> You're not sure if you're on the board? -- can you try to find a > correct list of who is?
DIVA members are volunteers, I am leader or DebConf11 project and therefor am part of the board. Dzemila Josic is the president of this organization. > What is the organisation's formal status? Is it incorporated as a > company, or just an informal association? Is it registered as a > "non-profit" organisation of some kind? In the ministry of justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina it is registered as "DIVA" non-profit/governmental organization. > I'm not trying to be difficult, but these things are important to know > before an official agreement to handle money for Debian. And in the > UK or US non-profit organisations are typically restricted in what > they can do with their money, based on their official registration > documents. I understand, no problem. There's no restrictions with what DIVA can do with the money, unless if it's used to generate profit. > For SPI/FFIS, the 'liaison' is a Debian person who is authorised to > instruct that organisation to spend money. (The organisations want to > know who they can accept instructions from, so they don't need to try > to guess who won arguments!) That liaison should probably be a Debian > member (so official DD), and it's probably better if there's a > separation between (different people for) making decisions about money > and actually giving the formal instructions for payments to be made. DIVA authorizes me to be that person. Now I don't know if this is going to represent problem for you since I am a DD, but not a official one :) But either way I was planning to apply for position before DebConf, unless I could do it the "fast" way and apply as non-maintainer DD, which again wouldn't be correct as I am a maintainer. Adnan On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Moray Allan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Adnan Hodzic <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Who is on the board of directors? What is its charter? Who does the >>> board report to? >> >> Well since I was in this organization since its inception I believe >> I'm on the board of directors as well. Everybody talks to each other >> before any decision is being made there has to be a general agreement >> among members, a consensus. > > You're not sure if you're on the board? -- can you try to find a > correct list of who is? > > What is the organisation's formal status? Is it incorporated as a > company, or just an informal association? Is it registered as a > "non-profit" organisation of some kind? > > I'm not trying to be difficult, but these things are important to know > before an official agreement to handle money for Debian. And in the > UK or US non-profit organisations are typically restricted in what > they can do with their money, based on their official registration > documents. > >>> To give context about money-holding organizations, SPI and FFIS are >>> both designed for softwae and information related purposes. Both have >>> a formal relationship with Debian, and there is a Debian liason in the >>> project to these organizations. Also, as an extra level of >>> association, Debian Members work prominently in both of these >>> organizations. >> >> For DIVA I personally would be that person. > > For SPI/FFIS, the 'liaison' is a Debian person who is authorised to > instruct that organisation to spend money. (The organisations want to > know who they can accept instructions from, so they don't need to try > to guess who won arguments!) That liaison should probably be a Debian > member (so official DD), and it's probably better if there's a > separation between (different people for) making decisions about money > and actually giving the formal instructions for payments to be made. > > -- > Moray > _______________________________________________ > Debconf-team mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team > _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
