13 May
2006
13 May
'06
12:26 a.m.
Apart from the aforementioned call, please note the following updates:
1) We will resume our discussion of the much debated topic of the "country
of incorporation." Namely, following our initial debate, I would like to
open the floor for concrete proposals. Your proposal should consist of the
following:
*Proposed Country
*List of at least 3 dedicated and more importantly *accountable* citizens or
permanent residents of that country who will be willing to take on important
functions (namely treasurer, secretary, and an assistant director) and who
are either members or are willing to become members of the consortium
*Other pertinent reasons
2) We are *still* looking for a dedicated webmaster and a site sys-admin. If
anyone wishes to help out in this important aspect of our growing
organization, please contact me asap.
3) I am currently looking into recruiting up to two writers who will provide
either bi-weekly or monthly content/reviews/pr materials. If you are
interested in this type of outreach and have good English/writing skills,
please contact me asap.
4) We have a few new memberships pending which I should be announcing by the
end of the next week.
5) Finally, Thorsten has been busy putting finishing touches on our branding
logo and its smaller version. He should be posting the new version on this
list shortly.
Best wishes,
Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A. Composition
Virginia Tech
Dept. of Music - 0240
Blacksburg, VA 24061
(540) 231-7047
(540) 231-5034 (fax)
ico(a)vt.edu
http://www.music.vt.edu/people/faculty/bukvic/
15 May
15 May
10:29 a.m.
Hi Ico,
1) We will resume our discussion of the much debated
topic of the "country
of incorporation."
An argument in favour of incorporation in the USA would be the
possibility of getting some help from the Software Freedom Law Centre:
http://www.softwarefreedom.org/
I don't know of a similar organisation in any other country. They have a
'Conservancy' which offers legal and administrative support to member
projects, a model that linuxaudio.org could emulate.
Maybe you should give them a call, find out what they could do, and see
if that influences the decision about where to incorporate.
Cheers!
Daniel
16 May
16 May
7:15 a.m.
Thank you for that motion! I would love to hear from a couple other people
stationed in US in order to see whether we can pull this off in a meaningful
and timely fashion. FWIW, I will gladly assist with the tax-related matters
as well as considerations surrounding incorporating in US.
Regarding softwarefreedom, I will contact them as soon as I get back to the
States. I will be out of the country until July 12th, but should be able to
check my e-mail at least every couple days. Hence, if you do happen to have
any pressing matters, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Apropos Linuxaudio.org, I'll spend next month or so working on the bylaws
and articles of incorporation. We've had also an encouraging response to the
call for the website maintenance assistance, as well as consortium
writers/editors/reporters. I will be contacting everyone who has responded
shortly. There are still a couple memberships pending, and as soon as I get
around to those, I'll forward the general info to the board. Finally, we
have a report from Takashi regarding the Desktop Linux project as well as
summary reports from some of the member projects. I would therefore like to
use this opportunity to thank all who have made a special effort to provide
this info and at the same time I would like to urge everyone who hasn't done
so already, to please forward your summaries for our upcoming newsletter.
Best wishes,
Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A. Composition
Virginia Tech
Dept. of Music - 0240
Blacksburg, VA 24061
(540) 231-7047
(540) 231-5034 (fax)
ico(a)vt.edu
http://www.music.vt.edu/people/faculty/bukvic
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel James [mailto:daniel@64studio.com]
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 4:29 AM
To: Ivica Ico Bukvic
Cc: consortium(a)lists.linuxaudio.org
Subject: Re: [Consortium] Misc. updates
Hi Ico,
1) We will resume our discussion of the much
debated topic of the
"country
of incorporation."
An argument in favour of incorporation in the USA would be the
possibility of getting some help from the Software Freedom Law Centre:
http://www.softwarefreedom.org/
I don't know of a similar organisation in any other country. They have a
'Conservancy' which offers legal and administrative support to member
projects, a model that linuxaudio.org could emulate.
Maybe you should give them a call, find out what they could do, and see
if that influences the decision about where to incorporate.
Cheers!
Daniel
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