Hi! I'm agree with Jon about the differents classes of membership. We are a small company (just two persons) in the graphic design world, using only libre software, and I think it is interesting to bring more professionals (wich are intensive users) to FLOSS. Jose Cruz
On Lunes, 31 de Mayo de 2010 16:53:05 Jon Nordby escribió: > On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 6:27 PM, Andreas Vox <a...@arcor.de> wrote: > > Hi! > > > > After the discussion we had today at LGM about creating an Libre Graphics > > Foundation or similar, I'd like to make a proposal for the charter. I've > > concentrated on aims and membership, not procedures. As an umbrella > > organization, it should concentrate on connecting people and organizing > > partnerships between its members. The member organizations would actually > > carry out the projects. This would also keep costs and membership fees to > > a minimum. > > > > Ok, I'm expecting comments! > > Sorry for being slow on commenting, lots of good stuff in your post. > > > 2 Aim > > The aim of the organization is to connect people in the Libre Graphics > > world. Members have been organizing the Libre Graphics Meeting for the > > last five years. The organization will carry the spirit of the LGM to an > > organizational level by providing a central point of contact for > > developers, artists and donators. It will do so in > > - organizing Libre Graphics meetings > > - providing a website that links to all Endorsed Projects and promotes > > the idea of Libre Graphics > > - uses and protects the terms "Libre Graphics" and "Libre Graphics > > Meeting" as a trademark. > > - brings together developers with potential donators/funders > > - provides certificates for teachers and students of Libre Graphics > > software (needs clarification) > > - provides a marketplace for artists and teachers of Libre Graphics > > - furthers communications between users and developers of Libre Graphics > > software > > I think this captures the gist of what we can aim to do, and what > people has voiced intrest in doing in the long term very well. > > > 3 Membership > > Members can be any person or organization. Each member has one vote. > > Decisions need 3/4 of the votes, elections to the board need 1/2 of the > > votes. (TBD) > > > > 4 Endorsed Projects > > Projects in the spirit of Libre Graphics can become an Endorsed Project. > > Endorsed Projects are listed on the organization's website, are promoted > > by the organization and can receive funding from the organization. > > Endorsed Projects are encouraged to become members, also. > > I was thinking of a slightly different model. I want to raise the bar > a bit, at least in the start. > _As I see it_, we want to provide a common face for libre graphics > software, and not just for hobbyist and amateur users. We want it to > be a professional level organization, so that we (in the long term) > can make big things happen, often in contact and cooperation with > other professional level organizations. If you do not see things the > same way, please voice your opinion. > > To make such an organization, at least in the start, I see three > classes of projects/organizations as eligable for membership: > 1) Projects making free and open source graphics software. > Examples: GIMP, Inkscape, Krita, Scribus. > 2) Related foundations, meta-projects and intrest organizations: > Examples: KDE, GNOME, Linux Foundation, Blender Foundation. Also > universities, public or ideal organizations > 3) Commercial companies that use and support libre graphics software > Examples: O'Reilly Media, River Valley Technologies, ?? > > Some differentiation between the different classes of members might be > wanted, to insure the right mix. All the communication and conduct of > the organization should be transparent to the wider public, but only > members have a formal vote. Each member gets one vote, and is > represented by an official rep and at least one vice-rep. > > Members get an entry on the website that they can use to describe > their project/organization. > > > 5 Funding > > Membership fees are supposed to cover only the administrative costs of > > the organizations. Membership fees are not forwarded to Endorsed > > Projects or members or any other organization. > > The organization also collects donations and sponsorships. These are used > > conforming to the specification of the sponsor/donator. Unspecified > > donations can be used for administrative costs, forwarded to Endorsed > > Projects or to achieve any of the goals of the organization. > > I agree with what was stated in the BoF; money looking for a purpose > is trouble waiting to happen. At least without some very clear > guidelines and rules for how it should be, this is what tends to > happen. So I would suggest, as least in the start, to not accept money > without having a predefined purpose for them. _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create