[Inpycon] Registering society (Was: Re: FOSS PyCon)

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On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 09:37, kausikram krishnasayee
<kausikram at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If thats the norm then lets follow it :)
> so collecting all suggestions as of now (including those of vid):
> 0 . Formation of a Society that looks at the larger interest of the python
> Community in India. The immediate mandate of such a society would be to run
> PyCon India, however at a later stage it should be in a position to take up
> any kind of evangelising activity related to python on India.
> 1. The proposed society should be inclusive and have diverse representation.
> Office beareres shall be elected into place and shall hold on to a post for
> a term of one year.
> 2. Office bearers shall not be allowed to contest for more than two
> consecutive terms [inputs from Kenneth]
> 3. the society shall have the power to float semi autonomous teams that will
> be responsible for pycon india and any other initiatives that shall be
> undertaken.
> 4. Finances for all initiatives shall be handled centrally and shall be
> revealed to the core team (board members) atleast once a month and to the
> members annually.
> 5. The society should ideally be a pan indian one as kenneth put it. Though
> a karnataka based society will not harm.
> 6. All office bearers to use the official mailing list for official
> discussions. The PSF does it. Its a invite only list with private archives.
> 7. Discussions should be floated on the mailing list and opinions
> from members taken before the board takes a decision.
>
> 8. Elections should be public. and online ?? maybe? attn: Kenneth do you
> think the law will allow that?

I doubt if Indian laws have kept pace with the advances in technology.
That is where the MoA clause comes in. Noufal/Kunal can clarify this
with the lawyer. As Kirby mentioned, we do have legacy laws from the
British so the technical legalese wont differ much afaik. The rest is
interpretation based on intent.

Laura had posted the EU society's bylaws link, so here is the US one.

http://www.python.org/psf/bylaws/
http://www.python.org/psf/records/board/history/
http://www.python.org/psf/members/
http://www.python.org/psf/membership/


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