Re: [gentoo-project] Meeting agenda - Council meeting 2018-04-08

[Matthew Thode]

On 18-04-07 12:33:57, Matt Turner wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 6:46 PM, Matthias Maier <tamiko@g.o> wrote:
> > 8. The council was requested to discuss and vote on the following motion [8]
> >
> >       "The Gentoo council shall directly contact "Software in the Public Interest
> >       Inc." (SPI), with the intention of Gentoo becoming a SPI Associated Project,
> >       independent of the Gentoo Foundation."
>
> The X.Org Foundation joined SPI recently, after failing to file its
> taxes and losing its 501(c)(3) status. As far as I can tell everyone
> has been pleased with the results, especially not having to deal with
> the paperwork.
>
> But, what the fuck is going on? Perhaps if the Council is interested
> in a topic they would spare a few keystrokes to explain the rationale
> for such a change. From the perspective of someone who hasn't follow
> the Foundation closely, this whole thread looks like a spat between
> Council members and the Foundation trustees which is bizarre to say
> the least.
>

ATM, this seems like council wants a new org to manage them.  The
foundation reached out to SPI iirc (ask alicef, she was the lead).  They
didn't want to take on another org at the time.  If they are willing now
we could try and reopen talks with them.

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Matthew Thode (prometheanfire)