Happy GNU year, Parabola hackers! This morning I have received an e-mail from André saying I can start drafting the contract for Ceata's institutional support for Parabola.
If that's the case, as I stated before, I need to work with a representative of Parabola, elected by the community, who is willing to discuss internally about the different aspects of the contract. This is important to ensure Parabola's independence and contract drafting efficiency. If I will be discussing the different aspects directly with a group of 5+ Parabola hackers, chances are that *unwillingly* I influence your process of decision making. Also, when different voices say different things, I can't know what is the Paraboa's official position on the matter. For each matter, I only need the official position and act upon it. Can the Parabola community elect a trustful representative at least for the purpose of drafting the contract? This representative will sign the contract on behalf of Parabola and will take the responsibility of ensuring everything in our collaboration is in compliance with the contract. You also need to think about the way future decisions (on using the donations) will be made. Usually informal projects (and associations) have a Council of representatives with an executive role, while the General Assembly of all officially recognized members has the role of voting on the matters the Council has the authority to implement. With foundations it's simpler, usually the Council has both the decision-making and the executive roles. Internally I will talk with my colleagues in Ceata's Council and have the vote for each of the major decisions regarding the contract, so you need not to worry about addressing directly Ceata's Council. Thanks, -- Tiberiu C. Turbureanu Președinte, Fundația Ceata http://turbureanu.ro/contact Susții libertatea artelor și tehnologiilor? Înscrie-te ca membru: http://ceata.org/%C3%AEnscrieri _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.parabola.nu/mailman/listinfo/dev
