Re: [steering-discuss] contracting a lawyer for the foundation's set-up process

2011-08-17 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Andre Schnabel wrote on 2011-08-17 13:19: But I agree to count 6 votes (rather 7 as Olivier also approved). We can list two positive deputy votes not counting for the decision. ok, I changed the wiki accordingly. Florian -- Florian Effenberger Steering Committee and Founding Member of T

Re: [steering-discuss] contracting a lawyer for the foundation's set-up process

2011-08-17 Thread Tom Davies
:) From: Andre Schnabel To: steering-discuss@documentfoundation.org; steering-discuss@documentfoundation.org Sent: Wed, 17 August, 2011 12:19:23 Subject: Re: [steering-discuss] contracting a lawyer for the foundation's set-up process Hi, > Von: Florian Effenberger > > Tom D

Re: [steering-discuss] contracting a lawyer for the foundation's set-up process

2011-08-17 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, > Von: Florian Effenberger > > Tom Davies wrote on 2011-08-17 12:48: > > I think that counts as 6 votes with none against, so it's "nem con" or > > something. The votes from deputies doesn't count if the people they > are > > deputies for have voted. Not that it makes much difference sin

Re: [steering-discuss] contracting a lawyer for the foundation's set-up process

2011-08-17 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Tom, Tom Davies wrote on 2011-08-17 12:48: I think that counts as 6 votes with none against, so it's "nem con" or something. The votes from deputies doesn't count if the people they are deputies for have voted. Not that it makes much difference since it's still a strong majority with none

Re: [steering-discuss] contracting a lawyer for the foundation's set-up process

2011-08-17 Thread Tom Davies
inst. Regards from Tom :) From: Florian Effenberger To: steering-discuss@documentfoundation.org Sent: Wed, 17 August, 2011 11:41:29 Subject: Re: [steering-discuss] contracting a lawyer for the foundation's set-up process Hello, I just counted the votes, and I

Re: [steering-discuss] contracting a lawyer for the foundation's set-up process

2011-08-17 Thread Olivier Hallot
I thought I voted yet +1 Olivier Em 17-08-2011 07:41, Florian Effenberger escreveu: Hello, I just counted the votes, and I found at least these voting +1: Florian Charles Italo Thorsten André Sophie Plus Michael and Christoph and deputies, plus some "non-binding" votes, so I hereby clo

Re: [steering-discuss] contracting a lawyer for the foundation's set-up process

2011-08-17 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, I just counted the votes, and I found at least these voting +1: Florian Charles Italo Thorsten André Sophie Plus Michael and Christoph and deputies, plus some "non-binding" votes, so I hereby close the vote and just added it as an official decision to http://wiki.documentfoundation.org

Re: [steering-discuss] contracting a lawyer for the foundation's set-up process

2011-08-16 Thread Italo Vignoli
> Le 12 août 2011 17:34, "Florian Effenberger" > a écrit : >> In order to have legal advice for the process, which might take a few >> weeks, I'd like to ask the steering committee to approve a sum of >> 3.000,- € in total. This is the sum one of our preferred lawyers has >> mentioned to us, and

Re: [steering-discuss] contracting a lawyer for the foundation's set-up process

2011-08-16 Thread Michael Meeks
On Mon, 2011-08-15 at 22:30 +0200, Christoph Noack wrote: > Since Sophie did not reply so far, here is the deputy's vote: +1 Ditto from me I guess :-) ATB, Michael. -- michael.me...@novell.com <><, Pseudo Engineer, itinerant idiot -- Unsubscribe instructi

Re: [steering-discuss] contracting a lawyer for the foundation's set-up process

2011-08-16 Thread sophie
On 15/08/2011 22:30, Christoph Noack wrote: Hi Florian, all! Am Montag, den 15.08.2011, 15:28 +0200 schrieb Florian Effenberger: Andre Schnabel wrote on 2011-08-15 13:35: In order to have legal advice for the process, which might take a few weeks, I'd like to ask the steering committee to app

Re: [steering-discuss] contracting a lawyer for the foundation's set-up process

2011-08-16 Thread sophie
Hi all, On 12/08/2011 17:34, Florian Effenberger wrote: [...] In order to have legal advice for the process, which might take a few weeks, I'd like to ask the steering committee to approve a sum of 3.000,- € in total. +1 Kind regards Sophie -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-dis

Re: [steering-discuss] contracting a lawyer for the foundation's set-up process

2011-08-15 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Florian, all! Am Montag, den 15.08.2011, 15:28 +0200 schrieb Florian Effenberger: > Andre Schnabel wrote on 2011-08-15 13:35: > > >> In order to have legal advice for the process, which might take a few > >> weeks, I'd like to ask the steering committee to approve a sum of > >> 3.000,- € in to

Re: [steering-discuss] contracting a lawyer for the foundation's set-up process

2011-08-15 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Andre Schnabel wrote on 2011-08-15 13:35: In order to have legal advice for the process, which might take a few weeks, I'd like to ask the steering committee to approve a sum of 3.000,- € in total. +1 thanks. We right now have 4 out of 6 necessary votes, so I will wait before closing t

Re: [steering-discuss] contracting a lawyer for the foundation's set-up process

2011-08-15 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, > Von: Florian Effenberger > > For the process of filing, it is highly advisable to have a lawyer > assisting us and acting as official point of contact. Not only will some > legal topics come up, but also being represented by a lawyer greatly > helps in being perceived as serious entity

Re: [steering-discuss] contracting a lawyer for the foundation's set-up process

2011-08-12 Thread Eliane Domingos de Sousa
Good night! I understand that is a decision of the SC, but I will give my opinion. Totally agree Best regards. Eliane Domingos de Sousa gtalk/skype: elianedomingos twitter: eliane_domingos identica/facebook: elianedomingos Em 12-08-2011 22:31, Varun Mittal escreveu: +1 Best Regards Varun

Re: [steering-discuss] contracting a lawyer for the foundation's set-up process

2011-08-12 Thread Varun Mittal
+1 Best Regards Varun On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 6:04 AM, Thorsten Behrens < t...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > Florian Effenberger wrote: > > In order to have legal advice for the process, which might take a > > few weeks, I'd like to ask the steering committee to approve a sum > > of 3.000,- €

Re: [steering-discuss] contracting a lawyer for the foundation's set-up process

2011-08-12 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Florian Effenberger wrote: > In order to have legal advice for the process, which might take a > few weeks, I'd like to ask the steering committee to approve a sum > of 3.000,- € in total. > +1 - this has my approval. Cheers, -- Thorsten -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+h

Re: [steering-discuss] contracting a lawyer for the foundation's set-up process

2011-08-12 Thread Paulo de Souza Lima
I'm not sure if I'm able to vote on this matter. But if so, +1 2011/8/12 David Emmerich Jourdain > +1 > > David > > 2011/8/12 Charles-H. Schulz > > > A lawyer is indispensable I think, and the fees sound reasonnable . +1 > > > > Charles. > > Le 12 août 2011 17:34, "Florian Effenberger" < > > fl

Re: [steering-discuss] contracting a lawyer for the foundation's set-up process

2011-08-12 Thread David Emmerich Jourdain
+1 David 2011/8/12 Charles-H. Schulz > A lawyer is indispensable I think, and the fees sound reasonnable . +1 > > Charles. > Le 12 août 2011 17:34, "Florian Effenberger" < > flo...@documentfoundation.org> > a écrit : > > Hello, > > > > as many of you know, we're right before filing the applicat

Re: [steering-discuss] contracting a lawyer for the foundation's set-up process

2011-08-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 definitely. Regards from Tom :) From: Charles-H. Schulz To: steering-discuss@documentfoundation.org Sent: Fri, 12 August, 2011 16:55:51 Subject: Re: [steering-discuss] contracting a lawyer for the foundation's set-up process A lawy

Re: [steering-discuss] contracting a lawyer for the foundation's set-up process

2011-08-12 Thread Tom Davies
this area of law rather than just going for the ones with the cheapest quote. Regards from Tom :) From: Florian Effenberger To: steering-discuss@documentfoundation.org Sent: Fri, 12 August, 2011 16:34:21 Subject: [steering-discuss] contracting a lawyer fo

Re: [steering-discuss] contracting a lawyer for the foundation's set-up process

2011-08-12 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
A lawyer is indispensable I think, and the fees sound reasonnable . +1 Charles. Le 12 août 2011 17:34, "Florian Effenberger" a écrit : > Hello, > > as many of you know, we're right before filing the application for > legally setting up the Foundation. > > For the process of filing, it is highly a

[steering-discuss] contracting a lawyer for the foundation's set-up process

2011-08-12 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, as many of you know, we're right before filing the application for legally setting up the Foundation. For the process of filing, it is highly advisable to have a lawyer assisting us and acting as official point of contact. Not only will some legal topics come up, but also being repres