[ogb-discuss] Meeting Schedule [was: Next steps...]

[Rich Teer]

On Tue, 3 Apr 2007, Ian Collins wrote:

> Can't a budget be assigned to a project within Sun and that budget
> managed by one or more of the Sun employees on the OGB? 

We'd already thought of that.  :-)

The bottom line is that no, Sun can't allocate funds to a 3rd party
that exercises control over it.  Something about accountablity to
shareholders, etc.

> You realy must have a travel budget to work effectively.  The way the
> OpenSolaris project is currently set up, Sun is the only entity that can
> contribute to an OGB budget.  The biggest beneficiary from your work
> will be Sun, so it is in the corporation's interest to provide financial
> support.

Agreed, although I don't think face-to-face meetings will be a common
event.  It'd be nice to put (real) faces to names, and as someone else
pointed out, nothing can replace in-person social interaction as a way
of getting to know people.

Which reminds me: many thanks to Keith for his kind offer, but I'd
have to decline.  I don't think that anyone on the OGB should have
to be out of pocket because of their involvement.  (My position on
this might be influenced by my own dire financial situation...)

I think that having OpenSolaris.org as a spepate legal entity is a
fine long-term goal, but there's a LOT to do before we can get there.

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