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On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 8:25 AM Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote: |
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> In two weeks from now, the Council will meet again. This is the time |
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> to raise and prepare items that the Council should put on the agenda |
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> to discuss or vote on. |
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> Please respond to this message with agenda items. Do not hesitate to |
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> repeat your agenda item here with a pointer if you previously |
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> suggested one (since the last meeting). |
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> The agenda for the meeting will be sent out on Sunday 2021-08-01. |
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I will open discussion (as I also did on #gentoo-council) regarding |
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changing the operating model of the project and the Gentoo Foundation |
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Inc. |
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One of the avenues for the future of the Foundation is to donate all |
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of its assets to another 501c3 corporation and file for dissolution. |
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This would result in the Gentoo Project at large needing to interact |
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with a new corporation (this is the 'umbrella company' strategy of |
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asset management.) The basic way these umbrellas work is that the open |
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source project nominates a liason (either a person or a board) and the |
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liaison handles the work of interacting with the umbrella. To further |
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this sort of interaction I am suggesting that we treat Gentoo |
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Foundation Inc. similarly. |
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- Gentoo Foundation Inc is to be treated like an asset holding company. |
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- It will hold marks, cash, and other assets. |
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- It will file the proper paperwork for such things. |
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- It will pay its expenses (call them operating fees or transaction |
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fees; e.g. most umbrellas take 10%; the Gentoo Foundation currently |
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takes more than that because our operating expenses are high.) |
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So in this model; aside from spending money on our expenses, we will |
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not approve any other expenses without approval from the Gentoo |
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Project. So structurally, how should the Gentoo Project elect its |
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representation? |
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- Who approves expenses? |
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- How are decisions about expenses made? |
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- What are the goals of spending (do we have project goals, |
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transparency goals, reduction of conflict of interest goals?) |
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I don't expect to resolve this before the council meeting FWIW; but |
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it's a conversation I want to kick off. |
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-A |
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> Please reply to the gentoo-project list. |
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> Ulrich |
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