[Discussion] [Oisf-announce] Consortium Bylaws Draft Available!

[Brian Rectanus]

Hi Matt.  See below...

On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Matt Jonkman <jonkman at jonkmans.com> wrote:
> Corrected link:
> http://www.openinfosecfoundation.org/bylaws_draft_v0.1.txt
>
> Matt
>
> Matt Jonkman wrote:
>> We're happy to announce with the assistance of the Software Freedom Law
>> Center (http://www.softwarefreedom.org/) a draft version of the bylaws
>> for the OISF. This draft is open for public comment. All comments and
>> questions are encouraged to be made publicly on the OISF Mailing lists,
>> but may also be made privately to team at openinfosecfoundation.org.
>>
>> We welcome all ideas and comment, the charter we intend to adopt must
>> govern this organization for years to come allowing it to both produce
>> effective public products and grow to encompass new ideas and projects.
>>
>> The text of this draft is available here:
>>
>> http://www.openinformationsecurityfoundation.org/bylaws_draft_v0.1.txt
>>
>> Please take the time to read and comment. Watch for the discussion on
>> this OISF mailing list Once the ideas and process is agreed upon by the
>> community in general we'll generate the actual legal documentation and
>> commit that to record.

I like the text.  It is simple, fair and to the point.  One addition
you may consider is a clause in the Advisory Board that allows
exchange of continued contributions in lieu of the membership fees for
organizations.  This may make it easier for individuals working in
smaller organizations (such as myself) to join in with the ability to
contribute some of their "corporate time" to OISF as the organization
would be benefit by receiving some recognition in return.

That being said, it may be a moot point depending on what the fees
are.  Any idea what these fees may be?

>> Our primary funding is nearly available, and we're set to start major
>> development in the next few weeks. We'll be scheduling an initial
>> planning meeting in the Washington DC area in the next 2 weeks.
>> Attendance will be open to the public, we encourage you to attend!

I'd love to attend if scheduling allows.

later,
-B