On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 12:13 AM, Anupam Jain <ajn...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 8:23 PM, Andrew Lynn <lynn.and...@gmail.com> wrote: >> This is to seed discussion on a proposal to add a function to the ILUGD >> society: That of a funding umbrella for community FOSS based development >> <snip> >> (2) A FOSS based organisation that has developed a corporate structure and >> business model to employ community participants in relevant projects would >> be ideal. I am not aware of any such organisation, and if these exist they >> are not relevant in govt. bids. Most organisations also work with a closed >> group of employees, and do not allow space for skill and project-based >> employment. >> >> I propose that ILUGD takes on this role. There have to be some changes in >> its structure for this to happen: A shift from a volunteer based management >> to a secretariat which would be required for responding to RFPs and project >> management, as well as some system of managing accountability. >> "Employees" are not permanent but work on a project based on skills, and we >> could tap skills through moonlighting as well. > > > Steering clear of commenting on the merits/demerits of your idea, I > would like to suggest that we let the LUG be what it is, which is > structureless and amorphous. It should evolve on its own, without any > "intelligent" definition or design. However, starting a separate > organisation with a well defined goal and support from LUG members, > may be a good idea. > > Unless of course, you were referring to that "ILUGD which is separate > from this list", in which case I eat my words and reserve my opinion.
The "ILUGD which is separate from the list" is actually not mutually exclusive of the list - in reality a subset of the list. It has the advantage of being a registered society, which therefore has a legal structure that can deal with finances. We do not need to start a new organisation. Merely add a function to the existing. I do see the need for this structure, and could defend/build the merits further. However, the major demerit - from my initial conversation with Gora/Kishore/etc - is that there is insufficient interest/time/ support from the community in this structure. Basically the question "Who is going to do it?" remains unanswered. Andrew _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
