SFC video-chat discussion meeting notes

[Daniel Pono Takamori]

Sorry about that folks, our BigBlueButton instance is having network issues
and we're looking at bringing it back up now.

Please join us on #conservancy on libera.chat or general@chat.sfconservancy.org
on XMPP in the meantime while we sort out the issues.

So sorry for the inconvenience!
-Pono

On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 11:34:57AM -0500, Daniel Pono Takamori via Overseers wrote:
> And here's the info for the last meeting, happening in ~25 minutes at 17:00
> UTC.
> 
> https://bbb.sfconservancy.org/b/pon-bl3-2pp-lk9
> 
> To join this meeting by phone, dial:
> +1-718-247-9666
> Then enter 33966 as the conference PIN number.
> 
> Thanks Mark for the notes from the last meeting below.
> 
> See you soon!
> -Pono
> 
> 
> On Sun, Sep 11, 2022 at 12:32:00AM +0200, Mark Wielaard via Overseers wrote:
> > Here are the rough notes from the first two meetings.
> > 
> > The SFC will host another one at 17:00 UTC Monday also on BigBlueButton.
> > The link will be posted on the overseers mailinglist on Monday.
> > 
> > > Meeting 15:00 UTC, September 9
> > > 
> > > SFC staff shared links to the Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement template
> > > 
> > > Fiscal sponsorship agreement talks about the structure, what's the best way
> > > to describe it?
> > > Concern: is defining the scope of the project difficult? There are legacy
> > > projects, etc
> > > Projects hosted by Sourceware will not become SFC projects
> > > 
> > >     * may need to write this into the agreement
> > > 
> > > Sourceware is well resourced enough to bring more projects on
> > > 
> > > Discussion about longevity and succession of Sourceware
> > > Making sure that governance of the project is independent from any company
> > > 
> > > Discussed possible people to join the leadership committee
> > > Possibly anyone who has root should be on the committee?
> > > 
> > > SFC recommends reaching out personally to overseers who have been active
> > > over the last 10 years to make sure they've seen the discussion about
> > > joining SFC and if they'd like to be involved.
> > 
> > Meeting 18:00 UTC September 10
> > 
> > Reached out to a few people personally who have a longtime involvment
> > in projects and/or sourceware to see if they would be interested in
> > joining the PLC
> > 
> > Do member projects talk to each other?
> > 
> >   Sometimes they do and there are a few mailing lists to do it but in
> >   practice there hasn't been that much cross-project chatter. Recently
> >   there was a great conversation amongst our projects about
> >   GiveUpGitHub.org.
> > 
> >   SFC will announce soon an in person event that may be a good venue
> >   for more of this
> > 
> > Could SFC help hire logo or web designers?
> > 
> >     Definitely, we've hired multiple people in these roles in the last
> >     few years and will continue to do so.
> > 
> >     We like to favor small companies or individuals who use software
> >     freedom tools, but have also hired larger companies.
> > 
> > Conflict of interest policy: it is long, how will that work out with
> > so many projects being hosted?
> > https://sfconservancy.org/projects/policies/conflict-of-interest-policy.html
> > 
> >     The policy is really only an issue when the person is going to
> >     benefit financially from the project (or related situation)
> > 
> >     In practice this works out easily, conflicted parties simply
> >     recuse themselves from the relevant discussion
> > 
> > How do in kind donations work?
> > 
> >     Depending on the donation, we may need to track it on our books
> > 
> >     Charitable deductions are possible where helpful for companies
> > 
> >     Normally can evaluate logo placement or other sponsorship program
> > 
> >     Organizations could be encouraged to continue donating in-kind
> >     resources by formal recognition
> > 
> > Discussion about other fiscal sponsor options, what SFC offers and
> > what it doesn't, and different
> > 
> >     historical trajectories of projects that look for large amounts of
> >     funding vs. those who focus on long term survivability