[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Details of fiscal sponsorship agreement for Evergreen & Conservancy

[Brian Feifarek]

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I agree that keeping forward momentum is important.  The ultimate form of the organization will best be attained as an evolutionary/agile process rather than trying to shape it all before taking the first 501(c)3 step.

Brian

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Dan Scott <dan at coffeecode.net> wrote:




So, based on that, would it be possible to move forward on the

governance front in two tracks?



1) Short-term (e.g. next month?): establish an agreement with the

Conservancy that enables us to take advantage of the benefits of being

part of a 501(c)(3) and provides a neutral place for holding the

Evergreen collateral (trademarks, logos, domain names...). We would

work directly with the Conservancy to establish the ground rules for

our agreement (as Bradley offered when he sent us the sponsorship

agreement - and which we have not as of yet used).  Some projects

simply nominate one person to act as the point of contact with the

Conservancy; it could be as simple as that. If we get set up before

the end of year, then Americans would be able to make tax-free

donations to Evergreen as a Christmas present!



2) Longer-term (e.g. in time for the next Evergreen Conference):

establish the complete set of rules of governance, including standing

committees, membership rules & fees, meeting rules, compensation,

possibly setting up a standalone 501(c)(3)?



Dan

 		 	   		  
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