[openbeos] Re: "One Hour for Haiku" - Coordinating Voluntary Cash Donors

Hi Hugo,

Hugo Santos wrote:

To solve the kind of issues which have been identified, other open
source projects create elected boards that guide both the
non-development aspects of the project as well as the development's
general direction (a part which the admin team assumes right now,
which makes sense). I really think that Haiku could improve from
having such a board, elected by the participants, which would help
relief the burden Michael Phipps has carried over the years. The board
would mostly coordinate and execute administrative work, manage the
funds as well as the image/trademark. Good communication between the
board and the core developers would be an absolute necessity though,
as the development requirements and general associated details
(licensing, etc) are very important.
Haiku Inc. has a BOD that, IMO, is supposed to fulfill the role that you broadly describe. So, at least in theory, the board does exist; but unfortunately it is not functioning, nor does it have a clear goal beyond the generality of "to support Haiku".
Btw, I agree that it is very important that the board and the devs have good communication, and to that end it would be very wise for the Haiku Inc. BOD to have a member from the core dev group, so that the developers are well represented in the decisions that the board makes. 

Cheers,

Koki

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