Hi Florian, On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:17, Florian Effenberger <flo...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > Hello, > > as we are moving forward with legally setting up the foundation, and > translate/adapt the bylaws into German, we noticed that some tweaks and > simplifications are required - in general we feel the shorter these > documents are, the better it is for understanding. > > Proposed change #1: > ------------------- > > We should replace the words "moral commitment" (which are rather off-putting > to many with a stark view of their integrity and morals) with something > softer: > > from: > Every membership applicant must have been active for at least three (3) > months, and should make a moral commitment to at least six (6) months > activity (not counting the first three (3) months of fulfillment of > qualification). > > to: > Every membership applicant must have been active for at least three (3) > months, and should make a best effort commitment to continuing their > activity for a further six (6) months. > > Which I hope captures the spirit, without invoking things that cannot be > predicted.
"best-effort" > Proposed change #2: > ------------------- > > Then a separate set of changes & cleanups around the Advisory Board: > > * The /Donor/ definition is not referenced outside of the /Sponsor/ > definition, and so should be collapsed into there. > * The /Sponsor/ definition is referenced in a redundant, non-normative way > by the Members/Contributors definition and should be removed. > > from: > The Community's Members are people who contribute their time, efforts and > skills independently (individual persons contributing on either a paid or > unpaid basis), or who may work for Sponsors (refer to definition of > Sponsors). > > to: > The Community's Members are individuals who contribute their time, efforts > and skills whether on a paid or voluntary basis. "and skills, whether on a paid or voluntary basis." (Just adds a comma.) > Proposed change #3: > ------------------- > > * Remove the Sponsors section. This is now only referred to in the Advisory > Board definition and sections, and as such can be expanded there. > > * Expand the Advisory Board definition. > > from: > The Advisory Board represents the Foundation's Sponsors. Each Sponsor is > entitled to appoint one representative. For more information, see Advisory > Board under Governance. > > to: > The Advisory Board provides a forum for organisations that provide a > substantial minimum level of financial, or other support as determined by > the BoD to meet with the BoD and provide advice. For more information, see > Advisory Board under Governance. "organizations" (US spelling, like everywhere else in the bylaws.) "minimum level of financial or other support, as determined by > the BoD, to meet with the BoD and provide advice." (Minor punctuation changes.) > Proposed change #4: > ------------------- > > * Re-work the Advisory Board section: > > from: > The Advisory Board [AB] is staffed by Sponsors' representatives (refer to > definition of Sponsors). Each Sponsor can have no more than one > representative on the Advisory Board. Each Sponsor's representative is > appointed for a term of one (1) year, but can be re-appointed for a further > year in office at the end of each term. > The AB's primary function is to represent The Document Foundation's > Sponsors, and to provide the Board of Directors with advice, guidance and > proposals. > > to: > The Advisory Board [AB] is staffed, at the BoD's discretion by organisations > that have made a substantial contribution to The Document Foundation. Each > organisation appointing a single representative to the Advisory Board based > on a yearly fee to be determined by the BoD. > The AB's primary function is to represent these organisations by providing > the BoD with advice, guidance and proposals. "organization" / "organizations" (US spelling.) That's it... pretty painless, no? ;-P I've proofread the rest of the bylaws in the past so many times I don't think there are any / many spelling / grammar errors in them. Otherwise, I was only going to add a clause about transferring TDF's funds into my personal bank account every 6 months... -- David Nelson -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/steering-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
