Hi Lionel, -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Von: Lionel Elie Mamane <lio...@mamane.lu>
> I'm reading the wiki page CommunityBylaws, and I'm confused. It says > "These Bylaws do not apply to the actual structure and governance of > The Document Foundation as a legal entity (...)". Yes, (unfortunately) the current situation has some cunfusing points. We all hope that this will be resolved within the next few (hopefully two) weeks. > > But then they go on doing exactly that. For example, they explain how > the Board of Directors is elected, and by whom. The board of directors > is AFAIK usually the people responsible to the law / state / courts > that e.g. the money of the foundation is used in accordance to the > goals of the foundation. The Bylaws were drafted from a communitie's point of view, when we did not exactly know, what legal model the foundation will follow. So while many things in the bylaws match legal terms ans structure, it is not _exactly_ what we will see in legal statutes. > > > So to me, it is factual that the Bylaws *do* speak about the "actual > structure and governance of The Document Foundation as a legal > entity": they speak about the composition of the BoD, and the BoD is > part of the structure of the foundation as a legal entity, and by law > the BoD must be involved in the "governance of the foundation as a > legal entity". Yes, at some points, the bylaws match the legal structure, BoD is one of the perfect (99%) matches. > > > Other examples: > > * The Chairperson (CH) is in charge of representing the Foundation. This is something we need to change, if the foundation will be approved by German authorities. As you quoted, in German law the Board (of directors) represents the Foundation. regards, André -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to board-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
