Re: [Kamailio-Users] project foundation - sr-users

13 Aug 2008

Hello,

On 08/12/08 16:39, Adam Linford wrote:
...
  Good stuff!

 I think that, for the most part, the business and technical facets of 
 the organisation should remain fairly distinct.  The board needs 
 representation with regards to technical direction (and should have 
 this input from the organisations official 'members' under my 
 understanding of the current proposal), but its purpose should be to 
 keep developers free to code, and users free to use, safe in the 
 knowledge that resources will be made available (where neccessary) for 
 the project to achieve its objectives (both long and short term). yes, there are
going to be no restrictions in usage or coding, but have 
an organization with legal framework behind that can take care of 
trademarks, manage resources and administration of the project.
...

 We could make non-executive positions on the board available. A good suggestion.
...
  These should be unbiased people.. perhaps invite some
big names in the 
 SIP field, that can provide an independent review of the boards 
 activities, as well as assisting the board in its role.  This is a 
 tried and tested directorial structure that would also appeal to the 
 corporate world, which in turn might make it easier to achieve 
 corporate sponsorship/contributions/membership (as well as adoption of 
 the software in industry!).

 I don't think an executive committee is needed within the board.. the 
 board itself should suffice.  If it doesn't, we don't have the right 
 board.  I would suggest keeping the main board size small (5-8) to 
 keep it agile whilst maintaining good representation of members I think would be
good to have some clear positions so people should know 
who to address to when comes to dealing with the foundation. Also, by 
this, people can allocate the proper time in their schedule for the 
tasks. We may avoid in this way some members expecting the others to do 
some work.

...

 Election rules need discussing.. duration of term for board and also 
 the achievement of 'member' status.. we dont want potential developers 
 discouraged from working with us in the traditional open source model 
 because they would have too much responsibility placed on them to be 
 'active members'. Being an active member is just free will. But we want to
avoid being a 
member with voting right just by paying some money. That meber should 
show interest and contribute to the project in a positive manner. 
Indeed, this needs to be addressed.
...

 Frequency of meetings etc are all relatively easy decisions that can 
 be deferred to the board once i elected. Yes, I believe the same.

Cheers,
Daniel

...

 Cheers,
 Adam

 On 12 Aug 2008, at 12:16, Daniel-Constantin Mierla wrote:

  Hello everybody,

 I think it is the time to move forward with project management
 structure. During last days there were talks and discussions on the
 lists, the solution to make the project independent and long term
 trustable is to create a foundation.

 We made a draft of purpose and organization structure and we want to get
 your comments.

 http://www.kamailio.net/dokuwiki/doku.php/admin:foundation-draft

 For the statute we are looking at similar cases of foundations around
 open source projects. Considering the developer population and
 contributors, I find as good and reliable place to register the
 foundation to be Germany.

 There is still long way to go and a lot to discuss:

    *

      membership fees

    *

      how one can become a full member (associate member can be anyone
      that is friend of the project and pays the membership fee)

    *

      how a member loses the board or full member rights

    *

      how the board is supervised

          o

            when and how the reports of the board are presented

          o

            when and how the general assembly meeting takes place

          o

            how the reports are approved by full members

    *

      how to change the statute over time

 ... and perhaps more, but if we start and put some effort we can have it
 ready in reasonable time, avoiding trust and reliability issues in long
 term.

 Let's have debates here and contribute the results to the wiki.

 Cheers,
 Daniel

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