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

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

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

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On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 7:08 AM, Ganesh Sittampalam mailto:ganesh@earth.li> wrote:

    > Q: If an umbrella non-profit organisation "The Haskell Foundation" was     >     created, would haskell.org http://haskell.org be able to     join it?     > A: Yes. It's likely that in such a scenario, the Haskell Foundation     >     would become the owner of the haskell.org http://haskell.org     domain name, with the cost     >     divided between the members. The entity that is part of the     SFC would     >     be renamed "community.haskell.org     http://community.haskell.org" in order to avoid confusion.

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. / Thomas