Quote from: BitcoinEXpress on September 19, 2014, 01:11:33 AM

the lead developer "smooth"

Quote from: BitcoinEXpress on September 19, 2014, 07:22:52 AM

the lead developer "smooth"

There is no "lead developer" in Monero. There are developers and some also happen to be core members.
We are trying hard to avoid hierarchy, please respect that.

Quote from: instacash on September 19, 2014, 10:23:45 AM

Quote from: dEBRUYNE on September 19, 2014, 10:21:30 AM

The monero economy workgroup (MEW) is not a foundation.
See: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=776479.0

Quote from: rpietila on September 12, 2014, 09:20:13 AM

The voting aspect could be conveyed by "Parliament" or similar. "Council", even "Consortium" have been proposed. "Foundation" is often used but was rejected in yesterday's meeting.

So basically it's a foundation but not called foundation

Stricto censu, a foundation is a legally-registered body, sometimes with tax-deduction (when it is a charitable foundation, unlike the Gates Foundation). So MEW is not a foundation per se. Also, foundation usually govern the orientation of a project (this is not mandatory, though, just very common). Again, this is not what MEW will do. Under the French law, it would be called a "non-registered association" and there is probably something similar in any democracy (de facto association).
MEW is a collective. Period.