[Fiware-sustainability-proposal] new coordination for fi-next contract finalisation

[stefano de panfilis]

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
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