http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.nfp hourly 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://gmane.org/img/gmane-25t.png http://gmane.org http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.nfp/1328 <pre>Hello, Pursuant to the recent board meeting, I am writing to begin discussion regarding the licensing of the Gentoo "g" logo and associated "GENTOO" trademark for use by the community, for non-commercial and personal purposes as well as discuss strategy in dealing with commercial of both. This discussion will include use by derivative distributions based in part on Gentoo as well as Gentoo itself. At this time, the board is generally amenable to allowing free use by the community for non-commercial, private, personal use while taking due consideration on a case by case basis for any commercial use by dealing directly with the potential licensee. This is in line with current precedent in the free and open source community at large. Further there needs to be some discussion as to how we can best demarcate official Gentoo media and items where necessary to prevent confusion and/or the unintentional conveyance of support. Please let the board know your thoughts and ideas on these matters as we seek to reach</pre> Matthew Summers 2011-12-18T20:22:45 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.nfp/1325 <pre>Dearest Ladies and Gentlemen, First, to preempt any personal health calamity, everything is in order so no need for concern. I just want to update everyone on a specific item detailed below. Earlier today my fellow board member, Mr. Abbott, brought to my attention the fact that the NMPRC page for us was showing us not in good standing. I was taken aback as I had submitted our paperwork long ago. Thus I called Wayne's office to find out what the hell happened. Our document and payment were submitted on November 2nd by Wayne's legal assistant, Heather. She has called the PRC who is researching the matter currently. Heather stated that the PRC rep said they thought our statement was still processing and expects a phone call to confirm shortly. I also checked our banking account and the check I wrote has not been cashed yet. In summary, Heather stated that we are not to worry because our materials and payment were submitted ahead of time. Its the NMPRC system that is slow in processing. We should see the page</pre> Matthew Summers 2011-11-17T22:39:46 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.nfp/1318 <pre>It has been fairly obvious that for a number of years one of the biggest problem the Foundation struggles with is remembering to take care of things that need to be taken care of on some kind of periodic interval. We forget to file and let our foundation become inactive. We forget to renew trademarks until the last minute, and so on. To help improve this I'm going to try to lead efforts to create a simple and effective periodic activity tracking checklist. The heart of the checklist is just going to be a table of activities that need to happen periodically. Attributes I plan to track include: Name of Activity Who is responsible (by role) - nothing to stop people from teaming up, but one role should be the lead for anything Frequency of Activity (ie annually, quarterly, etc) Whether activity is legally required (vs nice-to-have) Last time activity was completed Next time activity is due Link to details page Then for each activity we can have a details page (or anchors in a single page) that goes into th</pre> Rich Freeman 2011-07-17T21:59:21 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.nfp/1315 <pre>This what everybody should use http://users5.nofeehost.com/nyzigid/lepyjufy.html InRem embrance OfI... You rArmsWit hin Swear always that you'll be true. </pre> evaw evaw 2011-04-03T00:28:19 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.nfp/1295 <pre>Just making a quick list of the items/questions asked buried in a few posts in a previous thread. No need to reply till there are answers. This is just a list/summary of the items/questions to be answered once the internal audit has been completed. I am very appreciative and thankful that the trustees will be conducting an internal audit. I will patiently away the outcome, and answers to the following items/questions. 1. State filings, with NMPRC and State Attorney General, bi-annual filings with NMPRC, and annual with State Attorney General 2. Federal filings, annual tax return, form 990 (990-N or 990-EZ) 3. Where is the money from the old bank account? When was it received/deposited into new account, and how much? 4. What is the cause behind the $9k discrepancy in Q3 2010, and why was that not caught sooner, like in 2008 or 2009? I believe that is it, and again thank you very much for taking your time to provide information on the above! </pre> William L. Thomson Jr. 2011-03-28T23:28:54 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.nfp/1283 <pre>I still have a Gentoo banner that was purchased brand new and used at a single even back in 2008, Florida Linux Show. The previous board, or more specifically Chris Gianelloni kindly purchased the banner and had it sent to me specifically for the show. I am not sure anyone is aware I still have it. That brings me to a bigger issue, at some point really need to start tracking assets and have a list of Gentoo owned assets and their location. Though location is likely to change for such things as a banner. A list of assets might already exist, and if it does, please excuse me from overlooking such. Not sure who to tell about this, and doesn't seem like it would belong on -project. I think the Foundation is responsible for Gentoo's assets. Thus letting you all know I have a banner that does not belong to me but to Gentoo. Happy to ship it to whom ever, when ever. Its been kept in a safe place for years. Though the tube was slightly damaged a bit in shipping to me. Its still usable and no harm will come to the</pre> William L. Thomson Jr. 2011-03-25T21:37:47 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.nfp/1282 <pre>Below is the second email from internal communications amongst board members back in 2008. This was a private internal email. But I do not believe it contains any sensitive or private information. Since others did not have access to the information, I feel its in alls best interest for it to be known. It contains information regarding the SFLC and SPI, for reference and historic purposes only. -------- Forwarded Message -------- </pre> William L. Thomson Jr. 2011-03-25T20:52:08 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.nfp/1281 <pre>Below is an email from internal communications amongst board members back in 2008. This was a private internal email. But I do not believe it contains any sensitive or private information. Since others did not have access to the information, I feel its in alls best interest for it to be known. It contains information regarding the SFLC and SPI. I will forward on one more to this list. For reference and historic purposes only. -------- Forwarded Message -------- </pre> William L. Thomson Jr. 2011-03-25T20:50:17 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.nfp/1243 <pre>I am still quite concerned and would like to know a reason why the Gentoo Foundation has not filed a state of federal tax return. I am not sure when the last time the Gentoo Foundation did file any returns, or provided required annual accounting information to New Mexico. Even more alarming I do not like the follow accounting discrepancy added in the last quarterly report. Which there is no report for 2010 Q4, and we are almost done with 2011 Q1. "Corrections to balance bank account as balance has been off since records have been kept. $8,980.16" http://www.gentoo.org/foundation/en/finances/2010q3.xml An almost $9k discrepancy where account balance has been off, unacceptable! That is really not good! Where did that money go? Did it exist in the first place? Does anybody have a clue? If anyone recalls the main reason I resigned from the board in 2008, it was due to the fact I did not feel the treasurer was qualified to be such. I was doing their job for them in spending a tremendous amount of time finding</pre> William L. Thomson Jr. 2011-03-23T19:06:06 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.nfp/1242 <pre>On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto &lt;jmbsvicetto-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org&gt; wrote: With my apologies for the tardiness, the elections team announces that the voting has already started for this election. As announced, the voting will remain open until Friday 20110408 2359UTC. Please pay attention to the method to vote for this election. For the election officials, --- Regards, Jorge Vicetto (jmbsvicetto) - jmbsvicetto at gentoo dot org Gentoo- forums / Userrel / Devrel / KDE / Elections </pre> Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto 2011-03-15T03:01:50 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.nfp/1238 <pre>I hereby nominate Dr. Anthony G. Basile, aka blueness, for Trustee of the Gentoo Foundation. Thank you, Matthew W. Summers </pre> Matthew Summers 2011-02-21T15:44:20 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.nfp/1233 <pre>Dear Gentoo Foundation members, We've come again to that time of the year when we need to cast our votes for the Foundation. The Gentoo Foundation[2] is now opening an election to fill the 2 seats in the Trustees that have reached the end of their 2 years term, Mathew Summers (quantumsummers) and Robin H. Johnson (robbat2), and for the seat filled by Joshua Jackson (tsunam) as he has announced his retirement from the Trustees. [1] - http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-nfp/msg_f31a0b92ad9c159ed42d4bf86879f91c.xml [2] - http://www.gentoo.org/foundation/en/ The nomination period starts tomorrow, 20110211 0000UTC and lasts until Thursday 20110310 2359 UTC. The election polls will be open from Saturday 20110312 0000UTC to Friday 20110408 2359UTC. The elected trustees will start their term after the results are published and before their first meeting on April 17th. The election officials for this election will be Patrick Lauer[3], Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto[4] and Alec Warner[5]. All officials will keep a dai</pre> Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto 2011-02-10T22:15:33 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.nfp/1231 <pre>I nominate; quantumsummers Matthew Summers robbat2 Robin H. Johnson rich0 Richard Freeman Regards, David </pre> David Abbott 2011-02-10T19:18:18 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.nfp/1229 <pre>Dear Member, You are receiving this email as you are a member of the Gentoo Foundation Inc. The Foundation is legally obliged to notify its members of some events. This email contains notifications of 1. The 2011 Trustee Elections 2. The Annual General Meeting Your membership of the Foundation will continue until you fail to cast a ballot in two successive Trustee elections or you resign from the Foundation by sending a gpg signed email to trustees-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org The 2011 Trustee Election will be held over February and March. Nominations will be open for a period of four weeks commencing in February. Voting will take place during a similar period in March. Exact dates will be notified by the Elections project. Nominations must be made by posting to gentoo-nfp-cnFmAm88PdgLnqt3yJz4RQ&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org Only Foundation members may be nominated. Only Foundation members may vote. The list of members is http://www.gentoo.org/foundation/en/20110202_members_list.xml If you are not </pre> Roy Bamford 2011-02-10T18:36:14 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.nfp/1219 <pre>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dear Gentoo Foundation members, We've come again to that time of the year when we need to cast our votes for the Foundation. As announced[1] by the Gentoo Foundation[2] President, Roy Bamford, the Gentoo Foundation is now opening an election to fill the 3 seats in the Trustees that have reached the end of their 2 years term. [1] - http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev-announce/msg_efbaddce8a500ae1469d808982b89dcb.xml [2] - http://www.gentoo.org/foundation/en/ The nomination period started today and lasts until Saturday March 6th. The election polls will be open from Monday March 8th to Sunday April 4th. The elected trustees will start their term after the results are published and before their first meeting on April 11th. The election officials for this election will be Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto[3], Łukasz Damentko[4] and Mathew Summers[5]. All officials will keep a daily presence in #gentoo-trustees and #gentoo-elections for the duration of the election</pre> Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto 2010-02-11T02:51:50 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.nfp/1218 <pre>All, The Gentoo Foundation Inc. is preparing for its annual Trustee Elections. The nomination period is four weeks commencing early February, the voting period is four weeks in March, the newly elected Trustees take their seats in early April, as soon as the results of the ballot are known. Exact dates will be set by the Gentoo Elections project. At the trustees meeting of 17 January 2010, a recording date of 31 January was set. Simply put, only Foundation members who are members on 31 January can stand or vote in this election. Trustees retire by rotation every two years to ensure there is continuity of the board, this year, NeddySeagoon, tsunam and dabbot will retire. Also for the first time after this election, the membership will be reduced according to bylaws http://xrl.us/oo447 Section 4.4. Continuation of Membership Full members who remain Gentoo developers shall have their membership continued until it is terminated in accordance with 4.8 or 4.9. Full members who retire from the Gent</pre> Roy Bamford 2010-01-23T20:54:57 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.nfp/1217 <pre></pre> Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto 2010-01-12T02:17:12 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.nfp/1215 <pre>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Fellow Foundation members, as decided and requested by the Gentoo Foundation Trustees[1], the elections team is running an election to conduct this referendum. The election polls are now open and will remain so until 23:59:59 UTC Friday, December 11th 2009. The election officials for this election are Alec Warner[2], Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto[3] and Patrick Lauer[4]. The infrastructure team contact for the election is Shyam Mani[5]. You can reach all the officials for this election at the elections[6] alias. If you're a current Gentoo Developer, to cast your vote for this election you need to login to dev.gentoo.org and run the following commands, in the specified order. * votify --new foundation-referendum-2009-01 - This creates a new ballot in your homedir. * Edit the .ballot-foundation-referendum-2009-01 file and rank the 2 votes: "yes" and "no". * Once you're sure, run votify --verify foundation-referendum-2009-01 to check the validity of th</pre> Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto 2009-12-03T01:11:21 Search the mailing list at Gmane query http://search.gmane.org/?group=$group=gmane.linux.gentoo.nfp