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

[Matt Jonkman]

It is mentioned earlier that contributions are not limited to financial.
But wasn't clear under the advisory board paragraph. How does this sound:

Advisory board member organizations pay an annual fee or provide other
non-trivial support which helps support the operations of OISF. Advisory
Board members are entitled to receive a version of the OISF Engine under
more permissive terms for a period of one year. Such period may be
renewed so long as the company remains a contributing Advisory Board
member, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors.



Brian Rectanus wrote:
> 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

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