[board-discuss] Collecting proposals on TDF subsidiary

2020-08-26 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, as discussed during the last board calls, the board is currently collecting proposals on a TDF subsidiary. For that, we've created a folder "TDF Subsidiary" in the Nextcloud "TDF Members" share, where the various ideas will be collected. The folder is also publicly available at

Re: [board-discuss] Agenda for TDF board meeting on Friday, August 14th at 1300 Berlin time (UTC+2)

2020-08-26 Thread sophi
Hi, Just for information, there is a European form of cooperative, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Societas_cooperativa_Europaea Cheers Sophie Le 25/08/2020 à 22:02, Telesto a écrit : > Hi, > > Thanks for the quite response and acknowledging of the issues with the > Canadian route. Next step

[board-discuss] Fwd: Collecting proposals on TDF subsidiary

2020-08-26 Thread dgp-mail
Hello Florian, perhaps I've forgotten something during that long going discussion, but I miss some basic informations: 1. Why it isn't possible for TDF to fulfill the activities, the TDF subsidiary should fulfill? In German law there's the possibility for a foundation to have a

[board-discuss] TDF Subsidiary

2020-08-26 Thread Stephan Ficht
Hi Paolo, many thanks for your proposal. Sounds very interesting :) Please one question about: (https://guichet.public.lu/en/entreprises/creation-developpement/forme-juridique/societe-capitaux/societe-impact-societal.html) > > The corporate purpose of an SIS must meet one of the following 2 >

[board-discuss] Self-nomination for the Membership Committee: Uwe Altmann

2020-08-26 Thread Uwe Altmann
Hi everybody :) My name is Uwe Altmann, I’m 63 years old male, married and living in Saarbücken (Germany) direct by the french border. I’m self-employed with a strong tendency to retirement. I joined the (then) OpenOffice community around 2004. Mostly in marketing activities as helping at

[board-discuss] Self Nomination for next TDF's Membership Committee: Dennis Roczek

2020-08-26 Thread Dennis Roczek
Hello everybody, I'm candidate for the next TDF's Membership Committee. My name is Dennis Roczek, being 34 years old, and living in Germany (partly in Munich, partly on the country side next to the French border). I'm working in my daily job as a programmer and a consultant I'm part of the

Re: [board-discuss] Agenda for TDF board meeting on Friday, August 14th at 1300 Berlin time (UTC+2)

2020-08-26 Thread Telesto
Hi, There is also the option of a General partnership (VOF) Same joint ventures are places in that kind of construction. It can be made up of different entities (say TDF and eco-system partners joining). The essence: a cooperation of people can get shape in different legal entities. It

[board-discuss] Self-nomination for the Membership Committee: Shinji Enoki

2020-08-26 Thread Shinji Enoki
Dear members & Board of Directors of The Document Foundation, Who I am: I'm Shinji Enoki. I live in Nishinomiya, Japan. As a freelance, I also work on a support business for LibreOffice. I started in 2008, OpenOffice.org era. I was the QA Coordinator for the OpenOffice.org Japanese Project. And

Re: [board-discuss] Fwd: Collecting proposals on TDF subsidiary

2020-08-26 Thread Telesto
I'm agreeing with Dieter that description of the current situation versus desired situation is lacking.  What the needs and desires are. Also there is mention of of a few constant objections and issues coming up around a third party option, without mentioning those objections and issues.

[board-discuss] Self Nomination for next TDF's Membership Committee:Gabriele Ponzo

2020-08-26 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Hello god people, this email is to candidate myself for the next Membership Committee of The Document Foundation. As you may already know, I'm part of the current MC, so this self nomination is for a new term in it. The ending one has been really exciting for me, as I've been growing my

[board-discuss] Self nomination for the Membership Committee: Muhammet Kara

2020-08-26 Thread Muhammet Kara
Dear members & Board of Directors of The Document Foundation, I would like to nominate myself for the next MC of TDF. I am Muhammet Kara from Turkey, member/translator/developer/advocate of various FOSS projects since early 2000s, and I have been contributing to LibreOffice in various ways