Hello all, Please do take a look -again- at the bylaws that I just updated: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/CommunityBylaws
My modifications do not alter the text in any substantial way, however they add four points: - the ESC rules get clarified esp. regarding the election of the Chairman, and the ESC can now be "put under administration" by the BoD if it deems it necessary. However, neither the number of its members, nor its status of a non-elected body are changed. - election of the chairman is now done by the same three (BoD, AB, ESC) but through the vote of the three assemblies, not by the vote of each of its individual members. - BoD now gets its team renewed by half each year. - Specific provisions concerning potential conflicts of interest at the BoD and the ESC have been added (see the Transparency section). So it's time to call Pavel again (just kidding). As usual, let me know what you think. best, Charles. Le Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:04:05 +0000, Michael Meeks <[email protected]> a écrit : > Hi Varun, > > On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 11:08 +0800, Varun Mittal wrote: > > I didn't mean sponsors will have more seats. I meant sponsors > > should have some representation on board. There would be elections > > for rest of the seats with a predefined procedure. > > I'm against that. If a sponsor is investing lots of money - > they will attract good developers, who will get well-known in the > community, and people will vote for them so they get onto the board. > > > Why do you expect a sponsor to pour several million $ > > I do not :-) If they want to pour millions of $ in - they > should do that by employing people (or contractors) to develop the > features, UI's, L10ns, Marketing or whatever -they- need. That way - > they can ensure the money is spent on exactly what they want - > without needing to fight some corporate battle over a bigger pot of > money :-) > > Of course, they should pay a nominal membership of several > $10k's to the foundation to support central infrastructure, that goes > without saying. > > HTH, > > Michael. > -- Charles-H. Schulz Membre du Comité exécutif The Document Foundation. -- E-mail to [email protected] for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/steering-discuss/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
