Hi all. For IFSO to be an organisation, it needs a committee, so I'm going to propose one.
The point of forming an organisation is to add some coordination to our work, and to add weight to lobbying and advocacy that we do. We have to encourage the use of Free Software in governments, schools, businesses, etc. And we have to defend Free Software from legal threats such as software patents, and from media misrepresentation etc. This is too much work for a committee.
What we really need is an active memberbase with a committee somewhere on the sideline to manage the website, organise meetings etc. Unlike the average org, the IFSO committee will be assistants to the contributors, not vice versa.
So we need a few people that won't screw the members, have an acceptable level of Free Software knowledge, seem to be able to get work done, and seem to have time to get work done.
So my proposal for the committee is: Me Malcolm Tyrrell Aidan Delaney
None of us knew eachother a year ago, but in the last few months these people have shown reasonable initiative, and ability to get work done.
Others have also been getting work done, but I hope this is an acceptable committee, that will allow us to form an org and get back to working on Free Software.
I've asked Malcolm and Aidan, and they're willing to be on the committee. After year 1 we'll have democratic elections, and the committee will probably be increased to 5 people, but for the first year, is this proposed committee acceptable?