2009 Project Restructure
SME Server Project Leadership Restructure Effort
This page shall serve as an overview and agenda for the effort to re-establish the leadership structure for the SME Server project. It will be updated as necessary to reflect the state of the restructuring effort, the current plan of action, and the community members who are involved with this effort.
Background
The SME Server project is governed by SME Server:Constitution. This constitution and the leadership structure it sets out are essentially defunct. This defunct governing document and associated leadership structure have hampered the overall leadership of the project.
In recent months, a movement has begun to fix this defunct leadership structure so that the SME Server project can live a long and prosperous life.
Plan of Action
- Elect an Interim Board of Directors;
- Evaluate the current Constitution and update it to better serve the SME Server project and community;
- Evaluate the current SME Server, Inc. non-profit corporation to determine if this entity is the best entity for the community moving forward;
- Implement the new leadership structure.
Current Status
- Setting up an Oregon non-profit corporation called SME Server Foundation, Inc.
- Revising the Constitution.
Interim Board of Directors
- Greg J. Zartman, P.E.
- Peter Walter
- Charlie Brady
Community Members involved with this effort
- Charlie Brady
- Chris Burnat
- Ian Wells
- Filippo Carletti
- Greg J. Zartman, P.E.
- Gavin Weight
- Jonathan Martens
- Michael Doerner
- Paul Floor
- Peter Walter
- Stephen Noble
Work In Progress
Resolutions
- Mission statement.
To foster the creation, distribution, and maintainance of a free integrated, all-in-one server operating system with bundled applications designed for homes, small businesses, and medium-size businesses, licensed under the GNU General Public License. The server operating system will be focused on simplicity, stability and security, designed to be operated by people with no technical background, while providing a platform for technical users to extend.
- Interim Board
An interim Board to be formed for a period of three months. The primary purpose of this Board will be the registration a non-profit corporation called SME Server Foundation, Inc. in the state of Oregon. The initial board of directors approves the subsequent Board at expiration of its three months term. This initial Board of Directors may also do some incidental business admin tasks to complete organization of the non-profit corporation and will consist of: - Greg J. Zartman,P.E. - Peter Walter - Charlie Brady
Action Points
- Contact Greg Swallow and seek transfer of "smeserver.org" to new entity [Michael Doerner]
- Attempt to register and park "smeserver.com" currently owned by [xxx] [chris burnat]. Completed, Domain has been renewed by [xxx] on 17th Sept. and is not available to the project.
- Contact JM Consulting Group of Michigan and seek transfer of domain "smeserver.net" [Peter Walter]
- Setting up an Oregon non-profit corporation called SME Server Foundation, Inc. [Greg J. Zartman, P.E.]
- Develop/revise Constitution [Peter Walter]
Draft Constitution
In progress.