maemo.org - Talk - View Single Post - [RFC] On the roles of Maemo Council and Maemo e.V.

	woody14619	2014-09-30 , 17:08
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Originally Posted by shawnjefferson

There wasn't anything inherent in the HiFo structure that would ensure it did the community's will.

That's not true. There is a clause that allowed the Foundation Council to call for a re-election of the Board. That was the "fail safe" put in, and the only power Council had over HiFo. That was also the reason the "two Council" needed to be merged, so that Council could exercise this power as needed.

Originally Posted by shawnjefferson

Thus the idea that HiFo was the "cashier" only, and the CC was the voice and will of the community.

That "idea" was in the head of exactly one person. HiFo was intended from the start to be a group that fulfilled the role of legally holding items and taking actions needed to continue operations. That included delegating roles for upkeep on things it's legally responsible for (like servers) and negotiation legal contracts with parties involved (IPHH, Nokia, and others).

The idea that it was nothing but a bank holder is frankly absurd on it's face.

Originally Posted by shawnjefferson

Now the MCeV is an entirely different type of structure.

Actually, they are basically the same thing. The only difference is that German law (correctly IMHO) separates NFP groups and LLC type corporations. In the US, all things are corporations, be that the neighborhood little league club or Microsoft.

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