copyright holder

[JMC]

I think the organization that holds the copyright can be entirely informal,
i.e. the notice can be Copyright Common Lisp Steering Committee.
It can assign the copyright later.  A lawyer won't like it, because
he'll ask, "What if the members fall out?".  In so far as there is
confidence that people will continue to get along, this will work.
Legally it will be a partnership, and it would be best if the
organization as such never received any money.