Warren-
As we discussed before my recent trip, you need at least three (five is
probably the practical minimum) persons to serve as board of directors.
Since I do not see a large board, there is no need to have committees,
at least for the foreseeable future. However, a "steering" committee
will be very helpful in the pre-incorporation stage, to decide the name,
article of incorporation, by-law, and, more importantly, "advancing" the
cost (such as filing fees).
Also, you need to come out with a list of names to serve as president,
vice president, secretary, and treasurer, each will have specific duties
as mandated by law and supplemented by the by-laws.
(This is for Scott) Name is critically important. A good name will be
very useful in raising funds. I know most of you guys/gals, very
admirably so, don't care much about financial extravaganza. Talk is
easy. But to run an entity, only money can do the walk.
(Back to Warren) For non-profit organizations, (for very obvious
purposes) the names are typically quite long. You can always use
abbreviations as an "aka" (also known as). Based on what I perceive
this group is planning to do and has been doing, I believe the words
"Educational Foundation" are a must. Then you have to have a local
flavor, such as "Hawarii," "Mid-Pacific," "Central-Pacific," etc. What
leaves to be decided is whether you want to call it "Open Source,"
"Affordable Computing," or "Linux/Unix", etc.
Again, these matters can and should be discussed by a "Steering Committee".
