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3 | = Start date = | ||
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5 | The first meeting of the group was held on July 21st, at OSCON (prior to the official formation of a working group). | ||
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7 | = Initial members = | ||
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9 | Working Group Chair: Aaron Williamson | ||
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11 | Working Group Sponsor: Allison Randal | ||
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13 | OSI General Manager: Patrick Masson | ||
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15 | Other Contributors: | ||
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17 | * Aaron Wolf (Snowdrift) | ||
18 | * Bradley Kuhn (Software Freedom Conservancy) | ||
19 | * Diane Peters (Creative Commons) | ||
20 | * Eileen Evans (OpenStack Foundation and HP) | ||
21 | * Jeff McKenna (OSGeo Foundation) | ||
22 | * John Lewis (Apereo Foundation) | ||
23 | * Justin Erenkrantz (Apache and Bloomberg) | ||
24 | * Karen Sandler (Software Freedom Conservancy) | ||
25 | * Larry Rosen | ||
26 | * Mark Atwood (OpenStack and HP) | ||
27 | * Mark Radcliffe (DLAPiper) | ||
28 | * Martin Michlmayr (HP) | ||
29 | * Mike Milinkovich (Eclipse and OSI) | ||
30 | * Michael Downey (OpenMRS) | ||
31 | * Richard Fontana (OSI and Red Hat) | ||
32 | * Rosemary Fei (Adler & Colvin) | ||
33 | * Simon Phipps (OSI) | ||
34 | * Stephanie Petit (Adler & Colvin)\\ | ||
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36 | = Resources needed by group = | ||
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38 | The group needs a mailing list, which has already been created at [[entities-wg@opensource.org>>url:http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/entities-wg||rel="__blank"]]. | ||
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40 | The group may use the OSI wiki for works in progress, and may at a later date need a page on the main opensource.org website to host a set of whitepapers, or other informational publications. | ||
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42 | We will partly rely on pro-bono work from several open source lawyers, but in addition will hire some legal resources to ensure dedicated attention. Our target budget is $50k for 12 months, which works out to about $20k for the remainder of 2014. Some funding will come from OSI, but also from OSI affiliates, and other sources. The current proposal is to start with a 2 month pilot budget from OSI, for work to proceed while seeking additional funding. | ||
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44 | = Deliverable that will be created = | ||
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46 | The group plans to produce documentation benefitting several audiences: | ||
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48 | * For FLOSS projects: educational material (such as wiki documentation) on their options for formalizing a supporting entity for their development and community activities. | ||
49 | * For the wider community and established organizations: informational material on the results of our research into the IRS's recent responses and current stance on FLOSS non-profit entities. | ||
50 | * For the IRS: educational material (such as whitepapers) on the nature of FLOSS non-profit activities | ||
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52 | = Description of how that deliverable satisfies a part of OSI's mission = | ||
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54 | Please review the OSI mission and then provide how this effort will align with the OSI's mandate. | ||
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56 | = Target completion date = | ||
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58 | When will you have something that can be used. Please note that the Working Group may continue on to enhance or add new outputs, however a date must be provided indicating when a usable resource will be available to the OSI community. |