<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto">Hi Dave</div><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto">We'd need to check the archives but I believe I recall they were considered and deprioritized because lgm is not a software project and they wanted to focus on those. </div><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto">Does conservancy have any event members?</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 27, 2017 3:36 PM, "Dave Neary" <<a href="mailto:dneary@gnome.org">dneary@gnome.org</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">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. > <a href="https://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/board/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/board/</a> > > > Louis > > 2017-11-27 17:26 GMT-05:00 Louis Desjardins <<a href="mailto:louis.desjardins@gmail.com">louis.desjardins@gmail.com</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:louis.desjardins@gmail.com">louis.desjardins@gmail.com</a>>>: > > ooops... sorry... my message was sent before I put the link! > > here it is! > > <a href="https://www.spi-inc.org/projects/associated-project-howto/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.spi-inc.org/projects/associated-project-howto/</a> > <<a href="https://www.spi-inc.org/projects/associated-project-howto/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.spi-inc.org/projects/associated-project-howto/</a>> > > 2017-11-27 17:25 GMT-05:00 Louis Desjardins > <<a href="mailto:louis.desjardins@gmail.com">louis.desjardins@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:louis.desjardins@gmail.com">louis.desjardins@gmail.com</a>>>: > > 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 <<a href="mailto:frank.trampe@gmail.com">frank.trampe@gmail.com</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:frank.trampe@gmail.com">frank.trampe@gmail.com</a>>>: > > 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 > <<a href="mailto:louis.desjardins@gmail.com">louis.desjardins@gmail.com</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:louis.desjardins@gmail.com">louis.desjardins@gmail.com</a>>> 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 > <<a href="mailto:frank.trampe@gmail.com">frank.trampe@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:frank.trampe@gmail.com">frank.trampe@gmail.com</a>>>: > > 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 > <<a href="mailto:louis.desjardins@gmail.com">louis.desjardins@gmail.com</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:louis.desjardins@gmail.com">louis.desjardins@gmail.com</a>>> wrote: > > We have no engagement with GNOME! > > 2017-11-27 12:30 GMT-05:00 Frank Trampe > <<a href="mailto:frank.trampe@gmail.com">frank.trampe@gmail.com</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:frank.trampe@gmail.com">frank.trampe@gmail.com</a>>>: > > 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 <<a href="mailto:louis.desjardins@gmail.com">louis.desjardins@gmail.com</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:louis.desjardins@gmail.com">louis.desjardins@gmail.com</a>>> wrote: > > > > 2017-11-27 11:24 GMT-05:00 Frank Trampe > <<a href="mailto:frank.trampe@gmail.com">frank.trampe@gmail.com</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:frank.trampe@gmail.com">frank.trampe@gmail.com</a>>>: > > 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 > <<a href="mailto:louis.desjardins@gmail.com">louis.desjardins@gmail.com</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:louis.desjardins@gmail.com">louis.desjardins@gmail.com</a>>> > wrote: > > 2017-11-24 11:51 > GMT-05:00 Dave Crossland > <<a href="mailto:dave@lab6.com">dave@lab6.com</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:dave@lab6.com">dave@lab6.com</a>>>: > > 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! 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