[OpenAFS-announce] Foundation Update

[Roman Mitz]

Today, the Foundation Creation Committee is sending out our first update, a=
s we had promised in our announcement.

We are happy to report that our small group, as diverse as it is, has been =
off to a constructive start built upon a positive and cooperative mood alon=
g with disciplined focus on the task at hand.

Over the past few weeks, we have exchanged numerous emails and had weekly c=
onference calls on Fridays, including today.  However, due to Hurricane San=
dy=92s impact, our actual work period was shortened by a week, for this pas=
t week needed for all of us to deal with other issues, as you can likely im=
agine.

Here are some of the topics we have covered thus far:

* We are continuously exploring implications of the IBM trademark issue and=
 its potential consequences to the Foundation.

* We have reviewed the highlights of work done previously with the intent o=
f starting an AFS Foundation.

* We have been discussing and exploring venue options for incorporating the=
 foundation, and we identified the crucial factor to be our minimizing recu=
rring cost from legal counsel, accounting needs, and insurance needs.

Other discussion points are under way but have not yet lead to decisions; w=
e will include update on those when decisions have been finalized.

Respectfully,

Roman, Derrick, Thomas, Todd, and Margarete