From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.geekisp.com ([216.168.135.169] helo=starfish.geekisp.com) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Qa2Rm-0001WE-20 for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:13:06 +0200 Received: (qmail 1171 invoked by uid 1003); 24 Jun 2011 09:09:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.128.152.16?) (philip@opensdr.com@217.64.247.158) by mail.geekisp.com with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 24 Jun 2011 09:09:24 -0000 Message-ID: <4E045441.1030900@balister.org> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:09:21 +0200 From: Philip Balister User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110428 Fedora/3.1.10-1.fc14 Thunderbird/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: openembedded-members@lists.openembedded.org References: <20110624035311.GA22825@denix.org> In-Reply-To: Cc: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org, Dirk Hohndel , openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org Subject: Re: Minutes: OpenEmbedded eV Board meeting, 20-Jun-2011 X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:13:06 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 06/24/2011 09:37 AM, Dirk Hohndel wrote: > On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 23:53:11 -0400, Denys Dmytriyenko wrote: >> Minutes: OpenEmbedded eV Board meeting, 20-Jun-2011 >> >> Agenda: >> 06) call for donation >> * OE needs an income stream - another call for donations in the mailing lists >> * denix to check if TI can make another donation >> ** may be difficult, as TI and other companies are LF/Yocto members and pay >> dues >> ** thus, latest LF donations to OE as a "feedback" channel make sense > > We (or more likely, the Board) should establish clearly how this OE > income stream should work. > > Do we (the OE members) WANT to have the LF provide a well defined > reasonable income stream to OE? Then RP or I can trigger that > conversation with Jim Zemlin, Exec Director of the LF. > > Or do we PREFER to solicit independent donations to avoid the perception > of being dependent on LF? In that case please talk to DaveS or me about > an Intel donation to OE. This is a very good question. I would like to see the eV have a steady income from a diverse group of people. At the same time, any income is helpful. A reliable income stream allows the board to make long term plans. We need to provide the nas-admin group at OSUOSL with better financial support to cover our infrastructure needs as the project grows. Basically, we have two sources of income, corporate sponsorship and individual donations. As a board member, I would like to hear from the membership what people think, both about how we should spend money and how we should raise money. Philip