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> Q1: What are your feels on the recent history of the Foundation? (last |
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> 2-3 years) |
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> Q2: What should the Foundation do more of? |
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> Q3: What should the Foundation do less of? |
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A good effort was made to clean up the mess left behind by previous trustees. |
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Once the IRS question is definitely resolved, if we indeed have now more cash |
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inflow than outflow, we need to figure out how to use the funds effectively. |
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Funding hardware and services is one thing, but it's not the thing that Gentoo |
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is lacking most. In addition, we need to keep the social contract in mind when |
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spending the money. |
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One of my pet projects was already to get Gentoo to sponsor (up to a cap) |
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expenses for *one* conference attendance for each new developer. I.e. up to |
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XXXX EUR cost reimbursement (travel, accommodation, daily living expenses at |
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capped/set rate, similar to what is done for public servants like me) for |
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FOSDEM attendance. This might be quite helpful in getting new devs integrated |
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into the community. |
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> Q4: What should become of the Foundation? |
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> * something not the following list at all? |
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> * long-term continue to exist as-is non-501c6 state |
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> * finish 501c6 state |
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> * convert to 501c3 in some way |
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If it continues to exist, convert to a tax-exempt state. Preferably 501c3. See |
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below. |
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> * join an umbrella? |
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> ** what should the selection criterion be? |
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> * disband entirely |
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> ** where should the financial holdings go? |
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> ** where should the copyright & trademark holdings go? |
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> ** what actions will be impacted by this? |
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Preferably join an umbrella, transfer assets and disband. For the very simple |
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reason that we then avoid the situation of the "double-headed beast" that has |
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plagued us in the past. |
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I was recruited in 2010, and there was never any doubt for many years that the |
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foundation was a mostly passive observer of the distribution, without |
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interfering in the daily business. |
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In the wake of the idella4 story and the subsequent "takeover attempt", I |
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would like to make sure 100% that this never happens again and that developers |
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know which elected group steers the distribution (the council). |
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As Ulrich already states, we do not have much choice in terms of umbrella |
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selection. As for the example of SPI (where I know more details), all |
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(tangible and intangible) assets could be transferred to SPI, and similarly |
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all assets could be transferred *out* of SPI into an 501c3 again if that ever |
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becomes necessary. |
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Andreas K. Hüttel |
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dilfridge@g.o |
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Gentoo Linux developer |
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(council, qa, toolchain, base-system, perl, libreoffice) |
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