Re: Prospective Trusted Organization - Debian.ch

2014-10-05 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi, On 05/10/14 at 15:52 +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: == The organization should be reliable, sustainable, and reactive == As for reliability and sustainability, debian.ch has been running since at least 2008 without interruption, with annual general meetings (AGMs) and other in-person

Prospective Trusted Organization - Debian.ch

2014-10-05 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi, As you know, we now have a list of criteria to evaluate prospective Trusted Organizations[1], which makes it possible to implement our Constitution's ยง5.1.11. Debian.ch is now ready to go through this process. You will find at [2] how this organization relates to those criteria (wiki source

Re: Prospective Trusted Organization - Debian.ch

2014-10-05 Thread Steve Langasek
Hello, On Sun, Oct 05, 2014 at 03:52:52PM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: == The organization should provide accountability on assets held in trust == The yearly financial statements are made public after each AGM. Debian Auditors can ask for detailed account statements on request and we're

Re: Prospective Trusted Organization - Debian.ch

2014-10-05 Thread Philipp Hug
Hi, On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 1:46 AM, Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org wrote: Where are these financial statements published? (There's an awful lot of public which is nevertheless difficult to find.) Do these financial statements get forwarded automatically to the auditors, or are they

Re: Prospective Trusted Organization - Debian.ch

2014-10-05 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 7:52 AM, Philipp Hug wrote: The statements are published together with the annual general meeting minutes: http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debian-ch/docs.git/tree/meetings/2014 They are not automatically forwarded but are published in the above well-known location.

Re: Prospective Trusted Organization - Debian.ch

2014-10-05 Thread Brian Gupta
On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Lucas Nussbaum lea...@debian.org wrote: ... === Tax-exemption status === * debian.ch did not apply for tax-exempt status, because the additional bureaucracy and limitations outweigh the advantages at the moment. * debian.ch is subject to tax on earnings if our