With the hope of moving forward the issue of a Habari entity, I've created a page on the wiki for Habary bylaws[1]. All I've done is copied the amendments article from the ASF bylaws[2]. Disclaimer: I know nothing about any of this stuff, and I may have made incorrect assumptions about what's required.
I'll use the ASF bylaws as a starting point for discussion about what bylaws might be appropriate for us. These seem to have served the ASF pretty well for a decade. How much can we simply reuse? Articles I (Business Offices) and II (Registered Offices and Registered Agents) probably depend on where we file. Delaware seems to be the popular choice. Articles IV (Members), V (Directors), and VI (Officers) define the structure of the corporation. Should all the PMC be directors or a subset be directors and the remainder members? What officers do we need, as a minimum? Article III (Meetings of Members) is about physical meetings. This probably isn't going to be appropriate for us. It does talk about voting and who has a vote. Articles VII (Books and Records) and XIII (General Provisions) are about practicalities. What records do we need to keep? Obviously we want to keep this to a minimum. Who is going to do this? Pretty key question, that one. Article VIII (Nonprofit Status) is something people have talked about wanting. What are the benefits? Reduced reporting requirements? Article IX (Corporate Seal) is ... huh? Article X (Amendment) is the one I've copied to the wiki page, and seems pretty sensible. Articles (Limits on Liability of Directors) and (Indemnification of Officers and Directors) go to one of the main points we need to address, limiting the liability of the Habari community. [1] http://wiki.habariproject.org/en/Habari_Bylaws [2] http://www.apache.org/foundation/bylaws.html -- Michael C. Harris, School of CS&IT, RMIT University http://twofishcreative.com/michael/blog IRC: michaeltwofish #habari --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
