Why we DO need a legal entity, why it must have "Fedora" in it's name and why it must be granted the trademark

[Robert 'Bob' Jensen]

----- "Max Spevack" <mspevack at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> 
> As I write this email, the only thing remaining for our community
> credit 
> card initial trial in EMEA (Joerg), LATAM (Neville), and NA (John) is
> 
> their signatures on a couple of documents, and then processing by our
> 
> finance department.
> 
> For folks who don't remember earlier discussions, the purpose of these
> 
> credit cards is to allow a community member in each region to be able
> to 
> be a point of contact for whatever expenses come up that we *can* put
> on 
> credit cards, and a receipt-wrangler.  Red Hat will pay the monthly 
> bills, which will cut down on out of pocket expenses, and will also
> cut 
> down on paypal transactions.
> 
> We'll still have to watch our overall budget and monthly limits, but 
> this will eliminate a huge amount of overhead.
> 
> After a 3-card trial period, we'll probably expand the program with a
> 
> couple of others, and additional global coverage.
> 
> I know that this only addresses a portion of Christoph's email, but
> this 
> has been something that is long overdue, that I deserve the blame for
> in 
> terms of it being stalled, but that I am happy to report should now be
> 
> able to proceed very quickly.
> 
> I will work with all of these community volunteers to make sure that 
> once they get their cards, the process of using them and reporting 
> receipts back goes smoothly for everyone.
> 

Max, 

This is great news for the communities, and shows a great example of how Red Hat supports us and speaks volumes about the trust they have in the community.

-- Bob

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