[gentoo-nfp] Delegating project expenses to Council

[Alec Warner]

Hello Nonprofit folks,

In a recent Council meeting, the council agreed to take on the duties
of vetting project-spending. The Foundation nominally has two types of
spending:

 - Mandatory spending. These are things like phone, mail, taxes,
accounting, etc. This spending will remain in direct control of the
board. This spending is used to keep the *foundation* alive (note it
has nothing to do with Gentoo the project in any way.) Eventually we
would like to see the Foundation replaced by an umbrella, in which
case this spending would be replaced by fees paid to the umbrella
company.
 - Project spending. Pretty much anything not mandatory at this point.
Note this includes infrastructure spending. So hardware, servers,
reimbursements, posters, etc.

I'm looking for feedback from the community and the board on this as
we will change the board procedure if the board votes to make these
changes (we have not yet voted.)

The ultimate goal is to operate a more of an arms-length arrangement
with the Foundation; the eventual outcome being that the Foundation
will cease to exist at some point and be replaced by an arms-length
umbrella holding company.

Do you think this is a good idea?
Are there more than 2 buckets of spending?

Looking forward to your feedback,

-A