[Marketing] Soft release - Sugar Labs swag available - contributions welcome

[Walter Bender]

On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Tim McNamara
<paperless at timmcnamara.co.nz> wrote:
> Hi Walter,
> This makes a lot of sense. It's something that I've argued for, but have
> failed to gain significant traction.[1]
> Legally, we don't even need to incorporate. An unincorporated society has a
> legal status here. However, property can only be owned jointly by its
> members, similar to how things work with trusts.
> We'll face difficulties, because most forms of legal ownership require an
> AGM - which is hard for a distributed group. I can check whether
> teleconferences/IRC counts. My personal preference is to create a company
> that has a charitable constitution, e.g. its directors are not entitled to
> personal gain and its distributions need to be for beneficiaries. Why not a
> trust? That would involve paying for a trustee. Also, NZ's Sugar Labs
> members tend to do a lot of trading. Where trading means advising schools,
> parents etc. My guess is that if they make a purchase decision after that
> advice, is probably classed as trading in a legalistic sense.
> I think it may be best to postpone this until Dec when my plate will be a
> little clearer.
> Tim
> [1] http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-nz/2010-July/000707.html
>

Pretty interesting post. Other than Tomeu's comment, was there
community feedback?

-walter

> On 29 October 2010 01:52, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Tim McNamara
>> <paperless at timmcnamara.co.nz> wrote:
>> > I've been testing out Zazzle.com as a platform to produce and
>> > distribute Sugar Labs swag: http://zazzle.com/sugarlabs.
>> >
>> > I welcome contributions of more interesting designs before news of the
>> > site becomes general knowledge.  If you would like to add your
>> > thoughts, please feel free to contact me directly and I we can
>> > discuss. At this stage, I will be collecting commission made to
>> > support the efforts of the NZ volunteers.
>>
>> I think it would be best if the NZ volunteers apply to create a local
>> Sugar Lab in order to make it all a bit more kosher re use of the
>> trademark.
>>
>> -walter
>>
>> --
>> Walter Bender
>> Sugar Labs
>> http://www.sugarlabs.org
>
>



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Walter Bender
Sugar Labs
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