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You also need to make sure that you don't say or do something that can |
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cause problems with our legal council, such as anything that is said |
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between the trustees and the lawyer can not be made public, no matter |
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how informed you want to make the rest of the devs. Some people may |
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think "oh that's easy" but it's not. Anything related to our lawyer |
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that we want to be made public needs to be run by them first just to |
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cover ourselves. |
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I'd like to run again.. I've been handling most of the legal stuff since |
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zhen got sidetracked by other things, and it's one of those things that |
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i enjoy doing..:) |
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On Wed, 4 May 2005, Grant Goodyear wrote: |
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> Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 09:36:32 -0500 |
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> From: Grant Goodyear <g2boojum@g.o> |
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> To: gentoo-core@l.g.o |
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> Cc: gentoo-nfp@l.g.o |
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> Subject: [gentoo-nfp] Re: Fwd: [gentoo-core] Call for Gentoo Foundation |
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> Trustee nominees |
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> |
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> Michael Cummings wrote: [Wed May 04 2005, 05:26:48AM CDT] |
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> > (OFF LIST) |
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> > I know we've bandied about the qualifications for being a trustee- but is |
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> > there anything to look at that says what the trustee needs to do, what they |
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> > are responsible for, etc., ie, what's involved if we sacrifice/volunteer |
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> > ourselves :) |
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> Um, probably http://foundation.gentoo.org and |
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> http://archives.gentoo.org/ml/gentoo-trustees/ would be the best |
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> sources of info. |
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> Here's some things that the new trustees are probably going to have to |
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> deal with: |
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> * Taxes for the Foundation's first year |
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> * Other paperwork involving NM's corporation laws |
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> * Possibly relocating the Foundation if we cannot satisfy the NM |
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> residency requirement. |
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> * Deciding on whether we want a copyright transfer agreement for devs |
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> * After the copyright transfer, if it ever happens, enforcement of |
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> Gentoo IP violations. |
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> * Voting on and enacting bylaws |
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> * IRS filing |
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> * Finding a new bank that can handle an account with access by US and |
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> non-US citizens, while still being PayPal-friendly. |
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> * Other things that I'm missing. Other current trustees feel free to |
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> add items! |
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> -g2boojum- |
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Deedra Waters - Gentoo developer relations, accessibility and infrastructure - |
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dmwaters@g.o |
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Gentoo linux: http://www.gentoo.org |
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