On 09/12/2013 08:15 PM, Jeremy Katz wrote: > Did someone ask for a wayback machine? > > So the original existence of the Fedora Board came from the fact that we > were creating and incorporating a 501(c)3 corp in the form of the Fedora > Foundation. Part of the rules for governance of such an organization > include having a board with people in very specific positions (ie, I was > the secretary and might still have the Official Stamp somewhere in a > box). As we dissolved the foundation[1], we kept the board and it was > the only "governing" body of Fedora. And more importantly, the board > served as the "external group conscience" to provide leverage and a good > conduit for things to get back to inside of Red Hat at the time. I have that Stamp, actually, in a box. :) ~tom == Fedora Project _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board