Xfce Foundation status

[edoceo]

Love the idea, Xfce e.V., 2yr, UNESCO, tough for me to get to Germany, ready
to donate funds (or pay bounties)

/djb

On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Christoph Wickert <
christoph.wickert at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Am Mittwoch, den 13.10.2010, 20:42 +0200 schrieb Jannis Pohlmann:
> > The draft is not finished yet but I have a few questions for you anyway
> > (please read KDE's articles of association first):
> >
> >   * Do you think all this makes sense?
>
> Definitely.
>
> >   * Does a German e.V. (which is a non-profit organization registered
> >     in Germany) sound like a reasonable type of organization for Xfce?
>
> Yes.
>
> >   * Would you prefer "Xfce e.V." or "Xfce Foundation e.V." to be the
> >     name of the organization?
>
> The first, the second is contradictory and sounds redundant.
>
> >   * For how many years do you think the board should be elected?
> >     3, 2 or 1?
>
> 2 sounds fine.
>
> >   * There is one clause about where the raised money should go in case
> >     the e.V. is abandoned. The KDE people have decided to forward all
> >     their money to UNESCO. I have come up with a few alternatives.
> >     Which of the following organizations would you prefer the money to
> >     be handed over to in case the e.V. is closed?
> >
> >       UNESCO, Amnesty International, Greenpeace, WWF or OLPC?
> >
> >     You can of course make your own suggestions if you want to.
>
> My PayPal account? ;) If this is not possible, I suggest the FSFE.
>
> > The founding process itself involves a formal meeting in real life
> > with at least 7 persons attending. As it seems unrealistic to organize
> > such a meeting with Xfce-only people from all around the world before
> > the end of the year, I propose that I organize this meeting in
> > Lübeck, gathering a few local Xfce users or friends.
>
> It is easily possible to do this at OpenRheinRuhr [1], we have enough
> contributors there, but unfortunately not you.
>
> Regards,
> Christoph
>
> [1] http://wiki.xfce.org/events/2010/openrheinruhr
>    https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OpenRheinRuhr2010
>
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