[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Foundation survey

[Karen Schneider]

IAJAV (I Am Just A Vendor), but I noticed that the Koha project is running a
survey for its proposed foundation. Perhaps since the Evergreen foundation
is in its early planning stages, the Evergreen community might consider
polling itself?

Possible questions might include:

* Priorities of the foundation -- such as fundraising, legal protection,
"neutral third-party voice," etc.
* Structure of the foundation (macro) -- 501c3 (most likely), or 501c6 (a
charitable structure someone mentioned)
* Structure of the foundation (micro) -- how the project's members should be
represented in the foundation--i.e., the structure of governance

Incidentally, one question that may be a little too late is "what state or
country should the foundation be incorporated in to best meet its goals,"
but it is still worth investigation to determine what incorporating in
Georgia will mean for the Evergreen community.

Those interested in reading up on nonprofit organizations may find these
sites useful:

http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=178221,00.html

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/nonprofits/index.html

I would offer my services to help design this survey, if the community were
interested in this path.

Respectfully,

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Nicole Engard <nengard at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 9:08 AM
Subject: [Koha] Koha Foundation Surveys
To: Koha-Mailingliste <Koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>, koha-devel <
koha-devel at nongnu.org>


Hello all,

I am sorry for the delay, I was out of town the past few days.  Per
our meeting on IRC earlier this week
(http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=meetingnotes09sep15), I have put
together a survey with some foundation forming questions.

English:
http://opensource.web2learning.net/limesurvey/index.php?sid=68645&lang=en
French:
http://opensource.web2learning.net/limesurvey/index.php?sid=68645&lang=fr
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