Please consider reading previous post of the Building innovation nodes through Free Software Communities series:
- Introduction.
- Root article (you can access the rest of the posts from this one).
This project must have a legal entity that support the activity it will generate. That legal entity must be as flexible as possible. In Spain, for example, it would probably be an Association formed initially by legalized Local Free Software Communities (LFSC). When new ones get a minimum state of maturity, they will be invited to join the association as members.
Each Association would name a representative for this project. The Association’s Assembly then will be formed by representatives of every legal LFSC involved. They would elect a Board, that initially, it would be formed by a President, a Vice-president, a Treasurer and a Secretary.
This Association will represent the project from a legal, economic and “political” point of view. Its basic role is to coordinate efforts and to make the project sustainable, keeping the independence of every member.
The Assembly would organize itself in groups taking care of different tasks. Several groups should be created:
- Activities coordination group: All the activities, schedule and organization details will be coordinated y this group. The schedule is should be presented to the Board for approval and every year, a report should be made to the General Assembly.
- Sustainability group: this group will take care of the sustainability of the project, specially the economic side.
- I recommend to organize another two groups. One specialized in promo actions and another one that help the Board in dealing with administrative tasks, taxes, etc.
Sponsors and local entities should be invited to join these working groups so they become part of the project building relations with Local Free Software Communities.
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