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From: Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o, Matthew Thode <prometheanfire@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Questions for Gentoo Council nominees: Gentoo Foundation
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 22:05:17
Message-Id: 1f0e294c-35f8-1700-ea2e-47c853ec53f2@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Questions for Gentoo Council nominees: Gentoo Foundation by Matthew Thode
1 On 6/26/19 11:54 PM, Matthew Thode wrote:
2 > On 19-06-26 21:45:48, Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote:
3 >> On 6/25/19 1:23 AM, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
4 >>> To the Council nominees, I put forward the following questions, around
5 >>> the Gentoo Foundation:
6 >>>
7 >>> 1. What's your opinion of the past relationship between the Council &
8 >>> Foundation?
9 >>
10 >> The council has been critical of the way the foundation has been run,
11 >> for good reasons.
12 >>
13 >
14 > Do you mind enumerating the reasons and the actions you wish to see
15 > taken?
16
17 The foundation has failed to run an operation in accordance with the
18 laws and legislation of a foundation when it comes to, in particular,
19 accounting matters of a number of years, which is a disgrace. The
20 primary responsibility of the board of directors and its officers is to
21 ensure that the foundation comply with applicable laws and file the
22 necessary paperwork for its operation for things including tax matters.
23
24 >
25 >>> 2. What should the future relationship between the Council & Foundation
26 >>> look like?
27 >>
28 >> As long as the foundation does it job and doesn't meddle in the running
29 >> of the distro I'm fine, but the foundation is there to support the distro.
30 >>
31 >>> 3. What should the future of the Foundation itself look like?
32 >>
33 >> I'm fond of having an own foundation rather than an umbrella org, but it
34 >> requires that it is properly run.
35 >>
36 >
37 > Do you mind being more specific here as well?
38
39 see above.
40
41
42 --
43 Kristian Fiskerstrand
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