[IAEP] [SLOBS] Scheduling a trademark discussion call

[Mel Chua]

Thanks, Tomeu - I forgot to add IAEP to the initial list. Transparency w00t!

iaep: for context, we've been trying to figure out how to resolve the 
long-standing trademark issue, and we're going to be trying a call and 
then (next month) a (still hypothetical - not 100% planned) face-to-face 
meeting to try and reach an understanding more quickly via discussion. 
We'll try to scribe all this discussion as best we can, and the decision 
itself will still be made in public channels - suggesitons on anything 
we can do to be more radically transparent very welcome.

--Mel

On 03/28/2010 08:26 AM, Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
> [adding IAEP to CC because we agreed on using only SLOBs for matters
> that require confidentiality]
>
> On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 17:41, Mel Chua<mel at melchua.com>  wrote:
>> On http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Log-2010-03-12
>> we agreed to schedule a conference call to see how far we could move the
>> trademark discussion forward before our SLOBs get-together in April.
>> (What are the plans for that, by the way?)
>
> I will be in Boston from 12th to 19th April, being a bit busy with
> GNOME stuff from 14th to 18th.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tomeu
>
>> So!
>>
>> Enter your times here: http://whenisgood.net/wtcs5t
>>
>> Results: http://whenisgood.net/wtcs5t/results/h9s4i7
>>
>> Ground rules: No decisions will be made during this call; it is not an
>> official SLOBs meeting (those are still on IRC). Its purpose is to get
>> ideas out and to help people understand the various perspectives
>> surrounding this issue, so that we can have a good motion, discussion,
>> and resolution at a subsequent IRC SLOBs meeting.
>>
>> People who need to be on the line:
>>
>> * Karen (because we need someone who understands trademark law - I'll
>> send her scheduling options once the other "must be there" people have
>> filled in their available times, and we may just ask her to be there for
>> the first 10m of the call to set the scene for us, and give us an
>> indication of what sort of policy in what format we need to give the
>> SFC/SFLC. She doesn't necessarily have to be present for the subsequent
>> discussion.)
>>
>> * Sean (because trademark and brand are deeply intertwined)
>> * Walter (as the Executive Director)
>> * Chris (from the perspective of a long-time FOSS developer who's seen
>> multiple trademark policies from the open source community side)
>>
>> And then as many SLOBs as we can get.
>>
>> Questions:
>>
>> 1. Is this the right list of people that we need on the call?
>> 2. Is it ok for community members to dial in and listen to the call?
>> 3. What resources can we pull together/provide for those on the call in
>> order to prepare the call itself to go as productively as possible?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --Mel
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