[members] proposed wording for SFC ballot

[Allison Randal]

Absolutely, that's not a question. TPF is definitely the right move 
right now.

My summary was about the long term, *after* we've joined TPF. In my 
opinion, it is a waste of Parrot's limited resources to pursue an 
application to SFC any time in the next 2-3 years. If/when Parrot has 
active production users (i.e. potential donors), ~30 active developers, 
and ~10 active non-developers doing "administrative" type work on the 
project, then I'd consider it reasonable to approach SFC. (I'm hopeful 
we might get there in 3 years or so.)

But the only way Parrot can get to that point is by focusing on 
*essentials*, using resources wisely to deliver the highest impact to 
Parrot's future success. SFC hosting is not essential, it's not even 
substantially different than TPF.

Allison

On 06/02/2013 05:39 PM, Jonathan "Duke" Leto wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> We will be much more attractive to SFC if we are coming from TPF and
> it will happen much more quickly, so at this point, I am 100% for
> moving forward with going to TPF.
>
> Duke
>
> On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Allison Randal <allison at parrot.org> wrote:
>> On 06/01/2013 01:03 PM, Jonathan "Duke" Leto wrote:
>>>
>>> Howdy,
>>>
>>> This wording looks grea.
>>>
>>> It seems that we need some explanation of why parrot-members would
>>> want to vote one way or the other. I can help describe why we would
>>> want to continue to migrate to SFC. Could somebody else explain the
>>> benefits of staying at TPF?
>>
>>
>> Sounds good, thanks for writing up the SFC perspective. The reasons for
>> staying with TPF essentially boil down to:
>>
>> - The SFC application process is 9 months of work by someone, and that time
>> might be better spent on development work or community building/recruiting.
>>
>> - At either SFC or TPF, Parrot would have a committee (drawn from the Parrot
>> community) responsible for managing Parrot-specific details, while
>> benefiting from the established larger organization to handle broader
>> legal/accounting details. So, SFC would provide exactly what TPF provides,
>> and we'd just be trading equal for equal.
>>
>>
>> I think SFC is a good organization. But, since Parrot's greatest obstacle at
>> the moment is available volunteer time, moving to SFC seems like a waste of
>> limited resources.
>>
>> Allison
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