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On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 08:39:20AM -0500, Corey Shields wrote: |
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> Yes, I feel that setting up the NFP quickly |
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> is the best thing to do, but I guess I was wrong in assuming that people |
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> assigned to the board would know what that means and what the board will do, |
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> for all I know right now it's just a name. |
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Daniel has written several e-mails throughout several threads. I'll try to |
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quote the most relevant e-mails here. My apologies if I take those out of |
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contents. Mainly you'll have to see the NFP as an entity, not the board or |
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trustees or whatever you'd like to call them. The board is needed to have |
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such an entity. |
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1. Maintaining definition of what a "Gentoo Developer" is |
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""" |
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(...) and the board of trustees will be in charge of maintaining the |
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definition of what constitutes a "Gentoo developer." |
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(...) |
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The board will be responsible for keeping this definition clear. This will |
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also allow for things like improvements to our official developer training |
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procedure, mentorship requirements, security requirements etc. |
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""" |
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2. Protect the use of the Gentoo trademark and copyrighted software/artwork |
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""" |
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If the NFP survives, it would still have ownership of the trademarks. |
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There's no way for me to take them from the NFP, so no need for the NFP to |
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take them back. The NFP could simply resume using them if (theoretically) it |
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shut down for a period of time but then resumed its mission. |
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""" |
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3. Maintain and Deal with Funding for the Gentoo Project |
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""" |
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To avoid getting sidetracked for another six months, I'm getting this NFP |
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set up first, and then the trustees will be addressing funding issues as a |
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team. (...) Trying to do everything at once has shown to be a poor model for |
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making progress, so I'm being very careful to avoid doing so now. |
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""" |
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4. Provide a Central yet Non-single entity for the Gentoo Project |
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I haven't really found this in the exact sense and I'm having difficulties |
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writing the point clearly, but what I mean with this is that Daniel is |
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taking lots of heat as he's currently seen as the single point of Gentoo's |
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future (in the sense that, if Daniel quits, Gentoo will have to go through a |
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difficult period). That puts a lot of stress on a single person's shoulders. |
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Having an NFP care this burden makes it easy and fun for the people really |
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interested in Gentoo's future to discuss, propose and develop without being |
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personally addressed (both in positive as negative way). |
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See it as the same reason why for instance GNOME has a board. |
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In case you really want to know what a "trustee" requirement is (for the |
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initial board): |
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""" |
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Being a trustee does not carry with it any additional responsibilities. It |
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is not like being a manager where you are required to have a top-level |
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project that you are actively leading. The trustees will simply ensure that |
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an effective and fair organizational model exists for the development |
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project as a whole, and oversee it in as gentle and positive a way as |
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possible. |
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> I don't think that coming up with a responsability list for the board should |
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> delay the NFP creation much, maybe a couple of hours or so. |
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On the contrary. Writing a list doesn't take long, but there are always |
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people who will disagree with that list and want to see changes in it. This |
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will eventually lead to a long delay before the list is official and even |
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then people will still disagree. |
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Daniel's made a good call in creating the NFP first and have the |
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(unavoidable) discussions later (or now, but not by trying to limit the |
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creation of the NFP). Both can be done concurrently :) |
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Wkr, |
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Sven Vermeulen |
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^__^ And Larry saw that it was Good. |
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(oo) Sven Vermeulen |
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