Project Governance, take 2

[Leo Franchi]

On 23 Nov 2008, at 17:49, Jeff Mitchell wrote:

> Also, this entire meeting might be a moot point.  We really need to
> create a non-profit entity in the U.S. if we're going to be collecting
> money from Tradebit (which is based in Delaware) and other stores.   
> That
> will need its own governance with its own set of rules, and although
> they are flexible, those are likely to be very different than what was
> proposed in this document.  Once it's created, it might make sense to
> just mold these together.
>
> In light of the Tradebit talks I was going to start working on this
> again this week.  Software Freedom Conservancy takes a bazillion years
> to do anything, so it may make sense to just go it alone, even with  
> all
> the overhead.  But that's another part of what needs to be discussed.

Could you elaborate a bit on the current status of the Tradebit talks?  
I may have just /completely/ missed the memo but i have only heard  
bits here and there from various people.

What is the status? What is the time frame?

leo

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