0x45: I'm Board

<p> <a href="https://faif.us/cast-media/FaiF_0x45_I-Am-Board.ogg"><img alt="[Direct download of cast in Ogg/Vorbis format]" src="https://faif.us/static/img/cast/audio_ogg_button.png"/></a> <a href="https://faif.us/cast-media/FaiF_0x45_I-Am-Board.mp3"><img alt="[Direct download of cast in MP3 format]" src="https://faif.us/static/img/cast/audio_mp3_button.png"/></a> </p> <p> <p>Bradley and Karen discuss the details, what to worry about, and what the usual duties are when serving on a Board of Directors for a USA non-profit. The discussion is primarily about 501(c)(3) organizations, but at the end they spend some time discussing 501(c)(6) organizations as well.</p> </p> <h3>Show Notes:</h3> <h4>Segment 0 (00:00:44)</h4> <ul> <li><a href="http://24.media.tumblr.com/da31871e56f86a7c52008bed60d47897/tumblr_mzvj7xAQJg1su3md5o1_1280.jpg">An image of Alfie chewing on the antler</a> (01:22)</li> <li><a href="http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnome.foundation.announce/634">Karen is running for the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors</a>. (05:15)</li> <li>Bradley once criticized <a href="http://opensource.org/licenses/Python-2.0">the CNRI OPEN SOURCE LICENSE AGREEMENT (used for parts of Python), because it is governed by the laws of a place that doesn't exist</a>. (06:48)</li> <li>Bradley mentioned a <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/09/21/161498181/the-downside-of-tax-havens-paperwork">Planet Money episode that talked about it's &ldquo;too easy&rdquo; to incorporate in Delaware </a> (23:50)</li> </ul> <h4>Segment 1 (00:32:25)</h4> <ul> <li>Bradley and Karen discuss various additional things about being on a Board of Directors, including why and how you might be able to serve on one.</li> <li>Bradley and Karen discuss the <a href="http://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/bylaws">requirements for getting on a 501(c)(6) Board like Linux Foundation</a> (55:30)</li> </ul> <hr width="80%"/> <p>Send feedback and comments on the cast to <a href="mailto:[email protected]">&lt;[email protected]&gt;</a>. You can keep in touch with <a href="https://faif.us">Free as in Freedom</a> on our IRC channel, #faif on irc.freenode.net, and by <a href="http://identi.ca/conservancy">following Conservancy on identi.ca</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/conservancy">and Twitter</a>.</p> <p>Free as in Freedom is produced by <a href="http://danlynch.org/blog/">Dan Lynch</a> of <a href="http://danlynch.org/">danlynch.org</a>. Theme music written and performed by <a href="http://www.miketarantino.com">Mike Tarantino</a> with <a href="http://www.charliepaxson.com">Charlie Paxson</a> on drums.</p> <p><a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png" hspace=10 /></a> The content of <span xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound" rel="dc:type">this audcast</span>, and the accompanying show notes and music are licensed under the <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 4.0 license (CC BY-SA 4.0)</a>. </p>