Re: Proposed resolution: Waive SPI 5% administrative fee for 2020 associated project conferences

I would charge 5% going forward, and make no changes (refunds or new charges) for what happened in the past. Bdale On June 13, 2020 11:09:52 AM MDT, Luca Filipozzi wrote: >Hi, > >Per other branch on this thread, Stephen outlined that the Board is >working with the Debian Representative on

Re: [RESULT] Replace the bylaws of Software in the Public Interest

Hilmar Lapp writes: > Perhaps it would be better to divide the proposed changes into two > steps. The first would be to _only_ alter the section on bylaws > amendments to establish a more reasonable (i.e., realistically > attainable) quorum. That's not a bad idea, but honestly, given the

Re: proposed replacement bylaws

Ian Jackson <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes: > Bdale Garbee writes ("proposed replacement bylaws"): >> At our in-person board meeting earlier this year, the board members >> present worked with Mishi Choudhary from SFLC on the details, and for >

proposed replacement bylaws

we've had a draft set of bylaws that everyone on the board seems to be comfortable with. I present them here for review and discussion, after which I hope we can have a vote of the contributing membership to adopt these as SPI's bylaws for the future. Regards, Bdale Garbee SPI President SPI

Re: SPI resolution 2016.05.05.bg.1: NTPsec as associated project

Martin Michlmayr writes: > I haven't seen any conversation with the board about what they need, > what they are looking for, etc. > > I don't know how I should vote on a resolution without any prior > conversation at all. > > Why hasn't Mark been in contact with the board? He

SPI resolution 2016.05.01.bg.1: ArduPilot as associated project

Please add this resolution to our May agenda. ArduPilot is a well-known project delivering a suite of autopilot software for autonomous planes, copters, and rovers. The primary web site is at ardupilot.org. ArduPilot participates as a member project of the Linux Foundation Dronecode community,

Re: Phone number for donations?

Hilmar Lapp hl...@drycafe.net writes: Has a Google Voice number been considered? Nope. The fact that I can't recall anyone ever asking for a phone number before probably means this is a fairly rare occurrence... Bdale pgpyO0Cdq9sQJ.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: volunteer copyright assignment / licensing agreement

Stefano Zacchiroli lea...@debian.org writes: I speculate that SPI projects who are more development intense than Debian (i.e. that develop a lot, rather than integrate) might need this more than Debian does. SPI might probably benefit from anticipating this kind of needs. If it ever happens,

SPI resolution 2013.03.14.bg.1, OpenEmbedded as associated project

Please add this resolution to our March agenda. OpenEmbedded is a framework for building embedded Linux distributions, more information about which may be found at http://openembedded.org Bdale SPI resolution 2013.03.14.bg.1 WHEREAS 1. OpenEmbedded is a substantial and significant Free

Re: volunteer copyright assignment / licensing agreement

Stefano Zacchiroli lea...@debian.org writes: As it has been requested by Debian contributors, I'd like to know if SPI offers the possibility, to contributors of affiliated projects, to transfer copyright (or specific rights) to SPI. If yes: how? The answer should be yes, but I don't recall

Re: SPI using Google Apps?

Robert Brockway rob...@spi-inc.org writes: Actually we already have such a page :) http://www.spi-inc.org/projects/services/ Having said that, the page is a bit vague on the technical services offered. Contributions welcome. Right. A list of the technical services provided and/or

Re: OBF as associated project, formal resolution

Hilmar Lapp hl...@drycafe.net writes: So, I think it's OK to label the OBF president the authoritative decision maker for the kinds of decisions required of an SPI project liaison... I agree. Josh/Ian, I think the text should simply be updated to say that SPIrecognizes the OBF President as

Re: SPI resolution 2012.09.13.bg.1, TideSDK as associated project

Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@spi-inc.org writes: The same issue exists as in the OBF resolution - we should probably archive a copy of the relevant part of the TideSDK website and ask David, or failing that the TideSDK Team, to notify us when David's role or the Team membership changes. The point

Re: Board officer election

On Sun, 7 Aug 2011 10:52:16 -0700, Jonathan McDowell nood...@earth.li wrote: Non-text part: multipart/mixed Non-text part: multipart/signed I intend to put myself forward for another year as president. Bdale pgp2IweWIwj3v.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Joining SPI

On Tue, 10 May 2011 13:49:20 -0600, Thomas S Hatch thatc...@gmail.com wrote: It is time for me to pass the reigns on this topic over to the Arch Linux Project Leader, Aaron Griffin, who should I tell him to contact so that Arch can become an associated project? The howto specifies that the

resolution 2011-03-09.bg.1 LibreOffice as associated project

Please include this resolution on the agenda for our next board meeting. Resolution 2011-03-09.bg.1 LibreOffice as associated project WHEREAS 1. LibreOffice is a substantial and significant Free Software project. 2. The

Re: Resolution 2009-03-16.jrk.1: OpenWRT as associated project

On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 16:51 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote: One of the two needs to be the main liaison, and the other an alternate. I agree. Bdale ___ Spi-general mailing list Spi-general@lists.spi-inc.org http://lists.spi-inc.org/listinfo/spi-general

Re: Meeting log for 2008-12-17

ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk (Ian Jackson) writes: Joshua D. Drake writes (Re: Meeting log for 2008-12-17): On Fri, 2008-12-19 at 17:00 +, Ian Jackson wrote: Do you support Resolution 2007-01-16-iwj.5.html ? I do not have a problem with that resolution. Excellent. Can you

Re: Expert service, was: OpenVas plugin development

On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 09:59 +0100, MJ Ray wrote: Michael Schultheiss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't yet heard back from the CPA. Our attorney also said he would research the issues and get back to me this week. I'll ask them for a status update. It looks like quite a few of the

Re: are we being honest about legal resources?

On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 23:42 -0700, Bruce Perens wrote: It's pretty clear that there are now two camps that are not particularly interested in each other's project, which hasn't really been the case with SPI until recently. A significant change in SPI over the last couple years is that we

Re: How does SPI differ from SFC?

On Fri, 2007-10-19 at 10:03 +0200, Michael Renzmann wrote: Now a valid question was raised, and I would like to pass it on to you: from your point of view, [...] are there any conflict of interest issues to have this type of relationship with both organizations? I don't personally think

Re: How does SPI differ from SFC?

On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 08:21 +0200, Michael Renzmann wrote: Maybe the most important question is: does the MadWifi project qualify as member of the SPI at all? Yes, I think it does. Hence the question: does the existence (and the ongoing support) of MadWifi (the driver) cause any problems

Open Hardware License

While Software in the Public Interest was founded to foster the development of both open hardware and open software, most of our recent activity has been related to software. Open hardware development projects exist, however, and the non-profit organization TAPR is now working on a pair of new

Re: [Spi-private] Publically viewable resolutions and increasing the visibility of board activity

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (MJ Ray) writes: Neil McGovern [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only real changes from how I've been doing things are: * resolutions must now be sent at least 48h in advance. - Previously it's been 24h. Before I was secretary, it was none. 1. it lengthens a