Fossgames, an Umbrella organization for FOSS gaming
Posted: 30 Jun 2011, 20:21From here: Tempest in The Aether Forums
What do you guys think? Persnally, I think it could work, if there are driven people behind it. Kind of a duplication of what Freegamer does, but maybe on a larger scale?
Tempest in the Aether Forums {l Wrote}:Idea for the meeting (hope I got this right):
Creation of a 501c3 organization as umbrella organization for games, digital art and education projects
Improving the cooperation between the different projects
Summery of advantages of a 501c3:
Possibility to apply for USA federal grants
Possibility to accept donations
Tax deductions
Concerns towards a 501c3:
focused on USA only
needs a lot work to be found and costs money
more organizational work for each project
Conclusions of the discussion:
No agreement on the 501c3
Clear agreement on improving cooperation between the projects
Results:
creation of the #fossgames channel on freenode
Agreement on regular meetings
Future:
Planned meeting for the 3rd of July at 22:00 UTC in #fossgames
Agenda: A) Introduction of your project and resources
B) Brainstorm ahead of time on ways we may benefit eachother and be prepared to discuss your ideas
The 501c3 will probably still created with those interested in it now and stay open for others to join in later
general idling in #fossgames to get to know each other better
Resources:
Draft for the 501c3: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18cp ... trwM&pli=1
Just in case someone wants to read it...here you can find the logs of the actual meeting: http://pastebin.com/X5025Bzr
Complains about my bad English or style should be directed to /dev/null please. If you have something to add because I either misunderstood or forgot something please do so.
What do you guys think? Persnally, I think it could work, if there are driven people behind it. Kind of a duplication of what Freegamer does, but maybe on a larger scale?
