Erh ... "I am leader *of* DebConf11" not "or" as I initially wrote.
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 8:47 PM, Adnan Hodzic <ad...@foolcontrol.org> wrote: >> You're not sure if you're on the board? -- can you try to find a >> correct list of who is? > > DIVA members are volunteers, I am leader or DebConf11 project and > therefor am part of the board. Dzemila Josic is the president of this > organization. > >> What is the organisation's formal status? Is it incorporated as a >> company, or just an informal association? Is it registered as a >> "non-profit" organisation of some kind? > > In the ministry of justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina it is registered > as "DIVA" non-profit/governmental organization. > >> I'm not trying to be difficult, but these things are important to know >> before an official agreement to handle money for Debian. And in the >> UK or US non-profit organisations are typically restricted in what >> they can do with their money, based on their official registration >> documents. > > I understand, no problem. There's no restrictions with what DIVA can > do with the money, unless if it's used to generate profit. > >> For SPI/FFIS, the 'liaison' is a Debian person who is authorised to >> instruct that organisation to spend money. (The organisations want to >> know who they can accept instructions from, so they don't need to try >> to guess who won arguments!) That liaison should probably be a Debian >> member (so official DD), and it's probably better if there's a >> separation between (different people for) making decisions about money >> and actually giving the formal instructions for payments to be made. > > DIVA authorizes me to be that person. Now I don't know if this is > going to represent problem for you since I am a DD, but not a official > one :) But either way I was planning to apply for position before > DebConf, unless I could do it the "fast" way and apply as > non-maintainer DD, which again wouldn't be correct as I am a > maintainer. > > > Adnan > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Moray Allan <mo...@sermisy.org> wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Adnan Hodzic <ad...@foolcontrol.org> wrote: >>>> Who is on the board of directors? What is its charter? Who does the >>>> board report to? >>> >>> Well since I was in this organization since its inception I believe >>> I'm on the board of directors as well. Everybody talks to each other >>> before any decision is being made there has to be a general agreement >>> among members, a consensus. >> >> You're not sure if you're on the board? -- can you try to find a >> correct list of who is? >> >> What is the organisation's formal status? Is it incorporated as a >> company, or just an informal association? Is it registered as a >> "non-profit" organisation of some kind? >> >> I'm not trying to be difficult, but these things are important to know >> before an official agreement to handle money for Debian. And in the >> UK or US non-profit organisations are typically restricted in what >> they can do with their money, based on their official registration >> documents. >> >>>> To give context about money-holding organizations, SPI and FFIS are >>>> both designed for softwae and information related purposes. Both have >>>> a formal relationship with Debian, and there is a Debian liason in the >>>> project to these organizations. Also, as an extra level of >>>> association, Debian Members work prominently in both of these >>>> organizations. >>> >>> For DIVA I personally would be that person. >> >> For SPI/FFIS, the 'liaison' is a Debian person who is authorised to >> instruct that organisation to spend money. (The organisations want to >> know who they can accept instructions from, so they don't need to try >> to guess who won arguments!) That liaison should probably be a Debian >> member (so official DD), and it's probably better if there's a >> separation between (different people for) making decisions about money >> and actually giving the formal instructions for payments to be made. >> >> -- >> Moray >> _______________________________________________ >> Debconf-team mailing list >> Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org >> http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team >> > _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
