-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Somebody claiming to be Brian Rowe wrote: > Governance: > 1. NPO 501c3 or charitable org > 2. Member driven (funded at least in part through memberships) > 3. Board of directors which includes input from general members. Maybe 1 or > 2 elected or appointed position on the board that represent member > perspectives. > 4. Membership level of "Volunteer" where one can donate time instead of > cash to become a member > 5. Open investments - the community should be assured that all org > investments are in places that are compatible with the mission > 6. Publicly Open Board meetings for all matters except emergencies and > personal decisions.
Why does everyone assume that registered, formal ORGs are the answer? Why not just have an open community? (ala microformats.org, and most open source projects, and others) - -- Stephen Paul Weber, @singpolyma Please see <http://singpolyma.net> for how I prefer to be contacted. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFI0l8X6oSxepE9BOsRAklOAJ9Qzexj9tLm6QJ4rdZe+JsLkIrksgCgkOvp C+6e7OcTOeFVUGYM2gl4KmM= =cmu9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
