📝 Fiscal Sponsorship Agreements [due Jan 17]

[ebullient]

This PR defines the agreements and terms for officially transitioning projects and assets to the Foundation.

1. The Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement is the formal legal contract between the Commonhaus Foundation (“Sponsor”) and a Project’s representatives (“Signatories”). It sets out the legal relationship, roles, and responsibilities for Projects under the Foundation’s fiscal sponsorship.

2. The Terms and Conditions for Fiscal Sponsorship provides detailed operational guidelines for sponsored Projects. These Terms clarify how Projects are supported, outline financial and administrative processes, and define responsibilities for both the Project and the Sponsor.

3. The Asset Transfer Agreement governs the transfer of assets (such as funds, trademarks, or other property) from the current owner (the “Assignor”) to the Sponsor as part of the fiscal sponsorship arrangement.

When we have approved these documents, each project will effectively be at the beginning of the On-boarding phase (as described in the Terms and Conditions).

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This vote has been closed by ebullient:

Merging this with the understanding that there will be an additional PR with the resolution of #225

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✅ 13 of 15 members of @commonhaus/cf-egc have voted (reaction or review, quorum=2/3).

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approve	8	8	Naros, aalmiray, criccomini, dandreadis, ebullient, evanchooly, marc0der, tristantarrant
ok	5	5	cealsair, cowtowncoder, gavinking, henri-tremblay, kenfinnigan

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[criccomini]

Overall, LGTM. I left a few random questions.

[cowtowncoder]

Ok one clarifying question: is the (full) Transfer of Assets meant to be part of on-boarding (actually joining) foundation, or is this more for possible case of current project owner(s) wanting to move on and hand over project to Foundation?

I assume former (given it is not intention of Foundation to manage projects itself)?

So far I have assumed that some aspects would remain for projects to manage.

I guess I am not quite clear on scope of these agreements.

[ebullient]

Ok one clarifying question: is the (full) Transfer of Assets meant to be part of on-boarding (actually joining) foundation, or is this more for possible case of current project owner(s) wanting to move on and hand over project to Foundation?

I assume former (given it is not intention of Foundation to manage projects itself)?

So far I have assumed that some aspects would remain for projects to manage.

I guess I am not quite clear on scope of these agreements.

Part of on-boarding is discovery and listing of assets. Some things must be transferred, some things could wait. We could decide that some things won't ever, and are better managed for all concerned using some other structure. In all cases, the project will continue to manage itself.

There is a level of transparency and partnership here to figure out what the right (and least disruptive) thing to do is.

[kenfinnigan]

I've taken a look at this again, looks good

[criccomini]

LGTM. Left a few notes and comments, but I'm comfortable.

[cealsair]

Done with my review. Overall, it looks good to me. I have left a few comments/suggestions. Thanks.

[yrodiere]

Looks like this was due Jan 17 and nobody objected, so... can this get merged?

I need to link to it from another website :)

[ebullient]

Looks like this was due Jan 17 and nobody objected, so... can this get merged?

I need to link to it from another website :)

Need input from @gavinking, @tristantarrant, @maxandersen, and @dandreadis .. I think you know where to find them.

Will resolve in subsequent PR with result of discussion in #225

[ebullient]

vote::result Merging this with the understanding that there will be an additional PR with the resolution of #225