Observation Benchmarks I

For the section of Financial Reporting Practices and checks for breach of Public Trust, please make an assessment on the basis of:

A. Financial Sponsorship and Controlled Influence:

Identify any syndicated legal bodies, and controlled entities, which influence the project lifecycle.

2. Identify any syndicated assignment and transfer of Intellectual Property, and role of “for profit” stakeholders, listed above, which influence the project lifecycle of a public charity.

3. Identify any appointments of PMC chair, and their affiliations with “for profit” stakeholders.

4. Identify any removal of PMC appointee, and their affiliations with “for profit“ stakeholders.

5. Identify any concealment or misrepresentation of information in the PMC to ASF Board Reports.

6. Identify any non cognisance of public information of breach of trust, by the Board of Directors in public charity.

7. Identify any misappropriation of common pool funds for the project.

8. Identify any advertisement of “for profit“ stakeholders, which influence the project lifecycle.

9. Identify any instances of non coverage of discrimination against minorities.

10. Identify any syndicated stakeholder actions in the events of security vulnerability.

11. Identify any syndicated stakeholder actions from the members and volunteers of Software Freedom Conservancy, the first fiscal sponsor of the Mifos X/COSM projects.

Notes:

Private benefit. Organizations that apply for tax-exempt status i.e 501c(3) organisations CANNOT serve the private interests, or private benefit, of any individual or organization besides itself past an insubstantial degree.

Identify degree of influence from stakeholder’s private affiliations.

Identify instances of negative influence from stakeholder’s private affiliations.