The exact percentage of any earmarked funds to be withheld for a general fund should be discussed by the illumos Foundation board, probably after the board is expanded sometime in the near-ish future. There's no agreed guideline on this at present.
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 2:14 AM, Jonathan Adams <[email protected]>wrote: > On 7 September 2012 06:01, <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have no problem with illumos handling earmarking. In the future, I'll > > want to take a percentage of such donations for illumos general use, but > I > > expect it to be reasonable -- perhaps 20% or 25% - and that seems not > > inappropriate given that OI uses illumos as its base anyway. > > I am not sure about the 20% mark ... it seems high to me since OI > projects could and should support the community outside of OI. > > I understand that for small donations this might _seem_ reasonable, > and that while there is little or no governance of OI it is hard to > see how this funding is spent in a sensible manner, but 20% is a large > slice of any cake. > > I know I've already said my peace and am happy for the Illumos > Foundation to take and earmark the funds (it seems by far the sanest > option IMHO) and I could see a 10-15% cut straight to Illumos, I would > prefer not to see it any higher than that. > > I would expect any projects, that OI specifically gets involved in, > that affect the Illumos kernel, will benefit Illumos directly and > because of this the OI ring-fenced funding will benefit Illumos too, > but indirectly. > > > As far as deciding how it gets spent outside of the earmark - I think > the OI > > community will still need to appoint someone or a small body of people, > to > > determine the further allocation of the earmark. That sounds like > > governance to me -- even if not much. > +1 > > my first preference, as I've said, would be bounties, although as was > suggested some contribution towards transport funds for specific OI > dev's to Illumos events might help the bitterness in the community. > > Jon > > _______________________________________________ > oi-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev > -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan Community Architect, SmartOS illumos Community Manager cell 720 371 4107
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