Re: Resolution 1999-08-03.nl.2: Appointment of DPL as Advisor to the BOD

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[This resolution gives the current DPL a position of advisor to the board of
directors. This position was defined in a previous resolution.
Comments/changes welcome. --Nils]

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Resolution 1999-08-03.nl.2
Appointment of Debian Project Leader as Advisor to the BOD
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RECOGNIZING that the Debian Project plays a large and active role in the
Free Software community, and

NOTING that comments and criticism from large Free Software projects will
enable SPI to maintain its goal of furthering the development of software,

The SPI Board of Directors hereby resolves to:

APPOINT the Debian Project Leader to the position of Advisor to the SPI
Board of Directors with the rights and privileges thereof.

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Nils Lohner Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
E-Mail: lohner(at)spi-inc(dot)org PO Box 1326
Board Of Directors <board(at)spi-inc(dot)org> Boston, Ma. 02117 USA

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Nils Lohner wrote:
>
>
> [This resolution gives the current DPL a position of advisor to the board of
> directors. This position was defined in a previous resolution.
> Comments/changes welcome. --Nils]

Generally I appreciate this and consider it a good idea. However I
do not want to make this singular for Debian. I'd like to invite
the Gnome Project Leader (currently: Miguel de Icaza) as well.

> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Resolution 1999-08-03.nl.2
> Appointment of Debian Project Leader as Advisor to the BOD
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> RECOGNIZING that the Debian Project plays a large and active role in the
> Free Software community, and
>
> NOTING that comments and criticism from large Free Software projects will
> enable SPI to maintain its goal of furthering the development of software,
>
>
> The SPI Board of Directors hereby resolves to:
>
> APPOINT the Debian Project Leader to the position of Advisor to the SPI
> Board of Directors with the rights and privileges thereof.

Please ensure that it is clear that only the current DPL is a
special advisor per se. If the DPL changes (once every year)
another person will be this special advisor. The same would
apply to the GPL.

Regards,

Joey

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Nils Lohner writes ("Resolution 1999-08-03.nl.2: Appointment of DPL as Advisor to the BOD"):
> RECOGNIZING that the Debian Project plays a large and active role in the
> Free Software community, and
>
> NOTING that comments and criticism from large Free Software projects will
> enable SPI to maintain its goal of furthering the development of software,
>
> The SPI Board of Directors hereby resolves to:
>
> APPOINT the Debian Project Leader to the position of Advisor to the SPI
> Board of Directors with the rights and privileges thereof.

I think this is slightly confused. It doesn't say whether it's the
current project leader, or forever, or what. So, I propose this
instead:

Resolution 1999-08-12.iwj.1:
Appointment of Debian Project Leader as Adviser to the BOD

1. RECOGNIZING that the Debian Project plays a large and active role
in the Free Software community, and

2. NOTING that comments and criticism from large Free Software
projects will enable SPI to maintain its goal of furthering the
development of software,

The SPI Board of Directors hereby RESOLVES that:

3. The Debian Project Leader shall ex officio hold the position of
Adviser to the SPI Board of directors.

4. This applies to the current Debian Project Leader at any particular
time, until the Board resolves otherwise.

Ian.

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I am in favor of Resolution 1999-08-12.iwj.1

On Thu, Aug 12, 1999 at 07:00:55PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Resolution 1999-08-12.iwj.1:
> Appointment of Debian Project Leader as Adviser to the BOD
>
> 1. RECOGNIZING that the Debian Project plays a large and active role
> in the Free Software community, and
>
> 2. NOTING that comments and criticism from large Free Software
> projects will enable SPI to maintain its goal of furthering the
> development of software,
>
> The SPI Board of Directors hereby RESOLVES that:
>
> 3. The Debian Project Leader shall ex officio hold the position of
> Adviser to the SPI Board of directors.
>
> 4. This applies to the current Debian Project Leader at any particular
> time, until the Board resolves otherwise.
>
> Ian.
>

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Ian Jackson wrote:
> I think this is slightly confused. It doesn't say whether it's the
> current project leader, or forever, or what. So, I propose this
> instead:

Re forever, please read 1998-09-25.nl.1 as
http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/resolutions/resolution-1998-09-25.nl.1
It says:

This term of this position shall be one year from the date of this
resolution, or until a) the Advisor no longer desires to fulfill this role
or b) the Board decides that the services of the Advisor are no longer
needed.

Regards,

Joey

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