NLC IRC TALK 2005.5.14

Non Profit Organization (NPO) to Support OpenSource Developers

Agenda

Speaker Introductions

Japan

OpenOffice.org Ja Native Language Project

Japan OpenOffice.org Users Group

What we need

What if we have money

NPO Law in Japan

NPO Activity

Q & A

My name is Plain Field One Success

Japan

Japanese Native Language Project

Ja NLP membership

Around 800 observers

Around 20 developers

OpenOffice.org Japan Users Group

Around 15 managing staffs

OpenOffice.org Ja Mailing Lists

Users Mailing List (outside Ja NLP)

openoffce@freeml.com

Near 3,000 subscribers

Project Mailing Lists

discuss@ja.openoffice.org

translate@ja.openoffice.org

etc..

OpenOffice.org Japan Users Group

It is just a group.

We don't know who are members.

It is not a legal entity.

All activity is based on volunteers.

We don't have accounting function.

We can't receive money.

What we need

People (Contributors)

Developers

Translators

etc..

Motivation

OpenOffice.org development

Contribution to society

Communication

Help people

Business

etc..

Money?

What if we have money

We don't work for money. :)

But what if we have money:

Get more developers and translators, etc..

We can help developers.
We can ask developers to share their time.
We can provide them with equipments.
We can help them go to conferences.
etc..

Marketing activitiy

Organizing activity

A lot of activity you can imagine :)

NPO Law in Japan

Enacted: Dec. 1, 1998

Revised: May 1, 2003

Simplified the application and grant process

Government grants a volunteer group as a legal entity

Benefit:

Can open a bank account as a group

Can open an office as a group

Can register its real property as a group

Can perform other various legal action as a group

Authorized NPO

National Tax Agency grants an Authorized NPO

Individuals and organizations who donate to the Authorized NPO don't have to pay tax for the donation.

Expansion of tax breaks for donations

Facilitates Individuals, companies and other organizations to danate :)

NPO requirements

Its Activity

For welfare, social education, local community, academic and scientific research, environment, security, human rights, children, information society, economic revitalization, employment, consumer protection, etc.., which benefit general public

Not for profit

NPO is a company, which makes money.

A company makes money for profit.

NPO makes money but not for profit.

NPO members don't share profit.

Not more than 1/3 of board members get compensation

NPO to support OpenSourcers

NPO to support OpenSource Developers

Name: OpenSourcers (tentative)

Business Plan

OpenSource Software Development

OpenSource Software Localization

Translation

Publication (e.g."OpenOffice.org Magazine" with CD)

Design Usable and Beautiful Computers

Research

User support

Consulting

Events, Conferences, Campaign, Fundraising

Activity

We will find out good, skilled, honest contributors, developers and translators from OpenSouce communities and other fields.

We will meet them and discuss what they want to do, what they need and what we can do together to develop OpenOffice.org and other OpenSource Software.

We encourage them to work together and provide them with what they need by giving them resources, information, money, etc.

We encourage them to join our activity and dispatch them to the conference by giving them transportation and accomodation.

Translation Works

Translation is essential to Ja OpenSource Community.

Provide developers with information

Communication with world developers

Motivation to join development works

TCM (Test Case Maintenance)

2.0 Beta QA for 1.9.79 and 1.9.95

TCM test cases was all in English

1.9.79 Japanese Version testers was:

-> 3 volunteers

TCM test cases have been translated in Japanese

1.9.95 Japanese Version testers increased to:

-> 11 volunteers

Future Activity

Help world OpenSource developers

Help communication and collaboration between various OpenSource communities and businesses

OpenOffice.org Aynu Localization

OpenOffice.org Klingon Localization

Host OpenOffice.org Conference in Japan

And help all the projects you can imagine.. :)

Q & A

Questions about my presentation

My Questions for you :)

What NPO law do you have in your country?

Are you planning to establish an NPO?

Do you know contributors, developers or translators who need financial or material help?

What do they need, What do they want?

Why are you working for OpenOffice.org the product and the community?

What is your motivation?

Do you think that money can help OpenSource development? :)

Thanks for your attention, hope to see you at a OpenOffice.org Conference. :)

John McCreesh

2004-07-03T20:12:10

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