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From: Scott S. <sco...@co...> - 2008-07-07 07:20:10
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Hi all, Eric's been working on Articles of Incorporation and the bylaws for Banda Media (plain Banda is taken for organizations). He asked me to do a purpose statement here is what I got: The purpose of Banda Media is to help artistic communities worldwide thrive. Through the development of efficient distribution software, Banda Media aims to help artists maximize their revenue. Furthermore, through technical and art education, Banda Media aims to build richer, more self-reliant local communities to participate in the global community. Thoughts? Also, who else signed up for the thing on Saturday Michael was talking about? I'm planning on going and scoping it out. Any chance the website could be back up by then? Thanks, Scott |
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From: Michael F. <ms...@sy...> - 2008-07-07 17:22:40
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Scott Shawcroft wrote:
> Also, who else signed up for the thing on Saturday Michael was talking
> about? I'm planning on going and scoping it out. Any chance the
> website could be back up by then?
>
as i told evan, moving to a new virtualization system is kinda freaking
me out, and i need to do a lot of experimenting on a box at home before
i feel comfortable that i could configure a machine remotely without
fubaring it. however, in the meantime i could migrate the website over
to my server, so at least the website would be accessible. web devs,
what software is needed to bring up the site? just wordpress + some
plugins?
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From: Evan M. <eva...@gm...> - 2008-07-07 17:26:46
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Yeah, should be. The site's just running Wordpress, some form plugin Rich got, and I think WP Super Cache. On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Michael Frank <ms...@sy...> wrote: > Scott Shawcroft wrote: > > Also, who else signed up for the thing on Saturday Michael was talking > > about? I'm planning on going and scoping it out. Any chance the > > website could be back up by then? > > > as i told evan, moving to a new virtualization system is kinda freaking > me out, and i need to do a lot of experimenting on a box at home before > i feel comfortable that i could configure a machine remotely without > fubaring it. however, in the meantime i could migrate the website over > to my server, so at least the website would be accessible. web devs, > what software is needed to bring up the site? just wordpress + some > plugins? > > -- > .~. > Michael Frank /v\ > ms...@sy... // \\ > /( )\ > ^`-'^ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! > Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, > along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness > and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 > _______________________________________________ > Mdn-devel mailing list > Mdn...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mdn-devel > -- Evan Meagher | http://evanmeagher.net/ | aim:mongoose1337 |
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From: Eric O. <eo...@cs...> - 2008-07-08 03:59:44
Attachments:
ArticlesOfIncorporation.docx
Bylaws.docx
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And here are those documents. I added the purpose statement to the Articles of Incorporation with two modifications: 1) I reformatted it in a more legalese list manner (but your version works great for the general public version). 2) I changed 'maximize their revenue' to 'share their work with the community' to give it a more charitable feel. Feedback I need from all you besides general comments or requests about the documents: 1) We need a registered agent and office. Pretty much that is someone we trust at a physical (not po box) address that will accept communication from the state or legal notices on our behalf. Ideally, it would be our lawyer, but we don't have one and probably can't afford one. It could be one of us, but most of us rent a home or apartment, and most leases forbid any commercial use. The best option I can think of is having one of our parents (who owns a home) fill the role, and using the parent's house as the official 'registered office'. 2) We need an initial board. Who wants to be on it, and what non-engineer people do you know that might also be interested? 3) Make sure I numbered stuff right in the documents, as I don't trust myself to not screw that up. ~Eric -----Original Message----- From: mdn...@li... [mailto:mdn...@li...] On Behalf Of Scott Shawcroft Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 12:20 AM To: mdn...@li... Subject: [Mdn-devel] Purpose Statement Hi all, Eric's been working on Articles of Incorporation and the bylaws for Banda Media (plain Banda is taken for organizations). He asked me to do a purpose statement here is what I got: The purpose of Banda Media is to help artistic communities worldwide thrive. Through the development of efficient distribution software, Banda Media aims to help artists maximize their revenue. Furthermore, through technical and art education, Banda Media aims to build richer, more self-reliant local communities to participate in the global community. Thoughts? Also, who else signed up for the thing on Saturday Michael was talking about? I'm planning on going and scoping it out. Any chance the website could be back up by then? Thanks, Scott ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ Mdn-devel mailing list Mdn...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mdn-devel |
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From: Rich S. <mrsoviet@u.washington.edu> - 2008-07-08 16:10:37
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I will speak to my parents about the mailing address, they should be alright with that. I havent had a chance to read the articles yet, but I will this afternoon. As for the board, I would love to be a part of it, but I dont need to. Also, who all is going to SocialMediaCamp? Rich On Mon, 7 Jul 2008, Eric Orth wrote: > And here are those documents. I added the purpose statement to the Articles > of Incorporation with two modifications: > 1) I reformatted it in a more legalese list manner (but your version works > great for the general public version). > 2) I changed 'maximize their revenue' to 'share their work with the > community' to give it a more charitable feel. > > Feedback I need from all you besides general comments or requests about the > documents: > 1) We need a registered agent and office. Pretty much that is someone we > trust at a physical (not po box) address that will accept communication from > the state or legal notices on our behalf. Ideally, it would be our lawyer, > but we don't have one and probably can't afford one. It could be one of us, > but most of us rent a home or apartment, and most leases forbid any > commercial use. The best option I can think of is having one of our parents > (who owns a home) fill the role, and using the parent's house as the > official 'registered office'. > 2) We need an initial board. Who wants to be on it, and what non-engineer > people do you know that might also be interested? > 3) Make sure I numbered stuff right in the documents, as I don't trust > myself to not screw that up. > > ~Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: mdn...@li... > [mailto:mdn...@li...] On Behalf Of Scott > Shawcroft > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 12:20 AM > To: mdn...@li... > Subject: [Mdn-devel] Purpose Statement > > Hi all, > Eric's been working on Articles of Incorporation and the bylaws for > Banda Media (plain Banda is taken for organizations). He asked me to do > a purpose statement here is what I got: > > The purpose of Banda Media is to help artistic communities worldwide > thrive. Through the development of efficient distribution software, > Banda Media aims to help artists maximize their revenue. Furthermore, > through technical and art education, Banda Media aims to build richer, > more self-reliant local communities to participate in the global community. > > Thoughts? > > Also, who else signed up for the thing on Saturday Michael was talking > about? I'm planning on going and scoping it out. Any chance the > website could be back up by then? > > Thanks, > Scott > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! > Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, > along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness > and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 > _______________________________________________ > Mdn-devel mailing list > Mdn...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mdn-devel > |
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From: Michael F. <ms...@sy...> - 2008-07-08 20:55:58
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Scott Shawcroft wrote:
> Hi all,
> Eric's been working on Articles of Incorporation and the bylaws for
> Banda Media (plain Banda is taken for organizations). He asked me to do
> a purpose statement here is what I got:
>
> The purpose of Banda Media is to help artistic communities worldwide
> thrive. Through the development of efficient distribution software,
> Banda Media aims to help artists maximize their revenue. Furthermore,
> through technical and art education, Banda Media aims to build richer,
> more self-reliant local communities to participate in the global community.
>
That sounds pretty good. I'm a bit mystified by the "technical and art
education" part tho. Is this referring to the application itself,
meaning the act of using the product will educate the user about art
(local bands) and technology (p2p)? Or are we going to provide this
education through some other means?
--
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Michael Frank /v\
ms...@sy... // \\
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From: Scott S. <sco...@co...> - 2008-07-09 01:44:23
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Some other means, I was thinking as community outreach. We could do it at schools and our office. Its a way of getting more people locally involved. ~Scott Michael Frank wrote: > Scott Shawcroft wrote: > >> Hi all, >> Eric's been working on Articles of Incorporation and the bylaws for >> Banda Media (plain Banda is taken for organizations). He asked me to do >> a purpose statement here is what I got: >> >> The purpose of Banda Media is to help artistic communities worldwide >> thrive. Through the development of efficient distribution software, >> Banda Media aims to help artists maximize their revenue. Furthermore, >> through technical and art education, Banda Media aims to build richer, >> more self-reliant local communities to participate in the global community. >> >> > That sounds pretty good. I'm a bit mystified by the "technical and art > education" part tho. Is this referring to the application itself, > meaning the act of using the product will educate the user about art > (local bands) and technology (p2p)? Or are we going to provide this > education through some other means? > > |
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