Resolution The Open MPI Project as an associated project

[Josh berkus]

On 10/09/2016 11:45 AM, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote:
> This was meant to go into September meeting (originally proposed). At
> that point, a clause suggesting what to do if the project becomes
> defunct was requested. I am not expecting for Open MPI to become defunct
> anytime soon, this is mostly guidance for the future SPI board. It is
> similar in spirit how other projects left SPI - by transferring all
> outstanding assets to a different or a new US 501(c)(3) charity.

I'm going to object to putting this on tommorrow's agenda.

I don't have any specific objections to the content of the proposal, but
16 hours is WAY insufficient discussion time for an Associated project
proposal.

We depend on the members to raise issues around legal entanglements,
traps and other "unknown unknowns" with new projects.  Giving members
less than a day's notice is in no way adequate for this.

--Josh Berkus