The Evergreen Oversight Board (EOB) has been looking at alternatives to membership in the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC). The SFC currently provides service that include
- Bookkeeping and accounting services - Access to Eventbrite (event registration software for the annual conference) - Resources for defending the Evergreen trademark - Maintaining liability insurance for the conference Our needs and the SFC ability to meet these needs are no longer as good a match as we would like. Therefore, the EOB is exploring additional options. One of the options we are exploring is for a non-profit within the Evergreen community to provide these services. We are still in the very early stages of this research and wondering if there are currently organizations who are Evergreen users who might be capable and willing to provide a similar set of services. These services could be done under contract with a newly formed Evergreen non-profit or contained entirely within the organization as it currently stands with the SFC. Ideally the organization would already be able to provide the above services. If your organization has an interest in providing these types of services please send me (tspind...@cwmars.org) a message. This involves no commitment from any organization. Any move forward would still require a formal process to vet and select the organization to take on these responsibilities. Our purpose at this time is to determine interest. Thanks, -- Tim Spindler | Executive Director tspind...@cwmars.org | 508-755-3323 x120 <(508)%20755-3323> C/W MARS | http://www.cwmars.org 67 Millbrook St., Ste. 201 Worcester, MA 01605 -- Tim Spindler tjspind...@gmail.com *P** Go Green - **Save a tree! Please don't print this e-mail unless it's really necessary.*