Hi On 19/06/2019 23:21, Imad Aldoj wrote:
Hi, Obviously, you guys spent a lot of time and research into this so thank you. The only comment I have is about transparency. Since the Foundation's board will automatically have more power(control, donations, etc) there should be more transparency and it should be these "protocols" should be stated clearly to prevent future loopholes. If I remember correctly few times Richard(as a chairman nothing personal) declined revealing details because it will make boards members feel pressured and affect their judgment, I agree with that but moving to the new structure this is dangerous, it's no longer about feelings but responsibility and I can see how it could lead to a lot of problems.
Bear in mind that I'm not a member and just wanted to point that out.
Imad
Certainly for anything financial the laws around not for profit organisations require a significant amount of transparency, however other laws such as if we employ people we can not disclose how much they earn due to employment law. In general the board wants to be as transparent as possible hence mentioning it in the charter.
On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 4:25 PM Simon Lees <sflees@suse.de> wrote:
Hi All,
*Proposed Charter* - openSUSE Foundation is a legal entity having been founded on the date of xxxxxxx with the following identity: yyyyyyyyy. The Foundation, in terms of an entity, should be considered to be distinct from the software development projects and the promotional activities that it supports, steers and sustains. The openSUSE Foundation is a not for profit organisation that believes in empowering its Contributors so that the user community can benefit from the best, most-sustainable and most-innovative open source software. To achieve this, most of the daily work is performed by the Foundation's Contributors. Nonetheless, certain bodies or committees will be in charge of work when the decision-taking requires extraordinary decisions, litigation, conflict resolution, funding, treasury, strategic technical decisions, strategic technical guidance, and general guidance on orientations. In principle, the processes, discussions and decisions of openSUSE Foundation, of its Committees, of its Board and of its Officers are public, and decisions are taken in a rational and transparent manner.
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