Hi Thomas! Thanks for asking. On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 2:03 PM Thomas Meyer <t.meye...@gmx.de> wrote:
> could there be a Conflict of Interest (CoI)?: > > https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/10026175/officers > > and maybe an issue with self-dealing? And what about good governance > /compliance? > Public Software CIC was created by Andrew Katz and I specifically to provide a not-for-profit service hosting FLOSS community initiatives. While I am a director of Public Software CIC, it is a Community Interest Company which means no-one (including me) benefits individually from the trading activities it conducts. CICs are overseen by a government regulator, see https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-of-the-regulator-of-community-interest-companies Additionally, I am not compensated by Public Software and act in a voluntary capacity. In any case, we are proposing only that Public Software host the activities of TDC in the initial stage while it is being incorporated, a bank account opened (and hopefully the Brexit transition is crossed). Once those tasks are done, we will move all activities from Public Software CIC to The Document Collective entity in a suitable jusrisdiction. To ensure that the governance of TDC is well formed, the Board intends to direct a group rather than me individually to define and operate its governance. And once I googled the address of Public Software CiC I stumbled over this: > > https://suite.endole.co.uk/explorer/postcode/so17-1xs > > (374 companies listed under this address). > Yes, the address is that of a reputable accounting firm, Fiander Tovell Ltd, who provide Registered Office services to many of the companies for which they handle accounts. In common with many small community entities, Public Software does not have any offices so this arrangement is ideal. Happy to answer further questions on this, Simon -- *Simon Phipps*, * Deputy Board Director, *The Document Foundation *Desk:* +44 238 098 7027 *Mobile/Signal:* +44 774 776 2816 *Official address*: Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint
