |
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bylaws for what Gentoo might become - more than likely, it won't become |
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what we expect today, We will never agree such speculative bylaws |
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anyway. Even if we did, because of what we are today, we could not |
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follow them. |
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Its back to the simple here and now, with adaptability. |
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Regards, |
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Roy Bamford |
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(NeddySeagoon) a member of |
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gentoo-ops |
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forum-mods |
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treecleaners |
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trustees |
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