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On 2010.04.22 12:41, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote: |
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> On 22-04-2010 01:23, Richard Freeman wrote: |
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[snip] |
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> > If you look at any other serious organization the purpose of |
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> committees |
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> > and bureaucracy is to serve the organization, and the organization |
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> is |
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> > represented overall by the board of directors, who are elected by |
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> the |
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> > members/shareholders/etc. This system works well - ultimately the |
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> > members have absolute authority in elections, but the directors |
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> oversee |
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> > things from time to time, and the committees and bureaucracy deal |
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> with |
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> > the day-to-day. |
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> Gentoo (the distribution) is not a Corporation, so that comparison |
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> isn't |
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> adequate as well. |
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[snip] |
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> > Rich |
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> > |
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> -- |
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> Regards, |
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> Jorge Vicetto (jmbsvicetto) - jmbsvicetto at gentoo dot org |
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> Gentoo- forums / Userrel / Devrel / KDE / Elections |
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Team, |
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Gentoo the (distro) has no legal standing at all - thats wrapped up in |
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the Foundation. Hence the two headed structure we have today. |
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That means that Gentoo (the distro) cannot bring a legal action, nor |
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can it be the target of one. (There is no legal entity) |
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We are very close to a standard corporate structure. I suspect if |
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there was ever any external (legal) pressure on Gentoo the distro, we |
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would adopt a standard corporate structure, with the trustees |
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(directors) looking after the business issues and the council looking |
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after technical issues as a committee of the Gentoo Foundation Inc. |
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I won't speculate on the detail of any such change as what we have |
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works for us at the moment. The missing strand is someone with a |
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position in both groups, serving as a technical director. |
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-- |
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Regards, |
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Roy Bamford |
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(Neddyseagoon) a member of |
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gentoo-ops |
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forum-mods |
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trustees |