Re: [Haskell-cafe] [Haskell] Proposal to incorporate Haskell.org

On 16/12/2011 13:21, Thomas Schilling wrote:

On 16 December 2011 11:10, Ganesh Sittampalam wrote:

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On 16/12/2011 10:59, Giovanni Tirloni wrote:

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Would it be a too ambitious goal to create the "Haskell Foundation" at this moment?

It would be a lot of administrative effort - managing accounts, tax filings, etc. While it would give us more control, I don't think the benefits would be very significant.

So in my view for now it's best not to go it alone.

I agree. If at some point we feel that having a Haskell Foundation would be desirable (despite the additional overheads) there shouldn't be anything stopping us from doing so. Are there any drawbacks in joining such an organisation? How do they finance their overheads? Would a donation to haskell.org include a fee to SPI? I couldn't find any information on their website.

Yes - 5% goes to SPI to cover their overheads. It's detailed in http://www.spi-inc.org/projects/associated-project-howto/ but not on their donations page at http://www.spi-inc.org/donations/. 5% seems reasonable to me and in line with what similar "donation aggregators" charge, for example the Charities Aid Foundation in the UK charges 4%: https://www.cafonline.org/my-personal-giving/plan-your-giving/individual-cha... In effect we've been getting the admin for free from Galois up till now, but it's been getting too troublesome for them. Cheers, Ganesh