Oversight Board/2008/Meeting Minutes-2008-06-30: Difference between revisions
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A question was raised in regard to working outside of the United States (the Conservancy is a US-based 501(c)(3)); while it hasn't been a problem, if necessary, projects within the Conservancy can work with organizations elsewhere—e.g., the Conservancy could help with administration of non-US programs without having to be involved in the funding—money can be raised and stay local, under local laws. | A question was raised in regard to working outside of the United States (the Conservancy is a US-based 501(c)(3)); while it hasn't been a problem, if necessary, projects within the Conservancy can work with organizations elsewhere—e.g., the Conservancy could help with administration of non-US programs without having to be involved in the funding—money can be raised and stay local, under local laws. | ||
Karen made some in-line edits (mostly in the form of questions) to the Governance page in the wiki. We need to achieve a bit more clarity about a few topics, such as initial membership, terms of office, voting mechanics, etc. as part of the process of joining the Conservancy. | Karen made some in-line edits (mostly in the form of questions) to the Governance page in the wiki. We need to achieve a bit more clarity about a few topics, such as [[Sugar Labs/initial members list|initial membership]], terms of office, voting mechanics, etc. as part of the process of joining the Conservancy. | ||
===What are we (Sugar Labs) trying to accomplish?=== | ===What are we (Sugar Labs) trying to accomplish?=== | ||