discuss: Should LDP apply for non-profit status (was Re: VolunteerMatch ...)
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Re: [discuss] Should LDP apply for non-profit status (was Re: VolunteerMatch ...)
From:
"Sergiusz Pawlowicz" ####@####.####
Date:
20 Apr 2007 09:37:09 -0000
Message-Id: <aea46f8f0704200237q650ac6f3qc04488e0f362681c@mail.gmail.com>
On 4/19/07, Rick Moen ####@####.#### wrote:
> Quoting Bradley Hook ####@####.####
>
> > Deliberative assemblies have very little to do with the daily operations
> > of an organization, but they have everything to do with governance. I
> > like how "governance" is defined in Wikipedia:
>
> Pretty damned grandiose for computerist organisations, which for good
> and compelling reasons tend to be run as lean do-ocracies[1] staffed by
> small groups of active participants.
>
> In that realm, it's my experience that gratuitous bureaucracy (e.g., the
> SFpcUG Steering Committee) can be the last straw. You presumably have
> different views. Good luck with that.
I completly agree with Rick. Our current development model completely
could not be written as any legal charter, and for me it is not acceptable, that
if e.g 15 people join our organization they have decide what should i do or not,
just because they have majority.
And another reason is that we do not get any gain from that, nor finance nor in
more people working on documentation and documentation process.
We need more people, we need a leader, but we do not need any legal
papers or courts to fight with.
S.
