[Fiware-sustainability-proposal] fi-next gap finalisation

[stefano de panfilis]

dear all,

apologises for this long silent phase, but the work to register the ff
(fiware foundation) took most of our energies, the good news is that most
likely today we had the formal registration at the charlottenburg court
here in berlin.

consequently to that we have to finalise quickly the gap which includes a
revised version of the doa.
changes as i wrote you are in agreement with the esr, but in some cases are
quite intense. following all of that i suggest to have a confcall (if you
disagree on the proposal of the new budget) on this coming wednesday at
14:30.

the new budget sharing will come in a moment.

there is still a point i'd like to share with you.
the ec, in the case of the validation of the fiware foundation by their
services takes too long, is asking to engineering (only becouse i'm the
acting coordinator) to take over the coordination role having the ff as its
subcontractor. since anyway such validation will terminate along this year,
the agreement is that we have a very quick and prompt amendment within 2016
putting everything as in its normal state, i.e. the ff as coordinator.

if this is the situation then the commencement date can be this 1st
november as the contract signature migth be within november. if the ec
accepts to delay till the ff is validated by their services, then most
likely the commencemnt date is 1st december.

both case the ec would like to use the rule that the commencement date is
the first day of the month where the contract signature occurs. they said
to me yesterday, if you wish to start this 1st november, as you know, you
start at your own risk.

btw, this morning i'm going to have another, final (?), call with the ec to
take the final decision.

in addition, we at ff take this project extremely seriously as it to be the
cornerstone of the ff boost and start-up phase and the founders of the ff
as well being all of them platinum members of the ff (from the attached fee
code you see that is comparable with the funding those partners will
receive by the ec in fi-next).

to the attached email i received only one answer (martel consulting) which
is a positive sign if i have to take it in the silence=agreement model, but
it is that?

please find attached for your convenience the fee code for joining the ff
which we see as a (strong)requisite to be in the fi-next project. this
point have been shared with the ec.

stay tuned as in a couple of hours you'll get the new budget and the
request for the missing bits of documents.

ciao,
stefano



2016-09-23 13:14 GMT+02:00 stefano de panfilis <stefano.depanfilis at eng.it>:

> dear all,
>
> as you migth know on last 13 september we have signed the fiware
> foundation bylaws in front of the notary for submission to the german
> authority for registration.
>
> till today we did not yet received the ok, but we are rather confident
> things will be finalised within this week or early next week at most.
>
> in this context now the fiware foundation can properly take over the
> coordination of the fi-next project starting from its contractual
> finalisation.
>
> due to my role of chief operation officers at the fiware foundation i'm
> now in charge of such a task with the help of the team at telefonica.
>
> with this email i'd like to make you all aware about the evolution of the
> work we are already doing.
>
> 1. the ec is completely aware of all the steps we are making and are quite
> helpfull in the all contractual fianlisation matters
>
> 2. following the esr we all received we are reviewing the proposal text in
> order to have it best fitting as the project doa ("description of action",
> new name for "description of work" - dow).
>
> 3. friday last week we (ulrich, juanjo and myself) had a conversation with
> the ec. they highligthed that:
> 3.1 the doa must follow the recommendations in the esr
> 3.2 it is essential to provide more resources to the fiware os community
> building and evangelisation
> 3.3 the technical activities themselves should be effectively focussed on
> few aspects and in particular to strengthen the iot ready initiative we
> have already launched in fiware. this last point is not in the esr, but was
> strongly mentioned during the meeting.
>
> we are now elaborating a new budget share with as much as possible minimal
> impact. of course we will distribute it to you all before it to be
> submitted to the ec. anyway it is clear that in order to strengthen the
> project, and the position of all beneficiaries in the project, it is highly
> recommended, if not mandatory, that each partner in this consortium shows a
> real committment to fiware and its long term sustainability. the only way
> to do so is that each partner in the consortium joins the fiware foundation.
>
> to this extent to this email you'll find attached the fiware foundation
> bylaws in the version we signed and submitted to the german authorities.
>
> the fees, still under finalisation by the fiware foundation board of
> directors, are as follows:
> - platinum members 200.000 eur per year plus 2 fte
> - gold members 0.025 of the annual turnover
> - associate members flat rate to be fixed (this category however applies
> only for academia and research institutes)
> - individual members free of charge (this category applies only physical
> persons, this is anyhow mandatory for the persons in the consortium, as
> well outside fi-next, which will actively contribute with assets, e.g.
> code, documentation, courses, tests, etc).
>
> the plan is finalise everything by next week.
>
> in a next email i'll come with the exact duties for each of all with
> respect to the contractual documentation such as declaration of honour and
> the like.
>
> in the meanwhile, please let me know if you have serious objections in
> joining as member the fiware foundation.
>
> ciao,
> stefano
>
> --
> Stefano De Panfilis
> Chief Innovation Officer
> Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A.
> via Riccardo Morandi 32
> 00148 Roma
> Italy
>
> tel (direct): +39-06-8759-4253
> tel (secr.): +39-068307-4513
> fax: +39-068307-4200
> cell: +39-335-7542-567
> skype: depa01
> twitter: @depa01
>
>


-- 
Stefano De Panfilis
Chief Innovation Officer
Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A.
via Riccardo Morandi 32
00148 Roma
Italy

tel (direct): +39-06-8759-4253
tel (secr.): +39-068307-4513
fax: +39-068307-4200
cell: +39-335-7542-567
skype: depa01
twitter: @depa01
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