Daniel Rogers wrote:
So, I noticed the resounding silence surrounding this thread. Is anyone
still interested in a foundation? I went into this foundation thing
thinking I had support from the community. I cannot do this all by
myself. The Foundation is about getting involved. If noone wishes to
get involved, then there is nothing left I can do.
Here are the things left to do.
Within a week I need to get the parts in red of the draft bylaws fleshed
out at at least the majority satisfiaction of the community. In
addition to the red parts, the membership section needs to be writtin.
The week is gone, obviously, but this still needs to be done. I just
lose legal support for a while after a few days, which is ok. I just
slows things down a bit. Do these issues interest anyone in particular?
I need to appoint an initial board, whose job will be to set up a
membership system, start collecting members, and allow those members to
vote in a non-interim board (any takers?)
To be a little more clear: I need volunteers to be an initial board of
directors.
I need to send in the corporate paperwork to the IRS (with the filing
fee) and wait a few months for the IRS to send some "questions" answer
those questions, and wait a few more months to get our non-profit status
approved.
Instead of all this though, I've been talking to Tim Ney about having
the GNOME Foundation take a more active role in supporting the GIMP. If
GNOME was willing to do this, this would probably be a good option for
us. Gnome already has the infrastruction and ability to act as a
non-profit, as well as plenty of corporate suppport. What do people
think of this plan?
Again, to be a little more clear. GNOME would like to support us more
than just in name. All we (e.g. more than just me) have to do is say
yes. It is unclear, at this point, how exactly GNOME would be involved
with The GIMP, but those details could be worked out. Does this
interest anyone? Is anyone outright opposed (and why)?
--
Dan
