[OpenIndiana-discuss] Formation of an OpenIndiana Association: Call for initial members

[Till Wegmueller]

Hi Reg

I counted you.

Even with the current count I will start. But sour taste with that short 
so, I'll extend the period a bit buuut. It's enough members for t to be 
worth it :)

-Till

On 19.02.25 19:22, Reginald Beardsley via openindiana-discuss wrote:
>   
> I don't know if you've counted me, but I'm in. In my view this is long overdue. Happy to see it happening.
> 
> Have Fun!
> Reg
> 
>       On Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:06:10 PM CST, Till Wegmueller <toasterson at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>   Two People to go.
> 
> Who will get the 25th?
> 
> -Till
> 
> On 11.02.25 18:07, Till Wegmüller wrote:
>> Hello All
>>
>> During the last Months the Wish for an OpenIndiana Association became
>> more concrete and during the last Maintainer meetup the concrete steps
>> where discussed. The first step in the Process is to see if enough
>> people would be willing to become members in order for it to be worth to
>> run the Administrative overhead.
>>
>> The Association is mainly intended as a Regulatory body to handle
>> Fundraising for development and secondarily to Fund infrastructure for
>> the Main project. While membership fees are Mandatory in the
>> Juristications we are looking at starting the Association, they are
>> mainly inteded to run the Administrative overhead. The main source of
>> Funding should be via Fundraising.
>>
>> We are looking for at least 25 people willing to pay 30 Euros per Year
>> and participate in the "Vereinsversammlung"(Association Meetup) once per
>> Year. We plan to keep the barriers for Entry low so we want this Meeting
>> to be Online. There are tools now that allow for this while satisfying
>> the regulatory requirements. In that meeting you will have the
>> possibility to vote on the Agenda topics and Budget of the Association.
>>
>> If you are interested in joing the Association please respond to this Mail.
>>
>> If you know somebody or a Hobby group where we could find people
>> interested plese share this mail with them.
>>
>> Please feel free to ask any Questions regarding the Association on the
>> OpenIndiana Discussion List openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org
>>
>> Looking forward to build this with you all
>> -Till
> 
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