* Ali Reza Hayati <a...@gnu.org> [2021-04-29 03:29]: > Dear Ali Reza Hayati, > > As you know, one of the priorities of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) > board of directors in the coming weeks is to strengthen the Foundation's > governance structure. To that end, I wanted to share with you the answers to > frequently asked questions about this initiative. This document is available > at https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-board-frequently-asked-questions-faq > <https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-board-frequently-asked-questions-faq> and will > be updated, as needed, as this project progresses.
That is great. As a paralegal who incorporated hundreds of companies worlwide, mostly in the US, I can say that By-Laws are well written and that the FSF now published statements that clarifies all important issues. In particular important issue is clarified on who has authorities to do what. To be more frank, public individuals are neither on Board, neither voting members, and have no say in changes of non-profit's corporate structure. But I guess that emotion may prevail in some of them. I have sent my slight remark to FSF on this page: https://www.fsf.org/about/the-role-of-the-fsfs-board-of-directors where it says: "In its decision-making capacity, the board: determines the mission and purposes of the FSF; " as that is inconsistent with the Corporate Law of Massachusetts and the Articles of Organization whereby it says that purposes are defined in the Articles of Organization, thus my proposed change to the WWW page is to say that "In its decision-making capacity, the board: fosters the mission and purposes of the FSF;" as Board does not have legal capacity to change purposes of the FSF as that would be against Founder's wish. What is paramount here is that FSF is financially stable, that it fosters its purposes, its mission, that directors are dedicated to its purposes and nothing else, and that FSF has been awarded perfect score from Charity Navigator, plus eighth consecutive four-star rating: https://www.fsf.org/news/free-software-foundation-awarded-perfect-score-from-charity-navigator-plus-eighth-consecutive-four-star-rating Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns Sign an open letter in support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/ https://rms-support-letter.github.io/
