"Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I plan on actively recruiting new projects. There are many, many FOSS
> projects out there that could use SPI services, that have no idea who we
> are.
There are also many who know who SPI are and then still set up
independent foundations anyway. D
MJ Ray wrote:
"Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
MJ Ray wrote:
If we have two people that want sponsorship. One is talking to Ohio
Linux Fest, the other is keynote at FOSSDEM. I would think that assuming
the ability to only sponsor one talk, we would sponsor the FOSSDEM talk.
If
"Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> MJ Ray wrote:
> > 2. Can you give an example of an illegitimate talk opportunity?
>
> That is a tough one. I wrote illegitimate because I wanted people to
> know that each talk would be considered and that it is not an open bank.
> It may not be the
MJ Ray wrote:
"Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I plan on actively recruiting new projects. There are many, many FOSS
projects out there that could use SPI services, that have no idea who we
are.
There are also many who know who SPI are and then still set up
independent foundations
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> MJ Ray wrote:
> > "Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> I plan on actively recruiting new projects. There are many, many FOSS
> >> projects out there that could use SPI services, that have no idea who we
> >> are.
> >
> > There are also many
MJ Ray wrote:
"Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
5. Will you abstain from votes about things not mentioned in your
platform?
No, I think that would be silly. Just because it isn't in my platform
doesn't mean I don't have an opinion.
Probably not. However, I do think it means you ha
Frank Warmerdam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> MJ Ray wrote:
> > [...] However, I do think it means you have no mandate about
> > it, so if it is not urgent, then you should abstain.
>
> I would be very disturbed by any candidate planning to abstain from any
> vote not addressed in their platform.
On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 07:44:41AM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> * A more physical presence of SPI and the associative projects at well
> known events such as OSCON, LinuxWorld, and USENIX.
>
> * Working in FOSS hubs (such as S.F., Seattle and Portland) to foster
> workshops, talks and training
Anthony Towns wrote:
On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 07:44:41AM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
* A more physical presence of SPI and the associative projects at well
known events such as OSCON, LinuxWorld, and USENIX.
* Working in FOSS hubs (such as S.F., Seattle and Portland) to foster
workshops, talks
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Our charter clearly states:
>
> * To create, form and establish an organization to formulate and
> provide software systems for use by the general public without charge;
> * to teach and train individuals regarding the use and application
> of
David Graham wrote:
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
In essence, my platform is the charter. I just didn't want to cut and
paste ;)
The purpose of the charter is to outline the list of anything and
everything we are allowed to do as an incorporated non-profit, not a list
That do
On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 12:04:38PM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> >>* Work to have all associative projects work together to provide a more
> >>influential presence to communities, governments and businesses.
> >So I guess my question is are you willing to make those sort of goals
> >independent o
On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 03:43:36PM -0400, David Graham wrote:
> That's a point on the surface, but I don't necessarily see it that way: I
> am not suggesting that SPI not actively help its projects cooperate or
> even advocate, only that we do so by the request of our member projects,
> and not on
Anthony Towns wrote:
On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 03:43:36PM -0400, David Graham wrote:
That's a point on the surface, but I don't necessarily see it that way: I
am not suggesting that SPI not actively help its projects cooperate or
even advocate, only that we do so by the request of our member proje
On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 03:43:36PM -0400, David Graham wrote:
> As with any corporation, the purpose must be set out at its founding
> and it is my understanding that this purpose cannot be changed.
This is entirely incidental to the main thrust of the discussion, but
the corporate purposes can be
"Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> MJ Ray wrote:
> > [...] is an example of a legitimate-but-not-possible talk
> > opportunity. Can you give an example of an illegitimate one, please?
>
> I would be hard pressed to sponsor a Debian developer to go present a
> talk to a group of other
On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 11:13:45AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
> opportunity. Can you give an example of an illegitimate one, please?
I don't know if others can, but I can. Consider a talk on "open
source" that argues that some classes of license -- e.g. GNU Copyleft
-- are dangerous to the American Wa
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