[Eg-oversight-board] rethinking MOBIUS agreement and general path forward

[Mike Rylander]

Hi Karen,

First, I'm glad this is all nearly worked out, and I hope my being in the
middle at the beginning didn't contribute too much to the delay.

I am available tomorrow at 3pm EDT if that works for others.

Thanks,

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On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 4:42 PM Karen M. Sandler <karen at sfconservancy.org>
wrote:

> Hi EOB!

> Scott and I just got off the phone with MOBIUS. I learned on the call
> that the hope is not to have MOBIUS act with respect to more of the
> conference than just signing the venue contract. This makes the
> arrangement much simpler than we had discussed and we may even be able
> to do it without a contract between Conservancy and MOBIUS (with
> Conservancy just paying the venue directly for the down payment and
> MOBIUS signing the contract with the venue). I see no need to
> overcomplicate this situation. I will check with our outside counsel to
> make sure I'm not missing anything.

> Because of the way this worked out, I think we should talk about the
> timeline on the new nonprofit and expectations around how to handle
> liabilities as they arise in the interim. Would you be available for a
> call to do that soon? I think Mike and Scott should definitely join but
> I would like as many of the EOB members to participate as possible just
> to make sure our lines of communication are solid.

> Are folks possibly available tomorrow to discuss? Anytime from noon to
> 4pm eastern would work for me.

> thanks,
> karen


> Karen M. Sandler
> Executive Director, Software Freedom Conservancy
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