[Inpycon] FOSS PyCon (was Re: Post Conference analysis about the performance and future plan)

[Kenneth Gonsalves]

On Wednesday 14 Oct 2009 11:53:28 am Noufal Ibrahim wrote:
> We (atleast I) don't have much knowledge on the differences between a
> society/trust and while questions abound, I don't know of any place to
> seek answers.
>
> Kunal and I are meeting up with a lawyer this Friday to actually
> discuss a boilerplate agreement and details of the society.
>
> If there are any points that need to be brought up, please pipe up
> right now. As of now, the questions are
> 0. Is it a Trust, Society/Association or a Sec25 company?
> 1. All India or Karnataka?
>
> My aim in getting this done is just to be a legal face for our
> efforts with future events (primarily bank accounts). I'm not
> interested in running around with a badge that identifies me as a
> member of the Python India society.
>
> I'll keep the group posted with developments and will seek consensus
> for large decisions which have relevance.

I would suggest an all-india society rather than a Karnataka society as the 
latter may have some restrictions. Trusts and sec25 companies are too 
cumbersome to administer and set up. Further trusts can be hijacked pretty 
easily. The only problem with an all india society is that you need seven 
people from seven different states (as far as I remember) to initially join. I 
recall that indlinux was set up as an all India society. The problem is that 
if an all India society has to be registered in Delhi, it is not worth the 
trouble and a Karnataka one would suffice.
-- 
regards
Kenneth Gonsalves
Senior Project Officer
NRC-FOSS
http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/