On 5/31/2010 12:33 PM, Tulasi wrote:
Thanks Mark for posting the links!
My posting was based on
http://www.unicode.org/consortium/directors.html
where in the bottom it said Unicode Inc.
Looks like the elected members from consortium
http://www.unicode.org/consortium/consort.html
forms Unicode Inc.
Am I correct?
Not really.
The members of the consortium are other organizations, usually
corporations. Each organization is represented by people (delegates).
The delegates are not members of the consortium, but merely people
who represent each member organization. Each organization normally
gets one vote, even though most send two delegates.
In this link http://www.unicode.org/consortium/consort.html
it looks like less than 100 members in the consortium.
How many members currently do you have who can vote to elect?
Link http://www.unicode.org/consortium/consort.html
says Unicode consortium is non-profit organization.
Recently I have purchased Windows 7 from Microsoft Corporation
This product has Unicode fonts for number of language.
But Microsoft Corporation is for profit.
So it looks like Unicode Inc is for profit through its elected officials,
but Unicode consortium is non-profit.
Am I correct?
No.
Unicode, Inc (The Unicode Consortium) is a non-profit organization.
That means, it must meet certain legal requirements and restrictions
in how it is funded and operated. The same requirements do not apply
to its membership. Specifically, both for-profit and not-for profit
organizations may be members of the Consortium. There is nothing
unusual about the fact that the for-profit status of the members is
unrelated
to the non-profit nature of the Consortium. That's essentially the case for
all non-profit organizations.
I still do not understand:
What is the role of this Director exactly?
I think you are asking very basic questions about how a non-profit
corporation is organized.
Rather than continuing this discussion at great detail here on a list
that is intended for character encoding questions, you might start
by reading up on basic background, for example in the Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-profit_organization
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors
A./
Respectfully,
Tulasi
From: Mark Davis <m...@macchiato.com>
Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 09:14:00 -0700
Subject: Re: Unicode Inc
To: Tulasi <tulas...@gmail.com>
Cc: Unicode Discussion <unicode@unicode.org>
See http://www.unicode.org/consortium/consort.html. The consortium is
constituted according to its bylaws:
http://unicode.org/consortium/unicode-bylaws.html
Roughly, it is constituted by its membership:
http://www.unicode.org/consortium/memblogo.html, which elects the directors
yearly. The officers report to the directors, and are responsible for the
running of the consortium. The technical work is delegated to the technical
committees, which operate according to their procedures.
The background of the officers and directors can be found on
http://www.unicode.org/consortium/directors.html. For a historical view,
see http://www.unicode.org/history/boardmembers.html.
Mark
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 17:32, Tulasi <tulas...@gmail.com> wrote:
I am new to this group.
I am browsing
http://www.unicode.org/consortium/directors.html
It looks like Unicode Inc is formed by
Google, Inc.
Microsoft Corporation
IBM Corporation
Apple
Have I understood correct?
Also it looks like Unicode Incorporate has one director to represent
whole Asia, while Asia has more languages than any continent.
What is the role of this Director exactly?
Respectfully,
Tulasi
