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 Karen led a discussion about the implications of Sugar Labs joining the Conservancy. The SFC is a home for FOSS projects as an umbrella organization: FOSS projects become part of the Conservancy; they get tax-free status in the US; and the projects set up a day-to-day governance structure that is generally autonomous.
-Shenki asked a question regarding any downsides. While there is always a unilateral mechanism to spin out from the Conservancy, by joining, (1) we would be making a committed to remain a non-profit organization in regard to any project asset (funds that we might raise, any copyrights or trademarks we might own); (2) no projects have ever spun out on their own, so there may be some unknown obstacles; and (3) there would be some administrative oversight (but we need it from somewhere).
+Shenki asked a question regarding any downsides. While there is always a unilateral mechanism to spin out from the Conservancy, by joining,
+# We would be making a committed to remain a non-profit organization in regard to any project asset (funds that we might raise, any copyrights or trademarks we might own);
+# No projects have ever spun out on their own, so there may be some unknown obstacles; and
+# There would be some administrative oversight (but we need it from somewhere).
 The Conservancy has some concern that Sugar Labs might get so big as to incur too big of a burden for the Conservancy to pick up all administrative expenses without some mutually agreed mechanism of help from Sugar Labs.