[LGM] finances
Dave Neary
dneary at gnome.org
Mon Nov 27 22:36:18 UTC 2017
Hi,
Software Freedom Conservancy would be another option - I think this
would be a great fit there.
Dave.
On 11/27/2017 05:35 PM, Louis Desjardins wrote:
> Frank,
>
> Here’s the general email address for the board:
> board (at) spi-inc (dot) org
>
> Plus, a list of all board members with a direct link to each of them.
> https://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/board/
>
>
> Louis
>
> 2017-11-27 17:26 GMT-05:00 Louis Desjardins <louis.desjardins at gmail.com
> <mailto:louis.desjardins at gmail.com>>:
>
> ooops... sorry... my message was sent before I put the link!
>
> here it is!
>
> https://www.spi-inc.org/projects/associated-project-howto/
> <https://www.spi-inc.org/projects/associated-project-howto/>
>
> 2017-11-27 17:25 GMT-05:00 Louis Desjardins
> <louis.desjardins at gmail.com <mailto:louis.desjardins at gmail.com>>:
>
> Actually, I realise I wasn’t clear. Sorry about that.
>
> At first, Neil from GNOME said to me he’d be able to help with
> what I asked: holding temporarily Google funds before we get the
> Project member status from SPI. Neil then wrote me to apologise
> because he realised that it was in fact no possible to do that.
>
> That means that we cannot use GNOME as a safe lander for our
> Google sponsorship (yet to be confirmed).
>
> On the bright side, Neil told me he had been on the board of SPI
> a while ago and thought that the process of becoming a Project
> member could be quicker than the 3 months or so period that is
> written on their website. He then asked me who was the person we
> talked to at SPI and I replied I was not involved in that
> conversation but I would find out who it was and let him know.
> My understanding for that question is that he may know that
> person and that could maybe help get things quicker or at least
> make the contact easier (no cold call!).
>
> Plus, he gave me the date of the next SPI board meeting and we
> still have time to enter the process and hope that the board can
> look at LGM to determine whether we fit in their scope or not.
>
> More infos here:
>
> 2017-11-27 16:51 GMT-05:00 Frank Trampe <frank.trampe at gmail.com
> <mailto:frank.trampe at gmail.com>>:
>
> So the GNOME folks have offered to help with SPI, not
> money-handling? In that case, I'd like to try to get a
> direct contact before we resort to sending a letter. Sending
> letters to organizations introduces a tremendous amount of
> communication overhead (including me needing to scan the
> responses for posting to this list), and if we can just get
> an e-mail address to which we can send a PDF of the letter,
> we will be able to move much more quickly.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 3:31 PM, Louis Desjardins
> <louis.desjardins at gmail.com
> <mailto:louis.desjardins at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Understand! But now that we know we have Neil from GNOME
> knowing the inside mechanics of SPI, this is making us
> closer than we think!
>
> To be even closer would be by knowing who’s the
> responsible person at SPI who actually reads our letter
> and carries on the firsts steps towards the acceptance
> of a new project and sending that info to Neil. Maybe he
> knows that person!
>
>
>
> 2017-11-27 13:10 GMT-05:00 Frank Trampe
> <frank.trampe at gmail.com <mailto:frank.trampe at gmail.com>>:
>
> Engagement in the sense of open discussion, not a
> deal. Which is more than we have with SPI.
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 11:57 AM, Louis Desjardins
> <louis.desjardins at gmail.com
> <mailto:louis.desjardins at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> We have no engagement with GNOME!
>
> 2017-11-27 12:30 GMT-05:00 Frank Trampe
> <frank.trampe at gmail.com
> <mailto:frank.trampe at gmail.com>>:
>
> The letter is written. I have not sent it
> yet but was planning to do so this week.
>
> I was under the impression that the GNOME
> Foundation was a possibility for a long-term
> umbrella relationship, no? If so, I'd much
> prefer to try that first since we already
> have a connection and an engagement.
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 10:39 AM, Louis
> Desjardins <louis.desjardins at gmail.com
> <mailto:louis.desjardins at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>
> 2017-11-27 11:24 GMT-05:00 Frank Trampe
> <frank.trampe at gmail.com
> <mailto:frank.trampe at gmail.com>>:
>
> This is great news. It seems to me
> much better to pursue open doors and
> to deal with an organization with
> which we have contacts, so, if there
> are no objections, I'd like to
> postpone our SPI effort for now.
> Thoughts?
>
>
> I don’t know what’s involved in the SPI
> effort but I understood you wrote them a
> letter (or did I miss something?) and we
> are waiting for an answer. I can only
> think their answer will be positive.
>
> My take on that is we enter the process
> of becoming a project member, it can
> take up to 3 months, ahead of time
> before next LGM. Meanwhile we work on
> the sponsoring, knowing that the money
> can land in GNOME’s account. Once the
> process is complete with SPI, we
> transfer the money to them from GNOME.
> Even if it takes 2 months extra, we’re
> still on time with LGM for the
> reimbursements that SPI will take care of.
>
> Louis
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 6:22 AM,
> Louis Desjardins
> <louis.desjardins at gmail.com
> <mailto:louis.desjardins at gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> 2017-11-24 11:51
> GMT-05:00 Dave Crossland
> <dave at lab6.com
> <mailto:dave at lab6.com>>:
>
> Hi
>
> Who at GNOME
> Foundation can
> provide details of
> their interest in
> this and their
> overhead charges (if
> any)?
>
>
> I just wrote to GNOME to
> explore that path. I am
> currently waiting for an
> answer. As soon as I get
> it, I will get back here.
>
>
> Super! Thank you Louis!!
>
>
> Good morning guys!
>
> I just got a confirmation email
> from Neil McGovern at GNOME who
> answers me (quote!) “I'm sure
> we'd be able to help.”
>
> Dave, I am confident you can now
> start the discussions with
> Google; the money could safely
> land at the GNOME Foundation
> before getting to SPI.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Louis
>
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