[Advisors] Updates and Next Steps

John Mark Walker jowalker at redhat.com
Thu May 16 17:10:48 UTC 2013



----- Original Message -----
> Just a FYI: Creating a new foundation from scratch is *incredibly*
> difficult, esp if the desire is a 501(c)3. A 501(c)6 is easier,
> but by being a "trade-group", the focus is, of course, on
> the corporate members, and hardly at ALL the individual member
> and/or contributor.

Yes, that's probably the least desirable route, as far as I can tell. I think OpenStack went that direction because of a loss of faith in the sponsoring organization.

-JM


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