Re: SPI violating bylaws and Debian constitution
On 2000-10-11 07:50, John Goerzen wrote:
>Alex Romosan <romosan@adonis.lbl.gov> writes:
>> John Goerzen <jgoerzen@progenylinux.com> writes:
>> > The recent situation with regard to the voting has brought to my
>> > attention matters regarding SPI:
>>
>> so the proposal to remove non-free wasn't enough...
>
>I don't know what you're trying to imply, but please don't shoot the
>messenger. IANAL, but as it appears now, SPI may be in violation of
>its articles of incorporation and very bad things could result.
>
>Does anybody seriously doubt that this can spell Bad Things for
>Debian?
From past experience let me assure you that this isn't as serious as it
sounds.
An incorporated organization is given a fair amount of lee-way before it will
be deregistered. Letting these things slip for a year or more will be
forgiven as long as reports are provided in an official format.
Also the risk of problems is minimal as long as no-one tries to sue in the
mean-time...
The solution is simple, SPI must get enough board members, and it must hold a
meeting and publish the minutes.
What exactly are the requirements to be a board member? I expect that I am
ruled out because I reside in Amsterdam (AFAIK this is all based in the USA).
If the requirements and duties are clarified then I expect that finding 4
volunteers will be easy enough.
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