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* Move the XSF entirely to Europe | * Move the XSF entirely to Europe | ||
** emus: Sorry, did we decide this? I would argue to keep both. The more location we have, the more access and representation we have. I believe this is very important. Going back is way harder, that try to do the efforts to keep it. | ** emus: Sorry, did we decide this? I would argue to keep both. The more location we have, the more access and representation we have. I believe this is very important. Going back is way harder, that try to do the efforts to keep it. Many big companies are based in US. It also has positive representation to non-US instances if we have one there, too. | ||
* Create a subsidiary in Europe | * Create a subsidiary in Europe | ||
* Make no organizational changes (this is always an option!) | * Make no organizational changes (this is always an option!) | ||
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The second ("it might be easier to obtain grants") and third ("we might be able to have more influence over European policy") are worded very cautiously (the word 'might' is used). Are we at all certain about this? Are there examples of grants or obstacles to assert influence that we're currently experiencing? As a counter-example: EU funding (through Next Generation Internet / NLnet) has already found its way to a significant amount (about 20, at the time of writing) of XMPP-related projects. | The second ("it might be easier to obtain grants") and third ("we might be able to have more influence over European policy") are worded very cautiously (the word 'might' is used). Are we at all certain about this? Are there examples of grants or obstacles to assert influence that we're currently experiencing? As a counter-example: EU funding (through Next Generation Internet / NLnet) has already found its way to a significant amount (about 20, at the time of writing) of XMPP-related projects. | ||
* And what about US funding? | |||