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On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 11:05 AM, Eric Hellman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > ...Also, the new CODE4LIB could grow and prosper based on its superior > anarchistic management culture, then acquire CLIR/DLF, LITA and OLF. Then > the end result would be the same. > > While we're at it, we could stage a hostile takeover of OCLC and then when > a Kakistocratic Party decides to privatize LOC.... > I'm glad Eric woke this topic up. Business processes aside, I think a good long term plan needs to depend on something other than individuals and organizations donating core resources and volunteering to assume all risk and liability. Becoming a nonprofit corporation that's a legal entity under federal, state, and local law is a big deal with a significant ongoing time and financial commitment. My personal sense is that given what c4l actually does and how it operates, fiscal sponsorship as suggested by others would be a better fit. Time does funny things. A group that put together an "unconference" has morphed into an organization (at least unofficially) that's largely built around a conference. Anarchistic is not a word I would use to describe c4l. Evolution is inevitable, and that's not a bad thing. kyle