Board/Project Governance

[Tom Callaway]

On 09/12/2013 08:15 PM, Jeremy Katz wrote:
> Did someone ask for a wayback machine?  
> 
> So the original existence of the Fedora Board came from the fact that we
> were creating and incorporating a 501(c)3 corp in the form of the Fedora
> Foundation.  Part of the rules for governance of such an organization
> include having a board with people in very specific positions (ie, I was
> the secretary and might still have the Official Stamp somewhere in a
> box).  As we dissolved the foundation[1], we kept the board and it was
> the only "governing" body of Fedora.  And more importantly, the board
> served as the "external group conscience" to provide leverage and a good
> conduit for things to get back to inside of Red Hat at the time.

I have that Stamp, actually, in a box. :)

~tom

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