0x45: I'm Board
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Bradley and Karen discuss the details, what to worry about, and what the usual duties are when serving on a Board of Directors for a USA non-profit. The discussion is primarily about 501(c)(3) organizations, but at the end they spend some time discussing 501(c)(6) organizations as well. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:00:44) An image of Alfie chewing on the antler (01:22) Karen is running for the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors. (05:15) Bradley once criticized the CNRI OPEN SOURCE LICENSE AGREEMENT (used for parts of Python), because it is governed by the laws of a place that doesn't exist. (06:48) Bradley mentioned a Planet Money episode that talked about it's “too easy” to incorporate in Delaware (23:50) Segment 1 (00:32:25) Bradley and Karen discuss various additional things about being on a Board of Directors, including why and how you might be able to serve on one. Bradley and Karen discuss the requirements for getting on a 501(c)(6) Board like Linux Foundation (55:30) Send feedback and comments on the cast to <[email protected]>. You can keep in touch with Free as in Freedom on our IRC channel, #faif on irc.freenode.net, and by following Conservancy on identi.ca and and Twitter. Free as in Freedom is produced by Dan Lynch of danlynch.org. Theme music written and performed by Mike Tarantino with Charlie Paxson on drums. The content of this audcast, and the accompanying show notes and music are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 4.0 license (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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