Robert Brockway <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all. I personally feel that the associated-project-howto could be > made clearer. I also read a few threads on various forums where some > people had expressed confusion over certain aspects of how SPI works, > even after reading the associated-project-howto. > > I've written a new version which I'm submitting here for review. It can > be found here: > > http://www.spi-inc.org/drafts/associated-project-howto/ > > The changes I've made include: > > * Rewritting the document to be in the 3rd person > * Rewritting certain sections to be clearer > * Putting information on services offered at the top[1] > * Rearranging large sections to be consistent with the new structure > * Adding more headers to stop it easier to find a relevant section. > > [1] Projects considering applying for associated project status will > want to answer 'why' before they answer 'how'. > > I stress this is solely my work and is not endorsed by the SPI board. I > hope that this (or something close to it) meets with the approval of the > contributing members and the board.
I agree that the draft is an improvement, thanks for working on this.
1) There seems to be a word missing ("be"?):
| Refunds for legitimate project expenses will made from
| funds earmarked for an associated project with the consent
| of the project liaison.
2) It's in the original as well, but I'm a bit puzzled by the "major" in:
| All major contributors to the project are eligible for SPI contributing
membership,
According to http://www.spi-inc.org/membership/guidelines/
being active in an associated project should suffice.
3) Maybe the sentence:
| In the future, there will be an online reporting interface
| which will allow the liaison to check balances at any time.
should be dropped, or is anyone actually working on this?
4) I think it would be worth mentioning that SPI has partner
organizations that can collect tax-deducible donations outside
the US. At least for Privoxy this was an important factor,
even though the process should probably be streamlined
and documented more clearly.
Fabian
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