[IAEP] Next slobs meeting?

[Christoph Derndorfer]

Am 05.06.2011 17:55, schrieb Bernie Innocenti:
> On Sun, 2011-06-05 at 15:19 +0200, Christoph Derndorfer wrote:
>>> It's a prototype idea, not yet discussed anywhere yet. I'd like to know
>>> what the board members would think about asking a yearly fee from
>>> members and, in case there's interest, how it could be implemented.
>>>
>>> I've done some research on how other foundations and free software
>>> projects like us handle memberships, but I've not yet made my mind on
>>> what works best.
>>
>> Interesting stuff! Looking forward to reading the SLOBs meeting log to
>> see what everyone else thinks about this idea:-)
> 
> You're also welcome to join the meeting and propose your ideas on
> membership and fundrising!

Okay, will do so on the appropriate thread:-)

>> However the licensing issue I had meant to inquire about (though I did
>> not at all make that clear in my previous message, mea culpa) is the one
>> about GPL v2 vs. v3.
>>
>> In the May 13 Sugar-Digest Walter wrote "At the most recent Sugar
>> oversight-board meeting, we agreed to use a
>> referendum to take the pulse of the community (See
>> http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2011-05-08).
>> Details to follow." so I had assumed that this topic would continue to
>> be discussed by the SLOBs.
> 
> At the last board meeting, Luke Faraone was mentioned as someone who
> could run the GPLv3 referendum, but he's been too busy with other
> things. We could also ask someone else, but there's no urgency and Luke
> has previous experience setting up an election on Selectricity.

Thanks for the update, good to know!

Christoph

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