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Re: LDraw.org Bylaws Draft
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Fri, 23 Jan 2004 07:49:18 GMT
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I think this is a good thing and would really turn LDraw into a machine that
gets more things done. I’ve been heavily involved with Mac OS X Labs Org
(http://www.macosxlabs.org) for the last year. The steering committee for that
group has had weekly conference calls and have met with Apple representatives
and has drawn contributions from some of the most technical Mac users at
Universities. There is no budget for the group, but Apple pays for yearly
meetings, donated a server, and some other expenses (like free t-shirts given
out at the O’Reilly Mac OS X conference http://www.cafeshops.com/macosxlabs),
and some 3rd parties have contributed software (http://www.webcrossing.com).
But since the main point is for everyone to publish what they do in the normal
course of their job, there doesn’t really need to be a org budget.
This is funny, but macosxlabs.org is credited for creating a faster adoption of
Mac OS X in universities than the other Mac user market. In fact, I heard
Microsoft has copied us and created a similar grass roots org for Windows.
My point is that having a well defined organization with a built in mechanism
for discussion and making command decisions is an awesome thing to have.
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Concering the bylaws...
I don’t think there are going to be fees, but having the wording there, just in
case in the future that is desired, it is good to have the wording up front.
And with my work at other non-profit orgs, having a budget is pretty neato...
and things tend to happen faster if you have a budget. But a yearly accounting
and audit would have to be public I think (I don’t really know what I am talking
about, I have just seen some non-profit orgs do that).
I think one year is too short a term for steering committee members. Are there
that many LDraw people who would be able to be a steering committe member? That
is like 100 people for 10 years (and hasn’t it almost been 10 years since LDraw
first came out?). And what about serving multiple terms? I don’t remember
seeing anything about that (maybe I skimmed over that?).
I would like to see an animation SIG.
James
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| (...) Well put! (...) Typically if there is no explicit bar, the interpretation is that multiple terms are OK. That could be added if it's really unclear. As to the term length, ILTCO went with 2 year terms for the executive committee for reasons (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | LDraw.org Bylaws Draft
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| As a follow-up to my previous post, introducing the Bylaws and Policies and Procedures documents, here is the draft of the proposed LDraw.org Bylaws. Tim Courtney Bylaws of the LDraw Organization ===...=== Article 1: Name How we are known, web (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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