15 May
2016
15 May
'16
10:29 a.m.
is it lawful for people to join sudoroom to use it exclusively as an office
space for their for-profit proprietary startup that has no public benefit?
19 May
19 May
1:31 a.m.
Lawful? Don't see why not.
The purposes of Sudo Room, per the Bylaws, are to "promote and encourage
scientific, technical, engineering and artistic skills through individual
projects, social collaboration, and education", including providing "work
space, storage, and other resources for projects related to engineering,
art, science, and technology that will benefit the individual members'
personal growth in their fields of interest"
Members can be suspended or terminated based on a good faith determination
"that the member has failed in a material and serious degree to observe the
rules of conduct of the corporation, or has engaged in conduct materially
and seriously prejudicial to the corporation's purposes and interests."
I think it could be argued that for a member to use the space to run a
startup is not inconsistent with Sudo's stated purpose. It definitely does
not rise to the level of "conduct materially and seriously prejudicial to
the corporation's purposes and interests".
Is it lawful for a Sudo member to use the space to run a startup? Sure -
don't see why that would be illegal.
Is it lawful for Sudo to provide space for such purposes? Sure - as long as
it is also in line with Sudo's stated nonprofit purpose to "provide work
space for projects that will benefit the individual members' personal
growth".
Is this sufficient ground for kicking a member out? Don't see why...
Patrik
On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 10:29 AM, robb <sf99er(a)gmail.com> wrote:
is it lawful for people to join sudoroom to use it
exclusively as an
office space for their for-profit proprietary startup that has no public
benefit?
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2:40 a.m.
As a point of comparison - at CCL we have an explicit clause in our Board
Member Expectation statement that they are not to work on any projects that
are not open science at the space. And board members can be removed if they
do not live up to those expectations.
We added that clause because we feel it is important for board members to
set an example. But there is no such clause for regular members, because we
wouldn't want to prohibit people from finding a way to make a living off
their science.
Patrik
On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 1:31 AM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Lawful? Don't see why not.
The purposes of Sudo Room, per the Bylaws, are to "promote and encourage
scientific, technical, engineering and artistic skills through individual
projects, social collaboration, and education", including providing "work
space, storage, and other resources for projects related to engineering,
art, science, and technology that will benefit the individual members'
personal growth in their fields of interest"
Members can be suspended or terminated based on a good faith determination
"that the member has failed in a material and serious degree to observe the
rules of conduct of the corporation, or has engaged in conduct materially
and seriously prejudicial to the corporation's purposes and interests."
I think it could be argued that for a member to use the space to run a
startup is not inconsistent with Sudo's stated purpose. It definitely does
not rise to the level of "conduct materially and seriously prejudicial to
the corporation's purposes and interests".
Is it lawful for a Sudo member to use the space to run a startup? Sure -
don't see why that would be illegal.
Is it lawful for Sudo to provide space for such purposes? Sure - as long
as it is also in line with Sudo's stated nonprofit purpose to "provide work
space for projects that will benefit the individual members' personal
growth".
Is this sufficient ground for kicking a member out? Don't see why...
Patrik
On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 10:29 AM, robb <sf99er(a)gmail.com> wrote:
is it lawful for people to join sudoroom to use
it exclusively as an
office space for their for-profit proprietary startup that has no public
benefit?
_______________________________________________
sudo-discuss mailing list
sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org
https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/sudo-discuss
4:20 a.m.
On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 10:29 AM, robb <sf99er(a)gmail.com> wrote:
is it lawful for people to join sudoroom to use it
exclusively as an
office space for their for-profit proprietary startup that has no public
benefit?
Yes but you could block their membership within the four week period.
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