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Glad to see this coming to pass. Can you ellaborate on the organization |
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structure of Gentoo once the NFP is created, and what the roles of the board |
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will be versus the roles of other parts of the distribution? I don't want to |
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see us walk into this NFP upgrading every manager to a board member and then |
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nothing changes with the NFP other than the name. |
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When the NFP corporation is established, who is going to handle the press |
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release of such event? I think that is a -pr thing, but I haven't seen |
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anything out of the other members of that group for a while now, so this may |
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fall under a member of the new board. The press release should be aimed at |
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describing some of the organizational changes (read above) and how they will |
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help to make Gentoo a better distribution and how the NFP will maintain the |
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community aspect of Gentoo. I imagine we may pick up a few users here and |
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there who have been shy towards Gentoo because it had a corporate front. |
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Poor excuse for keeping a closed mind, I know, but they are out there. |
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Anyway, main point is in the first paragraph. RFC.. thanks! |
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Cheers, |
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- -Corey |
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On Saturday 24 April 2004 12:03 pm, Daniel Robbins wrote: |
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> Hi guys, |
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> Here is the semi-official (and assuming I correctly listed everyone who |
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> sent me an email, the official) list of the board of trustees for the NFP: |
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> drobbins |
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> klieber |
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> carpaski |
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> pfeifer |
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> g2boojum |
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> seemant |
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> avenj |
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> agriffis |
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> swift |
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> pauldv |
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> method |
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> azarah |
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> This puts the size of the board at twelve, which seems to be a reasonable |
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> size. There were others (non-managers or previously selected devs) who |
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> expressed interest in serving on the board, and whom I would have liked to |
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> add, but I think it would have made the board too big. If you were one of |
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> those people, I encourage you to run for an elected trustee position in the |
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> future. |
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> My lawyer has completed the paperwork for the establishment of the NFP, so |
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> this is ready to go and will get filed with Santa Fe next week. |
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> Establishment of the NFP corporation itself typically only takes a day. I |
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> will let everyone know when this gets done. I would expect this to happen |
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> on Wednesday or Thursday. |
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> The federal 501(c)(6) application process takes a minimum of 6 months |
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> (typically 6 months to a year) from the time the NFP corporation is |
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> established. I'll try to get our lawyer started on the paperwork for this |
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> as soon as possible. |
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> Regards, |
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> Daniel |
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