Hi All, Since I started this thread, I'm going to get the ball rolling.
Below I summarize the two means of getting an OASIS membership for Debian, and suggest the procedure for making it happen. > There is nothing stopping the interested people from paying the > $1000 direct to OASIS on bahalf of Debian. I believe the above (Option I) is truly the best solution, if we can raise the necessary cabbage. Here's one way to get it done - Option I: OASIS Membership via Donations Only -------------------------------------------------- Explanation: A small minority of Debian members (~12) will buy an OASIS membership for the other 800+ members. The other 800+ members are under no obligation to make use of the membership, but are encouraged to do so. (Sorta like a free health club membership:-) Procedure: A. I pledge $250. (Done.) Mike Dorman, Tony Mancill, and possibly others pledge concrete dollar amounts, making sure to at least cc: me on all pledge messages. I keep a running total. B. If the total reaches $1000 within a week, I arrange payment directly with OASIS and donors. If a week passes and the total is <$1000, Option II kicks in. BTW, I can probably find external funding (in the form of no-strings attached grants) for renewal in years following. I don't pursue that now because I want to join OASIS ASAP. > > The only issue then is what happens if <$1000 is donated. > > But I think we are about to get a consensus on matching funds anyway. > OK, ... Option II: OASIS Membership via Matching Funds ---------------------------------------------- Note: Part of the matching funds plan should be a document that clearly spells out in advance what will constitute grounds for auto renewal, renewal via vote, or no renewal. It must also explain what is meant by the term 'renewal': renewal of matching funds only or renewal of membership in total. Maybe suggest defn of a term like 'smashingly successful endeavor' which would lead to auto renewal of membership in toto -- pending approval via vote. Or something to that effect. Also, this year's donors should not be expected to donate to the renewal, if it occurs. The situation I'm trying to avoid is to having someone for whom I donated $250 to hit me with a surprise critique a year from now. Those kind of surprises I don't like:-) Procedure: A. I report total pledge amount to as yet Unnamed Implementer of Option II (UIOII) B. UUIOII determines the necessary procedure to acquire the matching funds. Informs the relevant parties. C. UIOII determines to whom the donors will make their payments, and the acceptable forms of payment: credit cards/checks/Enron stock/... D. UIOII contacts donors, gives them the relevant payment information. Donors make their donations. E. Matching funds are acquired/pledged. F. Somebody pays OASIS. Wild party follows. Can someone volunteer to get Option II done, if need be? I'm doing Option I. Thanks, Mark _____________________________________ Mark Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian SGML <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Home Page: <http://dulug.duke.edu/~mark/> GPG fp: 50DF A22D 5119 3485 E9E4 89B2 BCBC B2C8 2BE2 FE81 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
