Re: [board-discuss] On project leads and formal roles

Hello,

thanks for clarifying that, Charles. Maybe a further explanation on why especially I am touchy 
about 'negotiations' with third parties: Legally, the Board of Directors can be held liable for 
these under certain circumstances, and that can include even negotiations before actual contractual 
obligations are made.

So, as soon as it gets into these directions, approval from the BoD is mandatory, there are no 
exceptions. We will try to handle that as easy as possible, but still, I'd like to emphasize the 
need of involving the BoD and getting its aproval before negotiations on behalf of TDF take place.

Florian

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"Charles-H. Schulz" <charles.schulz@documentfoundation.org> schrieb:

> Hello everyone,
>
> This is a short reminder about our policy concerning formal roles and
> project team leads.
> We usually refrain from making any sort of statement on whether this or
> that team needs a project lead or doesn't need one. We believe that in
> some
> cases a team will need a lead and in some others, it won't. However any
> lead elected by the team must understand that it is only an informal
> role
> that has been appointed by a social convention, and one that is easily
> undone.
>
> The Document Foundation and the LibreOffice project acknowledges only
> project contributors or TDF members; other, more formal roles are
> described
> in our bylaws. Similarly, a project team lead or a team cannot engage
> in or
> commit to working on itstelf with commercial entities for purposes
> specific
> to the team's work or the project team lead. In the unlikely event
> where
> such a question were to be seriously asked this needs to be decided
> solely
> by the BoD.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Charles-H. Schulz,
> Member of the Board of Directors,
> The Document Foundation.
>
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