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re all,
(why crossposting? should we keep this discussion in the most inclusive

 mailinglist of our network? do consortium@ and management@ overlap?)
On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 01:22:14PM -0400, Ivica Ico Bukvic wrote:

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> I. Expanding consortium's membership into following categories:

>

> 1) Developers/software projects

> 2) Organizations, societies, and/or corporations supporting LA endeavors

> (these could be subdivided further)

> 3) Academic institutions

> 4) Hardware vendors

> 5) Artists/end-users

what about non-profit foundations?
> II. Discussing country of incorporation.

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> As you may be already aware, my proposal is to incorporate Linuxaudio.org as

> a non-profit organization. Personally, I feel that incorporating in US will

> allow us to have a significant access to the sponsorship from various tech

> companies (especially considering that a vast majority is incorporated in

> US) while in return offering them ability to make their contributions

> tax-deductible. Granted, US may not be the most Linux-friendly but at the

> same time IMHO such considerations may not have any bearing on the

> consortium as our mission does not encompass patents and/or other authorship

> concerns (beyond the obvious prerequisite that a member project/whatever

> needs to be legal).

sorry but i am firmly against incorporation in USA for the main reason

of software patenting being aloud there.
> FWIW, I also have some experience with incorporating the so-called

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> 501c3 (non-profit) organization in US, so this would also provide us

> with some head-start. Ultimately, whatever country we choose, we must

> be able to find at least 3-4 devoted and responsible board members in

> that country who will be able to conduct the every-day business and

> easily communicate with each other as well as the general membership.

there are members of the board who are as well experienced in

registering non-profit organizations in EU. i can also offer the

assistance and ask for the patrocinate of the Netherlands Institute of

Media Art.
> III. Seeking dedicated webmaster as one of the first (currently

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> volunteer-based) positions of the executive core.

>

> I am proposing to make a call for a webmaster with solid HTML skills to help

> out with updating the website. As of right now, I would not want to make any

> significant alterations simply because the website is just fine in its

> current form, but also because this volunteer position should be structured

> so that it does not require too much time. I would propose to make this

> position available to anyone who wishes to nominate themselves and then have

> the board choose from the nomination pool by vote.

There should be possibility to update the website thru a CMS, HTML is

just a layout issue while content should be freely contributed by the

various members of the consortium, IMHO.
ciao
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