Re: [gentoo-nfp] Re: Gentoo Foundation and Gentoo e.V. (Was: Gentoo Foundation Trustees nominations)

[Alec Warner]

On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 1:04 PM, Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@g.o>
wrote:

> On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 15:53:54 +0200 Francisco Blas Izquierdo Riera
> (klondike) wrote:
> > Although the Gentoo Foundation is based on the USA it's activities
> > (through the different developers) entail most parts of the world, for
> > example the Gentoo Foundation sponsored the Gentoo project's presence at
> > FOSDEM through the adquisition of give aways for marketing. Having
> > people with knowledge of how other law systems work would be helpful in
> > many ways, on one side by allowing the Foundation help promote
> > activities in other countries, on the other by being able to direct the
> > Foundation if issues to Gentoo developers happen on them.
>
> As far as I know there is one such organization already, Gentoo
> e.V. in Germany:
> https://gentoo-ev.org/wiki/Main_Page
>
> As far as I understand from their wiki (it's in German, so forgive
> me if I misunderstood something, mein Deutsch ist noch schwach)
> Gentoo e.V. is a partner of the Foundation focused on supporting
> various Gentoo-related events (conferences) and selling Gentoo
> merchandise. And looks like they are doing a good job judging from
> the presence on various conferences.
>
> If I'm understanding correctly, "e.V." stands for "eingetragener
> Verein" meaning "registered association", so Gentoo e.V. is
> basically a non-for-profit club with paid membership which promotes
> Gentoo and helps it here and there.
>
> I'm not sure how Gentoo e.V. and the Foundation are connected; wiki
> of the former says "Gentoo e.V. is a partner of the Gentoo
> Foundation", though I'm not sure if this is a partnership by
> spirit or some legal binding.
>
> If they are not legally connected maybe it is a good idea to do
> this, or may be there are good reasons to keep the status quo. I do
> not have a strong opinion here, but it will be interesting to hear
> thought of people who understand these matters better than me.
>
> Anyway it will be good to promote Gentoo e.V. more (maybe have an
> English site? :)). Frankly I learned that this is a separate
> organization only during FOSDEM dinner discussions this year.
>

We have had an ongoing conversation with the Gentoo e.V. in the past year.
My understanding is that
it is currently also quite understaffed and so developing any kind of
formal relationship has been challenging.

+1 to promoting it more and helping them find volunteers to keep it running.

-A


>
> Best regards,
> Andrew Savchenko
>