On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 01:13:22PM -0400, Bradley M. Kuhn wrote:
(a) The older FSA's have a bug that Tony discovered when he
came to
work for Conservancy. Specifically, they don't have a clear
hand-off from the original signatories of the FSA to the
Project's Leadership Committee. Ideally, the Signatories cede
their authority to the Committee, so we don't have to bug
former committee members with getting signatures if they decide
to move on from the project. The new FSA template fixes this.
(c) Now might be a good time to update the Representation section
of the FSA. Right now, as you see from (0) above, it requires
explicit resignations to change the Committee, and perhaps that
is too burdensome and problematic, particularly for people who
have moved on from the project. Conservancy can work with you
to redrafted the Representation section to better reflect your
current realities of leadership. As you see in the template,
there a few suggestions of how to draft Representation
sections.
Yes, can you draft up replacement text for the 'Representation of the
Project in the Conservancy' section?
I'm gathering that we need the bit about the "signatories shall
initially comprise..." and the text about removing and adding members to
cover the bug you mentioned? That seems fairly uncontroversial and
basically matches how I think we all assume the board is supposed to
work.
I notice there is text about handling the case where a committee member
(or the committee in large) becomes unreachable. Something like that
sounds worthwhile to add, although we probably should vote on that.
I've already called for a vote on giving 10% of revenues to the
Conservancy. One question I have is that the text says "earmarked
revenue". What does "earmarked" mean in this context?
Aside from the above, are there any other significant points in the new
template we should consider, particularly ones that would require voting
on?
I see some changes are just shuffling sections around and refactoring
verbage. I think once the above points have all gotten voted on, a
re-drafting of the FSA would be in order, which can include reformatting
and textual refactoring as you see fit. Then probably one more vote on
the final product.
I suppose this redrafting will require everyone re-signing it?
Bryce