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On Sat, 2019-07-13 at 22:15 +0100, Roy Bamford wrote: |
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> On 2019.07.13 21:56, Alec Warner wrote: |
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> > On Sat, Jul 13, 2019 at 1:15 PM Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@g.o> |
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> > wrote: |
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> > |
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> > > On 2019.07.13 13:12, Roy Bamford wrote: |
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> > > > Team, |
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> > > > |
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> > > > This is a meta topic to collect Questions For Gentoo Foundation |
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> > > > Trustee Candidates together. |
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> > > > The idea seemed to work well on -project for council candidates. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > Reply to this post with new questions only. The resulting sub |
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> > topics |
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> > > > will help keep responses and resulting discussion organised. |
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> > > > Accordingly, I will respond to this post with my question. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > -- |
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> > > > Regards, |
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> > > > |
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> > > > Roy Bamford |
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> > > > (Neddyseagoon) a member of |
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> > > > elections |
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> > > > gentoo-ops |
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> > > > forum-mods |
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> > > > arm64 |
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> > > |
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> > > Team, |
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> > > |
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> > > In the event that the newly elected Foundation board determine that |
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> > the |
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> > > Gentoo Foundation should be dissolved in favour of joining an |
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> > umbrella |
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> > > how do the trustee candidates see Gentoos assets being managed? |
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> > > |
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> > > We will still have to manage our own assets, defend our trademarks |
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> > > and so on. The Foundation will be gone and with it the group charged |
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> > > with doing this sort of thing. |
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> > > |
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> > |
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> > I don't understand your question. "Gentoo" as a legal organization |
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> > would |
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> > not exist. The assets would be owned by the umbrella. Donations would |
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> > go to |
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> > the umbrella. The Community would submit requests to spend money to |
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> > the |
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> > umbrella (the same way they submit funding requests to the existing |
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> > Gentoo |
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> > Foundation.) |
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> > |
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> > Is that clearer? |
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> |
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> Maybe an example will help? |
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> What group or individual within Gentoo will determine if directing |
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> the umbrella to buy a Power9 system for the distro is a good idea |
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> or not. |
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The Council, obviously. As it should be doing it today, except by some |
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weird mistake Foundation decides to skip it entirely and authorize |
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technical decisions on its own. |
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-- |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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