Fedora EMEA e.V. (was: Re: [Ambassadors] Re: What Fedora makes sucking for me - or why I am NOT Fedora)
Max Spevack
mspevack at redhat.com
Thu Dec 11 22:56:12 UTC 2008
On Thu, 11 Dec 2008, Christoph Wickert wrote:
Hi Christoph,
I really appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts.
> Let me repeat my question from half a year ago: The "ME" in EMEA
> stands for "Middle East", the A for Afrika. Does anybody really think
> somebody from Africa or the Middle East is able to pay 128 euros a
> year? Do we have anyone from ME or A in in the e.V?
Not right now, we don't. At least, I don't think we do. I don't know
off the top of my head our exact membership roster.
I am on the record as saying that I believe we need to dramatically
reduce the membership fee. That is a "business" decision that will
continue to be discussed. It's not my decision to make alone, of
course.
> And you are doing very well with that, so I suggest to make the NPO's
> budget available somewhere too. I don't care if it's in the fpo wiki
> or somewhere on fedoraemea.org
I think that once we finalize all of the 2008 finances in January,
making that information available is a fine thing to do. In order to do
the job right, though, people need to be patient for another 4-6 weeks.
I would hope that you guys all trust me enough to know that I want to
make sure we do a good job of this.
> Here is one, not only addressed to you, Max: Half a year ago I asked
> what will happen if the ambassadors and the NPO disagree on a topic. The
> answer I got was: This wont happen, because the NPO is committed to the
> community of ambassadors. Is it really? As Jörg said [1]:
> <----
> "The Fedora Board has given Fedora EMEA e.V. the right to use the
> Brand "Fedora" (Name, Artwork, Logo ...) and requested quarterly Report
> to have the overview that we act in there terms. If we will not do our
> Job, they can take us this right - without this Fedora EMEA e.V. is
> nothing."
> ---->
> Has the Fedora Board ever received such a quarterly report?
Yes. A while back, the Fedora Board asked for a status update on Fedora
EMEA e.V. I attended the Fedora Board meeting, gave a short talk,
answered a few questions, etc. I expect that once 2008 is concluded,
the Fedora Board will ask for another report, and I will again provide
it.
> I doubt that from a legal POV the Fedora Board even has the power to
> request it, so the only 100% save solution I can think of is to write
> this down in the NPO's statutes. ATM the statutes say nothing about
> the relation from the NPO to the ambassadors or it's duties. We (or
> the members of the e.V.) should work out an addition to the statutes
> that everybody can agree on and that can be ratified during the next
> general member meeting
>
> Can you please put this onto the agenda for the next general member
> meeting?
I'll leave this to Gerold, Jeroen, or Fabian.
Thanks again for sharing your thoughts.
--Max
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