On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 7:53 PM, Stéphane Ducasse <[email protected] > wrote:
> Hi laurent > > > how do we subscribe to the consortium ? > > for now only company, institution, research group, labs, ... (non > individual people) can be member of the consortium > because of administrative details. INRIA lawyers are checking what can be > done. > We decided to make it simpler so that we can move on. The idea is that if > we want to avoid that a guy like igor got hired by google :( > we should make sure that we get some money for the consortium. Now to hire > somebody we have to plan in advance. > > Now you can be an Pharo association member. > In the future, if (I really hope) the consortium can sustain itself, it > will leave INRIA and be managed by the association > and in that case individual pharo members will be member of the consortium > with the same status as individual will get (because we cannot > really give the same to somebody paying 40 euros and a company paying > 1000/2000 Euros). > After since the consortium can offer payed engineer hours, everything is > possible. > > Esteban is working on the association web site right now. We are filling > up all the papers to get a bank account for the association. > > Does it answer your question? > Yes, thank you. Laurent > > Stef > > > > > > Laurent Laffont > > > > On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 7:38 PM, stephane ducasse < > [email protected]> wrote: > > I can open a wiki page to maintain the list of consortium member I > received. > > Let me know if it makes sense to you. > > > > Stef > > > > On Jun 28, 2012, at 2:19 PM, Stéphane Ducasse wrote: > > > > > Dear Pharoers and Smalltalkers > > > > > > This mail is really important so read it carefully. Especially the > last part of the mail is important for the > > > immediate future: we need your support and input. Read section > ***Support*** at the end of this mail. > > > > > > Context > > > ======= > > > After taking into account feedback from companies and pharo users in > different occasions and > > > discussing with the INRIA lawyers and the team in charge of the > administrative aspect of the consoritum > > > here is the setup we finally want for the consortium. We will have two > separated entities: > > > - one french law 1901 association for individuals and > > > - one consortium for institutions (companies, research groups, > laboratories, universities...) managed by INRIA > > > > > > We hope that in the long run the consortium will be fully managed by > the association > > > but in the current bootstrap phase INRIA is a good solution. > > > > > > ============== > > > The Pharo Association > > > ============== > > > The goal of the association is to promote Pharo. It will have its own > web site. > > > > > > Individual Memberships (managed by the Pharo Association) > > > ---------------------- > > > There are two individual memberships > > > - Individual Pharo Association Member: Yearly fee 40 > Euros > > > - Golden Individual Pharo Association Member: Yearly fee > 99 Euros > > > > > > You will get > > > a nice goody, > > > reduction access to conferences, > > > reduction for training and access to teaching material, > > > be part of the pharo groups on social networks, > > > be part of the pharoAssociation-individual-members > mailing-list, > > > get access and registered to the pharo association web > site. > > > > > > Others (managed by the Pharo Association) > > > ---------------------- > > > The association will be able to issues bills so you will be able > to buy a Pharo distribution > > > when your organization cannot be a member, a sponsor or doing a > donation to the Pharo consortium. > > > > > > End of Pharo Association Description > > > > > > > > > > > > =========================== > > > The Pharo Consortium (managed by INRIA) > > > =========================== > > > The goal of the consortium is to structure and build an umbrella to > foster business around Pharo and to promote Pharo. > > > > > > A company, user group, research group, team or institution can be a > consortium member, not individual member. > > > > > > There are three levels of fees and corresponding benefits. You decide > your degree of support. > > > The annual fees are > > > - Bronze 1000 Euros > > > - Silver 2000 Euros > > > - Gold 4000 Euros > > > > > > Consortium members main advantages are > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > Non individual members of the consortium get the following > advantages: > > > > > > - privileged access to the core development team via a > specific mailing-list > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > - influence priorities of the next development. The > member will be able to propose > > > agenda points and items for the executive team. They > will be requested one month in > > > advance before the committee meeting. > > > > > > - get access to privileged core engineer time (to > address pharo core problems) > > > > > > - Bronze member gets > > > one day of engineering time > > > + is automatically a diamond > sponsor. > > > > > > - Silver > > > + two days of engineering time > > > + one job description for job > dashboard > > > + is automatically a diamond > sponsor.. > > > > > > - Gold four > > > + 4 days of engineering time > > > + multiple job description for > job dashboard > > > + is automatically a diamond > sponsor. > > > > > > - Training special prices and possibility to become > pharo trainer > > > - Pharo consortium member can also ask and pay for extra > support days at INRIA engineer prices (around 600 Euros) per day. > > > - Member can offer to their client access to the > possibility to pay for extra support days at INRIA engineer prices (around > 600 Euros) per day. > > > - The core team can provide contact with experts for > certain areas of development. > > > > > > Pharo Consortium Gouvernance: steering committee > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > The consortium will be managed as follows: There will be a > steering committee and an Executive Team. > > > > > > * A steering committee is composed of one representative > of each member (except individuals). > > > > > > * The chairman of this committee will be Inria > > > > > > * Steering Committee Role : > > > - The Steering Committee follows the execution > of the PHARO R&D Team > > > - It validates and gives input about the task > list of the Executive Team. > > > - It can propose members of the executive team. > > > - It prepares, organizes conferences, seminars > or other animations to promote PHARO and have new members > > > - It revises the annual fee > > > * Decisions taking: after consultation and collect of > representative member points of views, Inria takes the final decision. > > > > > > * The steering committee will communicate via a private > mailing-list. It may meet physical once a year. > > > > > > * An agenda to reach conclusion will be established by > Inria on proposals of the members (the members will be queried a month in > advance). > > > > > > Technical Executive Committee (akaR&D task) > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > * The Executive Team is composed of members proposed by > the steering board and RMOD Team > > > * Its roles is to > > > * Study, analyze and validate external > contributions for PHARO > > > * Report to the steering committee > > > * Present a task list to the steering committee. > > > * Propose, schedule and implement tasks in > conformance with the tasks list. > > > * Coordinate the release Pharo and its VMs > > > > > > Pharo consortium Sponsoring > > > --------------------------- > > > Orthogonally to memberships, an entity can be a sponsor > of the consortium without being a pharo consortium member. > > > Pharo consortium are de factor platinium sponsor. > Sponsors will get their logos name exposed to the consortium web site. > > > There are two kinds of sponsors: > > > - normal 500 Euros > > > - diamond 1000 Euros > > > > > > Job board > > > --------- > > > Non consortium member companies will be able to pay a > fee (1000 Euros) to post job offers to the job board. > > > > > > End of Pharo Consortium Description > > > > > > > > > ===================== > > > *** Support and Answer needed*** > > > ===================== > > > > > > To be able to pay an engineer by the consortium, INRIA needs to make > projection, build budget, pay attention to visa > > > and other important administrative tasks. To deal with the risk that > the consortium may not collect enough to pay a full salary > > > we are considering to ask INRIA to help us financially. To do so we > have to give some concrete figures to > > > INRIA and motivate our request. In addition, our team (RMOD) on its > own budget will try to compensate by allocating extra resources > > > However, this will be only a one shot. In addition, some of our team > members have been approached by google to work on chrome and dart > > > Virtual Machines. So if we really get a future we should build it now. > > > > > > Many of you told us that they want to support the consortium, now we > need to know what would be amount of membership, sponsoring > > > you could give. So please read carefully this mail and send us a mail > at [email protected] with the same subject than this one. > > > We will collect the information and build a case to present to INRIA. > > > Thanks in advance for Pharo and for the future that we are building > together. > > > > > > The RMOD team and the Pharo board > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Esug-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.esug.org/mailman/listinfo/esug-list_lists.esug.org > >
