Re: [gentoo-project] A committee to review umbrellas as a new home for Gentoo assets.

[Raymond Jennings]

On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@g.o>
wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 02:38:55PM -0800, Alec Warner wrote:
> > According to the bylaws and NM law, the board may direct the formation of
> > specific committees. I recommend we form an adhoc research committee to
> do
> > the following:
> >
> > 1) Draw up a list of requirements for umbrella organizations (output, a
> > document of requirements.)
> #1 requirement: must be willing to take Gentoo as a member.
>
> > 2) Draw up a list of umbrella organizations (SPI, SFC, etc.)
> > 3) Evaluate each umbrella organization with regards to requirements in 1.
> I think many of the orgs will say no to #1, but ideally each org has a
> well defined set of criteria for joining, that we can evaluate Gentoo
> against.
>
> > NM law requires a committee have at least 2 board members, I nominate
> > myself and Robin. The committee may enlist the assistance of non-board
> > members (many of whom are CC'd; I also CC'd gentoo-project as there are
> > similar threads there.
> I decline the nomination, on account of needing time to spend on family
> matters; I will help where possible, but will commit to spending
> additional time on this (my remaining trustee term is dedicated to the
> financial matters).
>
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> Robin Hugh Johnson
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If I may ask, why isn't the Gentoo Foundation itself suited to be the
organization?

If there are any problems can't it just elect new trustees or change its
bylaws or something?