----- Original Message ----
> From: Volker Merschmann <merschm...@gmail.com>
> To: steering-discuss@documentfoundation.org
> Sent: Mon, 6 June, 2011 11:02:56
> Subject: Re: [steering-discuss] About elections
>
> Hi,
>
> 2011/6/6 Florian Effenberger <flo...@documentfoundation.org>:
> > Tom Davies wrote on 2011-06-06 11.22:
> >>
> >> I think 100 is still quite small compared to the numbers of people
> >> actually
> >> involved. So the list of members is still more like a special-interest
> >> sub-set. The founder members are doing a great job and i hope that they
> >> stay in
> >> place for a long while yet.
> >
> > thanks for the flowers, as we say in Germany. :-)
> >
> > Well, there are two things:
> > The steering committee has to end its existence one year after being set in
> > place, which would be, depending on how that needs to be counted, either
end
> > of August, or September 28th.
> >
> > In addition, to set up the Foundation in Germany, we need to provide the
> > names of the legal representatives. As we hope to have the legal paperwork
> > finished soon, we also need those names. So, maybe waiting one or two more
> > weeks is possible, but given that we have been accepting members for a few
> > weeks already, I guess the time that is right will come soon ;)
> >
> I'd like to add that not every contributor wants to be a member of the
> foundation. Especially those who are payed for the work might not like
> to have a too personal connection.
>
> We can ask the membership committee if there is a reasonable number of
> applications left which can be finished in the next days.
> Else we should go ahead for the reasons given by Florian.
>
> Volker
>
Hi :)
+1
Companies do reasonably often pay shares to employees. This would be slightly
different in that the 'shares' do not give a pay-out but similar in that they
give workers a say in the organisation. I think paid workers should be
encouraged to become members but obviously it is their choice.
Regards from
Tom :)
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