Talk:Free Geek Startup Trademark Use Application
This looks great. The list of questions is quite thorough - we might want to make sure that newbies know that they don't need to have all of the stuff we ask questions about in place before starting, but we'd just like them to think ahead a bit. I don't have any questions to add, really. I'm ready to format it to speak more to new startups if you are. I'd probably remove the text of the c7 minutes, and probably remove the "Related Issues" section as well (they seem more like notes for us anyway).
I moved the decision to here for now. We can drop it later. I want to hold on to the related issues section for a little while longer, so people can see the context that we're talking about this in. I think later on, we'll have some new kind of a category around this, maybe. RfS
From C7 Minutes:
DECISION: We'll create a Free Geek Startup Franchise Agreement. This will
involve creating a form for Ray and all other FGs out there to fill out.
They'll apply to be a FG Startup, we'll take the opportunity to tell them some
requirements they'll need to fulfull in the future to become an official FG,
and we'll tell them if we accept them as a startup, and give feedback.
* We'd like to ask other FGs to submit questions for the form as well.
* This is the start of a process we'll need to use more and more as more FGs
appear.
- Commit: Richard and Shawn will oversee the creation of the FG Trademark
Oh, the Software Overview page doesn't mention anything about what software other FGs are using (it's referenced in the question about familiarity with all FGs' software). Perhaps we should suggest that they look at the distro archives, or even join the distro list?
Organization
I think we should organize the questions into a few categories and have a section heading over each. RfS
official Free Geek franchise or an official Affiliate of Free Geek.
Ok, there's lots of mention in this article about the two options. But no real hard and fast rule/definition between them.
Maybe have a step by step qualification checklist.
If one meets the top 10, then 'starter'.
If one meets the list of 20, then 'affilate'.
If one meets the entire list of criteria, then 'official FG'.
...etc....
--Iain-Davidson 00:12, 19 Jun 2006 (PDT)