[members] update and next steps

[Allison Randal]

Hi all,

An update on status:

- We didn't manage closure by the end of 2013, but we're in good order
to complete the transfer to TPF in 2014, hopefully within the next few
months.

- Yesterday, we received clearance from the Washington state Department
of Revenue to go ahead with the closure for Parrot Foundation, which is
the biggest thing we've been waiting for.

- A draft of the charter for the Parrot Committee at TPF is up at:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/949077/tpf/parrot_committee_draft_2013_10_24.pdf

- A draft of the charter for the Parrot Fund at TPF is up at:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/949077/tpf/parrot_fund_draft_2014_05_05.txt
(This is similar to the charter for the Perl 5 Core Maintenance Fund,
but much simpler, since the plan is to have the Parrot Committee take on
responsibility for defining how any grants program would be structured.)

- A draft of the IP transfer agreement from Parrot Foundation to TPF is
up at:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/949077/tpf/parrot_to_tpf_transfer_draft_2013_10_24.pdf

Please let me know if you have any comments, changes, or concerns for
these documents. We will need an initial round of volunteers for the
Parrot Committee in the near future, so raise a hand if you're interested.

Thanks all,
Allison

On 10/17/2013 09:23 AM, Allison Randal wrote:
> Just a brief note that with the end of the year rapidly approaching,
> we'll need to kick the closure/migration process into gear to avoid
> dragging on into another year.
> 
> What's ahead:
> 
> - Drafting foundation closure documents with Parrot Foundation's lawyer
> (Teresa Byers)
> 
> - Drafting intellectual property transfer/license documents with TPF's
> lawyer (Roberta Cairney, who also handled the original transfer/license
> from TPF to Parrot Foundation)
> 
> - Drafting a charter for the Parrot committee at TPF (anyone is welcome
> to join on that)
> 
> - Seeking volunteers for the Parrot committee at TPF (anyone is welcome,
> excluding current board members of Parrot Foundation for now, until the
> closure is complete)
> 
> 
> I've sent notes to all the people mentioned above, to push all the
> pieces in the right direction. This will require some fairly close
> followup over the next couple of months.
> 
> Allison