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Bradley and Karen discuss the details, what to worry about, and what
the usual duties are when serving on a Board of Directors for a USA
non-profit. The discussion is primarily about 501(c)(3) organizations,
but at the end they spend some time discussing 501(c)(6) organizations as
well.

Show Notes:

Segment 0 (00:00:44)

• href="http://24.media.tumblr.com/da31871e56f86a7c52008bed60d47897/tumblr_mzvj7xAQJg1su3md5o1_1280.jpg">An
  image of Alfie chewing on the antler (01:22)
• href="http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnome.foundation.announce/634">Karen
  is running for the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors. (05:15)
• Bradley once criticized href="http://opensource.org/licenses/Python-2.0">the CNRI OPEN SOURCE
  LICENSE AGREEMENT (used for parts of Python), because it is governed by
  the laws of a place that doesn't exist. (06:48)
• Bradley mentioned a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/09/21/161498181/the-downside-of-tax-havens-paperwork">Planet
  Money episode that talked about it's “too easy” to incorporate
  in Delaware (23:50)

Segment 1 (00:32:25)

• Bradley and Karen discuss various additional things about being on a
  Board of Directors, including why and how you might be able to serve on
  one.
• Bradley and Karen discuss the href="http://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/bylaws">requirements for
  getting on a 501(c)(6) Board like Linux Foundation (55:30)

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