On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 21:30 -0800, Mike Orr wrote: > I talked with Joshua Drake about membership in Software in the Public > Interest (SPI). They are a nonprofit umbrella for several large
> Re governance, Brian Dorsey and I have informally led the group for > several years. We could formalize this structure, or do something > else. We could have elections, or simply say there will be two > leaders, and if one resigns or is asked by the group to leave, the > group will choose somebody to take his place. Here is an example of how PostgreSQL.org does it: http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PGFGCharter and: http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PGFGVotes Although I don't know if you guys need the second one. Also here is the procedure page from SPI: http://www.spi-inc.org/treasurer/associated-project-howto.html Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 503.667.4564 Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering If the world pushes look it in the eye and GRR. Then push back harder. - Salamander
