12 Apr
2006
12 Apr
'06
5:57 p.m.
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re all,
(why crossposting? should we keep this discussion in the most inclusive
mailinglist of our network? do consortium@ and management@ overlap?)
On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 01:22:14PM -0400, Ivica Ico Bukvic wrote:
I. Expanding consortium's membership into
following categories:
1) Developers/software projects
2) Organizations, societies, and/or corporations supporting LA endeavors
(these could be subdivided further)
3) Academic institutions
4) Hardware vendors
5) Artists/end-users
what about non-profit foundations?
II. Discussing country of incorporation.
As you may be already aware, my proposal is to incorporate Linuxaudio.org as
a non-profit organization. Personally, I feel that incorporating in US will
allow us to have a significant access to the sponsorship from various tech
companies (especially considering that a vast majority is incorporated in
US) while in return offering them ability to make their contributions
tax-deductible. Granted, US may not be the most Linux-friendly but at the
same time IMHO such considerations may not have any bearing on the
consortium as our mission does not encompass patents and/or other authorship
concerns (beyond the obvious prerequisite that a member project/whatever
needs to be legal).
sorry but i am firmly against incorporation in USA for the main reason
of software patenting being aloud there.
FWIW, I also have some experience with incorporating
the so-called
501c3 (non-profit) organization in US, so this would also provide us
with some head-start. Ultimately, whatever country we choose, we must
be able to find at least 3-4 devoted and responsible board members in
that country who will be able to conduct the every-day business and
easily communicate with each other as well as the general membership.
there are members of the board who are as well experienced in
registering non-profit organizations in EU. i can also offer the
assistance and ask for the patrocinate of the Netherlands Institute of
Media Art.
III. Seeking dedicated webmaster as one of the first
(currently
volunteer-based) positions of the executive core.
I am proposing to make a call for a webmaster with solid HTML skills to help
out with updating the website. As of right now, I would not want to make any
significant alterations simply because the website is just fine in its
current form, but also because this volunteer position should be structured
so that it does not require too much time. I would propose to make this
position available to anyone who wishes to nominate themselves and then have
the board choose from the nomination pool by vote.
There should be possibility to update the website thru a CMS, HTML is
just a layout issue while content should be freely contributed by the
various members of the consortium, IMHO.
ciao
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Denis "Jaromil" Rojo |X| Dyne.org Foundation
software developer |X| Netherlands Media Art Institute
GNU / Linux / *BSD |X| Montevideo / Time Based Arts
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