Re: Work role change
On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 3:50 AM Shaun McCance wrote: > I'm not a GNOME Foundation director, but I do serve as treasurer of the > Foundation, appointed by the directors. My new role with CentOS will > make me responsible for the majority of the CentOS budget. I don't > think there's a real conflict of interest, but I do think you should > know when your treasurer is responsible for another project's finances. > Disclosure is important. Thank you, Shaun. Transparency is indeed appreciated and shows accountability, an important trait for those involved with the Foundation. -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Moving foundation-list to discourse?
On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 3:47 AM wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 1:50 PM Tobias Mueller wrote: > I would _expect_ zero. I don't sign up to the mailing list of a nonprofit so > I can watch people abuse the nonprofit's staff. Just like I would expect zero of these unpleasant messages on discourse. Yet Internet is a thing and such messages will happen whatever the medium is. >> Arguably lower than the number >> of posts that were banned for no obvious reason. > > Are we currently moderating posts on foundation-list or not? I thought this > whole discussion was about the fact that we are not. If we are, and if > legitimate > posts are truly being banned, then clearly we need a different moderation > process > because it's not working in either direction. Can you give an example of a > post > that was banned for no obvious reason so we know what we're talking about? Tobias was comparing the list to discourse where the banning happens. You can’t follow the conversation if you are ignoring the context of it. -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Moving foundation-list to discourse?
On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 6:01 PM meg ford wrote: > Thanks! Good point. I do need to send emails to foundation list on behalf of > the Travel Committee though and dealing with moderation as someone who > isn’t a list member could be time consuming. What’s to deal with? Moderators (I am one of them) have been looking at incoming email and letting them through in a timely fashion without the need for the senders to intervene. -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Moving foundation-list to discourse?
On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 11:14 PM meg ford via foundation-list wrote: > Hi, Hi Meg, > I'd prefer to use Discourse. I'm sick of the spam and would like to leave > foundation list, but still want to read Board minutes. Board minutes are posted to foundation-announce as well so if that’s all you care about on foundation-list you can unsubscribe regardless of a move to discourse. Cheers, -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Moving foundation-list to discourse?
On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 10:19 PM Olav Vitters wrote: > Was there a discussion about this at GUADEC? As it's been a while and > nobody seems to object I think everything is ok with moving to > Discourse. Not objecting at all but I think this raises a couple questions as to what it would entail, most notable regarding board meeting minutes and other announcements. Currently, most of them are sent to the foundation-announce list which I assume we want to keep, but then any followup discussion lands on foundation-list. I’m not sure how that would work with Discourse. Would announcements need to be sent to both Discourse and the -announce list? That would mean significantly more work for the senders as they could not just add a recipient to their email and would have to send the email then browse their way to the relevant section and post a message on Discourse. -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: It's time again for pants nominations
Hi, On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 8:28 PM, wrote: > I also nominate Federico Mena Quintero for pioneering the use of the Rust > language in the GNOME stack. While I can’t find this stated explicitely anywhere, I believe we won’t award the pants to someone who already got them in the past. Even if that is not a rule, there is no lack of deserving candidates (as shown by this thread) and we probably want to find a different recipient every time. Let me seize this opportunity to remind the membership about https://wiki.gnome.org/Pants and reiterate the call for help to make it more complete and accurate. Cheers, -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker & Foundation Director ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Minutes of the Foundation Board, 22nd May
On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 9:32 PM, Carlos Soriano <csori...@gnome.org> wrote: > What is your goal exactly with this interrogatory? I guess he’s just trying to get an answer to his initial question, since you kept dodging it. -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker & Foundation Director ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Proposal for an Events Code of Conduct and Policy Referendum
On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 10:54 PM, meg ford <meg...@gmail.com> wrote: > I do not completely agree with Allan's explanation here. While I have been > involved in the current discussions about the CoC proposal, it has been as a > member of the Board, not as a member of the WG. I was not involved in the > final draft of the document as a member of the WG. As Allan stated, many of > us had stopped participating in the WG before the final draft was finished > because Ben's behavior had become unacceptable. Did you mean to quote a specific part of Allan’s email? Because my email was about what happened during the time when discussions were still within the WG (and the conflict that emerged from it) and yours is about what happened after that, so you replying to my email this way is misleading. -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker & Foundation Director ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Proposal for an Events Code of Conduct and Policy Referendum
Hi, On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 6:30 PM, Allan Day <a...@gnome.org> wrote: > because Ben's behaviour had become so unacceptable (despite multiple > warnings regarding basic behaviour) that it was difficult to get > anything done within the wider working group context. And on Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 10:45 AM, he added: > It should be noted that the board group includes every active member > of the code of conduct working group, with the exception of Ben. So > "without including the rest of the WG" translates to "without > including Ben". The WG is a group working on a document that invites people involved in a conflict to seek assistance from a third party. Yet it seems that, when a conflict arised, they didn’t call for external arbitration, and even went as far as issuing warnings to one of the parties involved on their own. I find this highly disturbing. He then concludes: > As already stated, this was a direct response to > repeated unacceptable behaviour on Ben's part. Whether that was the appropriate behaviour is still an open question though. Cheers, -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker & Foundation Director ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Minutes of the Foundation Board, 3rd April
Hi, On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 3:01 PM, Allan Day <a...@gnome.org> wrote: > * GNOME Asia 2018 update, proposal & budget approval (Nuritzi) […] >* Nuritzi - the power we're giving them is to run the bidding process. Yes. >* Rosanna - it could be damaging to say that they can't call > themselves a committee. In what way? >Neil - they can call themselves a committee if > they want - they're not calling themselves a committee of the board. I’m afraid this subtlety will go unnoticed and just create confusion. We should either ask them to use “team” or make them a committee. -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker & Foundation Director ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Announcing GaaS (GNOME as a Service)
Hi, We’ve heard complaints about GNOME being bloated. We’ve taken them into consideration and that’s why today we’re announcing a new offering from GNOME - GaaS. Some had already gotten wind of it, but today we’re making it official. It has never been easier to use GNOME on any computer. All you need to do to connect to the service is to go to your GNOME Settings, add an Online Account, and you’re all set. From then on GaaS will appear in your GNOME Boxes. We will offer this service free of charge. That’s right, you won’t have to add any credit card details and worry about topping up your account to keep using it. We know that money is a gas (ha ha, this is our only bad joke in this article, we promise) and more importantly that not everyone can afford to pay for online services. This breakthrough should be accessible to everyone and that’s why we decided not to take your money. Now that we have GaaS, we will be able to collect user metrics, through a unique partnership with Cambridge Analytica. Thanks to our new *Meth*od to *An*alyze the *E*xperience (METHANE), we can leverage this data to run a giant user survey and improve our user experience, addressing concerns our benevolent critics have so kindly expressed on various sites on the internet. We care a lot about your privacy and that’s why GaaS is powered by GNOME’s own targetted advertising products, utilising a unique blockchain. Think Bitcoin, but for adverts! Indeed all outgoing traffic from our service to the other bits of the Internet you’ll connect to won’t leave a trace, to anyone except GNOME and our selected media partners. What else does it have under the belly? Built upon the latest in technology, it uses ostree and flatpak to provide you with the latest versions of our software. GaaS will be released later this month. In the meantime, we hope this mind blowing news won’t cause a brain fart. Have a nice day, -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker & Foundation Director ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Publishing the hackfest reports
Hi Richard, Thanks for sharing that insight with us. On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 8:47 PM, Richard Stallman <r...@gnu.org> wrote: > The hackfest appears to have been very useful, but I noticed a problem > in how this report about it > (https://nuritzis.com/2017/10/21/2017-gnome-foundation-hackfest/) was > published: > > It says, "This slideshow requires JavaScript." I agree, this is an issue. > That JavaScript code seems to be nontrivial and nonfree: when I view > the page, using a browser with LibreJS so as not to execute any > nontrivial nonfree software, the slideshow is not visible. It’s worth noting that the text content and some images are still accessible without that non-free JavaScript. So while it is an issue, that doesn’t limit the usefulness of that blog post. > Leading people to use nonfree software teaches people that it isn't > crucial whether a program is free. Doing so for just a little > convenience teaches people that it hardly matters whether a program is > free. That's the opposite of what the GNOME Foundation should teach; > indeed, people who think that way won't pay attention when we suggest > that they choose GNOME because it's free. You are right, it is important. > I know only a little about web pages. I am sure there are > nicer-looking ways that don't require nonfree Javascript code, which a > suitable expert could tell us about. I will look for one at the FSF > if that is helpful. I think it would indeed be useful. Do note however that for it to work in this case it would need to be in the form of a WordPress plugin that Nuritzi can use with her wordpress.com blog. Regards, -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker & Foundation Director ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Stepping down from the board
Hi, On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 10:47 PM, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) <zeesha...@gnome.org> wrote: > I regret to announce that I have decided to step down from the board. The board would like to thank Zeeshan for his service, as well as for taking the courageous decision of stepping down when it turned out he wouldn’t be able to dedicate as much time as needed for his work on the board of directors. This is not an easy choice to make, and in making room for someone else he has shown that he has the interests of the Foundation at heart. The board is taking steps to appoint someone to fill in the vacant seat. We have established a list of potential directors, and we are going to approach them individually to discuss whether they are interested in joining us. Input from the community is important for us, so if you can think of someone that should be on that list of candidates, please send an email to bo...@gnome.org with the name of that person and a short summary of why you think they would make a good director. On behalf of the board of directors, -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker & Foundation Director ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Minutes of the Board Meeting of October 3rd 2017
= Foundation Board Minutes for Tue, October 3rd 2017, 17:00 UTC = Next meeting date Tue, October 10th 2017, 17:00 UTC Wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Minutes/20171003 == Attending == * Allan Day * Alexandre Franke * Zeeshan Ali * Nuritzi Sanchez * Neil McGovern * Cosimo Cecchi * Rosanna Yuen == Regrets == * Meg Ford == Missing == * Carlos Soriano == Agenda for 2017-10-03 == * Berlin & social events sync == Minutes == * Berlin & social events sync * https://wiki.gnome.org/Hackfests/Foundation2017 * GNOME Beer event + pizzas at c-base on Saturday * VOTE: allocate 100€ for pizzas * +1 Unanimous. PASSED * ACTION: Nuritzi to update the wiki * ACTION: Nuritzi to send an email to foundation-list, local mailing list if there is one == Ongoing == '''This section includes items which have seen an update in the last 30 days. Format is "-MM-DD, action|discussion|abstract" for this and subsequent minutes sections''' * Foundation hackfest processing * Misunderstanding has been confirmed * TC thought we had allocated a special budget, outside of TC fund * Alexandre hasn’t booked yet, still waiting for confirmation since there were questions about his initial request * TC is also busy with GNOME.Asia * Situation is complicated, deadlines are close. We should do better with processes in the future. * VOTE: handle that budget ourselves, and allocate up to $8000 for the total * +1 Unanimous, PASSED. * ACTION: Cosimo to help Rosanna processing receipts after the event. * ACTION: Cosimo to get back to the TC and let them know how we’re dealing with this * ACTION: Cosimo to tell Shaun he’s welcome to join * 2017-09-27: Nuritzi usurped the tasks for getting back to TC and Shaun (super sorry again, Cosimo! -N) * Zazzle store * We have a link on the page where we list vendors * Andreas confirmed that Stormy is the one with access * ACTION: Allan to try to reach out to Stormy * ACTION: Nuritzi to assess the quality and check whether we want to continue using them * Feedback request: spending Foundation money * Question in the thread: does/will the board help organizer raise sponsorship? * This should be part of our discussion at the Berlin hackfest next week. * Could be part of the new committee responsibilities * ACTION: Nuritzi to get back to the list * 2017-09-27: Nuritzi completed this action. * Using TransferWise or some other payment system * This has been recommended to us as a good alternative to Paypal that is cheaper and works in certain countries where Paypal does not work * 2017-09-19 * Since Rosanna and Neil would be the main users of this, a good next step would be for them to review options and report to the Board * ACTION: Neil will look into this and coordinate with Rosanna when she's back * Looking for sponsorship for GitLab runners * To increase our Continuous Integration capacity on the GNOME GitLab server, we'll need to provision some more servers, as we migrate more projects there * We could ask for help to our Advisory Board, or use our network to ask for support from other companies * It would make more sense to ask for hardware/cycles directly, rather than fundraising, since server bandwidth is a recurring cost * 2017-09-19 * ACTION: Meg and Neil to look into connecting to hosting companies using Meg's connections * 2017-09-26 * Meg sent an email about applications to Neil * ACTION: Meg to get back to Javier * 2017-09-26 * DONE * CoC Workshop sponsorship * A group of people (Sarah Sharp, others) in SF are putting together a workshop about enforcement of CoC in communities or events * The CoC working group would like to attend to e.g. help them with the enforcing guidelines * The organizers of the workshop asked us to consider donating resources to this event, including sponsoring Sarah's travel for the event * Total request: up to $3600 for training materials, flight and accommodation for Sarah, but whatever we can afford * The request comes from Rosanna and Nuritzi; Rosanna has been contacted privately by the organizers * 2017-09-19 * Would like to see a cost breakdown * General feeling we should not cover all the cost ourselves, and we should make sure it's geared towards our needs too * ACTION: Nuritzi to get on a call with Josh and report back to the Board * 2017-09-26 * Timing not ideal * Would help establishing a relationship with a local community * Cost is high * We’d prefer more planning * ACTION: Nuritzi to work on planning something in the same vein * Mexico workshop * 2017-08-29 * Was supposed to start yesterday, has been delayed. * Engagement team committee for funds * The committee would allocate small budgets for events like release parties * Board to vote on this once we have a list of volunteers and a description of the committee's role * GNOME.Asi
Re: Minutes of the Board meeting of September, 26th, 2017
On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 10:14 AM, Ekaterina Gerasimova <kittykat3...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi board, Hi! > we have not seen any meeting minutes in over two months now. Indeed. I’m only addressing this in this email, setting the lack of ED reports aside for now. > As a foundation member, I do not feel that I can weigh in on any > matters if I am not aware that they are being discussed. Yes, that is clearly an issue and I share your concerns. > I would have > thought that with hiring an ED, some of the workload should be lifted > off the board which should have given the board more time to ensure > that minutes are sent out promptly. While having an ED certainly helps with the workload and facilitates other things, I don’t think it impacts publishing the minutes at all. > I would like to propose to the board that if the board is not able to > publish the minutes within a reasonable period of time, you should > consider calling for a secretary outside of the board who has the time > to do it or making it part of an employee's job description. The problem is not exactly lack of time. If you look at the dates, you may notice we haven’t published minutes since we had the hackfest in Berlin. As I said in [my blog post](https://www.alexandrefranke.com/blog/20171010-Foundation-hackfest-in-Berlin/) we agreed on new policies, and there are pending announcements. Now the reason the minutes have not been published is because some items read as “ACTION: X to announce Y” or “ACTION: A to talk to B” and we decided to delay the minutes a bit because it would be weird for people to learn about Y or for B to see it in the minutes before the announcement/contact actually took place. Unfortunately some of those actions took longer than anticipated and we’re now lagging behind quite a bunch. We did acknowledge the issue during last meeting and what needs to happen now is going over the minutes and checking whether these announcements/contacts have been done, and eventually publish the minutes. > This is a comment on the lack of communication from the board rather > than on the work being done. I realise that this is only the second > time that I've raised the issue this year, but I feel that this is > something so trivial that it should not be a problem. Right, and we should have communicated what the underlying reason was. Sorry about that. > When I was > helping the Secretary send out minutes some years ago, it was a 15 > minute job at most for me. I'd be happy to share my workflow from back > then if that would help :) Well in normal circumstances it takes me about 10 minutes to process the minutes, so I guess we’re good. > Thanks! > Kat Thank you for raising this! -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker & Foundation Director ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Memberships needing renewal (2017-10)
On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 1:59 AM, GNOME Foundation Membership Committee <nore...@gnome.org> wrote: > Hi, Hi, > as per point 1.3 of [1], here it comes a list of members in need of a > renew in case they didn't receive their individual e-mail: I noticed that most of these should be expired by now given today is already October 16th. Are these member going to be okay? Shouldn’t the reminder be sent in advance? Cheers, -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker & Foundation Director ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Feedback request: spending Foundation money
Taking my board member hat off here and commenting as a foundation member. On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 3:47 PM, Richard Hughes <hughsi...@gmail.com> wrote: > When we were arranging the gnome-software hackfest last year we had > huge problems trying to get sponsorship for a non-GNOME foundation > member. In the end Canonical paid for the travel and hotel (thanks!) > for this person but it was slightly embarrassing how long things took > to sort. I agree, we should consider a procedure for “invited experts”. The current guidelines expect that sponnsorship applicants either are or paln to become foundation members, but we’ve had valid cases where we wanted to have someone because they were relevant to the specific topic of a hackfest yet weren’t really on their way to become foundation members. This should be acknowledge somehow. > For things like hackfests it would also be nice to have a > "team dinner" or some kind of team-building thing as part of the > sponsorship, not just some super cheap hotel and economy flights. Event organizers are encouraged to seek sources of sponsorship outside of the GNOME Foundation and we’ve had success in this regard so far. I can remember drinks or dinner being funded by corporate sponsors at several GNOME events I attended, and I think this is a good way to handle this. -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker & Foundation Director ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Minutes of the Board Meeting of August 22nd 2017
= Foundation Board Minutes for Tue, August 15th 2017, 17:00 UTC = Next meeting date Tue, August 22nd 2017, 17:00 UTC Wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Minutes/20170815 == Attending == * Allan Day * Alexandre Franke * Zeeshan Ali * Nuritzi Sanchez * Cosimo Cecchi * Rosanna Yuen * Neil McGovern == Regrets == * Meg Ford * Carlos Soriano == Missing == == Agenda for 2017-08-22 == * URGENT - Board Hackfest sync * URGENT - GNOME.Asia budget request * Budget for release parties * Review ongoing items == Minutes == * Board Hackfest sync * Accommodation needs to be decided * Dates confirmed: Friday 6th through Sunday 8th. * VOTE: send Neil and Rosanna to the hackfest * +1: Cosimo, Nuritzi, Allan, Alexandre. Abstained: Zeeshan. VOTE PASSED. * ACTION: Nuritzi to create a private agenda for the Foundation Hackfest * GNOME.Asia budget request * Request for $13k. Includes travel, estimated at $9k. * VOTE: approve $13k as requested. * +1 unanimous * ACTION: Nuritzi to notify them and request an explanation for the difference with the hosting bid. * VOTE: send Neil to GNOME.Asia * +1 unanimous * Budget for release parties * VOTE: grant $500 to the engagement team for the 3.26 release parties, to be administered by Nuritzi * +1 unanimous * ACTION: Nuritzi to write a report about the usage of previously allocated funds * ACTION: Nuritzi to advertise the budget to the relevant channels (we suggest foundation-list, the engagement blog, and social media) == Ongoing == '''This section includes items which have seen an update in the last 30 days. Format is "-MM-DD, action|discussion|abstract" for this and subsequent minutes sections''' * Liability insurance - still pending (see mail from 31st July) * Check again next week (August 8th) * Foundation hackfest * 2017-08-15 * Berlin on Oct 5th-8th seems the most likely to work for the most of us. * ACTION: Cosimo to send a follow up on the list * Engagement team committee for funds * The committee would allocate small budgets for events like release parties * Board to vote on this once we have a list of volunteers and a description of the committee's role * GNOME.Asia logo / "A simple explanation of GNOME.Asia 2017's logo to FoundationBoard" email * The design is not optimal, could use some tweaking but it’s alright. * ACTION: Allan to write recommendations for next year * 2017-07-11 - Allan still not done this. Sad face. * GUADEC 2017 finance request * The board wishes to make this a more straightforward process in the future * ACTION: Neil to make sure that expenses allocation for future conferences is discussed by the board in person at GUADEC * Foundation support for Flathub * 2017-05-09 * The Board voted to try and use some of our pro-bono counsel time towards the Flathub legal framework, provided our lawyers agree * ACTION: Neil to connect to Luis * 2017-05-16 - Exact questions to ask Luis are being worked up * 2017-06-06 - Questions sent to Luis, being looked at. * Hackfest process documentation * 2017-02-14 * ACTION: Nuritzi to take a stab at updating the documentation for the process to request a hackfest and responsibilities between Board and TC * 2017-05-02 * Nuritzi will work on this by end of May, check in then * Dropping dates in copyright claims on our websites * 2016-12-06 * ACTION: Alexandre to send an email to foundation-list with a proposal for discussion * 2016-12-20 * Next step seems to be to reach out to Creative Commons to get advice on what exactly can and should be done * 2017-01-24 * Alexandre reached out to Creative commons * 2017-02-28 * Alexandre will try alternative channels * 2017-05-02 * We got a reply, Alexandre to follow up * 2017-05-30 * Two options * Have terms of use on the website that state that linking to a page is sufficient attribution * Require contributors to assign their attribution to the GNOME Foundation * Privacy campaign funds * 2016-09-27 * Draft is out for the Board to review and give feedback * ACTION: Cosimo to try and form a committee to review internship proposals * 2016-10-26 * We are aiming for an internship round in spring 2017 * 2017-07-26 * Carlos and Zeeshan are taking this over -- the plan is still to do internships * Owncloud shared calendar for the board * 2016-08-10 * Cosimo tested creating an event, but with mixed results * ACTION: Cosimo to take it on from here * 2016-09-06 - Allan has started a list of reoccuring events on the wiki - https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoardPrivate/Minutes/UpcomingAgenda * 2017-03-07 * Neil is looking into a similar calendar so will take over * 2017-07-26 - (Neil) can someone else have this? Alexandre volunteers. #challengeaccepted * Friends of GNOME * 2016-08-10 * ACTION: Allan to get in touch with Tobi and the sysadmin team to migrate th
Minutes of the Board Meeting of August 15th 2017
= Foundation Board Minutes for Tue, August 15th 2017, 17:00 UTC = Next meeting date Tue, August 22nd 2017, 17:00 UTC Wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Minutes/20170815 == Attending == * Alexandre Franke * Allan Day * Carlos Soriano * Zeeshan Ali * Neil McGovern * Cosimo Cecchi * Nuritzi Sanchez * Rosanna Yuen == Regrets == * Meg Ford == Agenda == * LAS GNOME vote * Foundation Hackfest * Review ongoing items == Minutes == * LAS GNOME vote * Sponsor situation: do we still aim to attract sponsors that usually don’t contribute towards other GNOME events like last year? * From what was told at the adboard meeting, it seems to align with what they expect. * LAS sponsorship levels are quite negligible compared to other conferences. * Sri has been reaching out to companies outside our usual pool. * Travel money: will we use money from the base travel budget? * Looks like it. * How many sponsored people do we expect? * So far ~5 GNOME members expressed interest. * If the board hackfest happens there too, that increases return on investment. * Goal of the conference is unclear at this point. We seem to be moving away from the initial spirit. * VOTE: approve LAS GNOME going forward at Stanford on Nov 2nd-5th -1 Alexandre, +1 Zeeshan, Allan, Cosimo, Nuritzi, Carlos. Vote PASSED. * VOTE: board to front the money towards the venue, up to $4k. Any other sponsorship may be voted later. +1 Nuritzi, Cosimo, Allan, Zeeshan, Alexandre, Carlos. Vote PASSED UNANIMOUSLY * ACTION: Allan to notify the team of our decision. DONE * Foundation Hackfest * Berlin on Oct 5th-8th seems the most likely to work for the most of us. * ACTION: Cosimo to send a follow up on the list == Ongoing == '''This section includes items which have seen an update in the last 30 days. Format is "-MM-DD, action|discussion|abstract" for this and subsequent minutes sections''' * Liability insurance - still pending (see mail from 31st July) * Check again next week (August 8th) * Foundation hackfest * 2017-08-15 * Berlin on Oct 5th-8th seems the most likely to work for the most of us. * ACTION: Cosimo to send a follow up on the list * Engagement team committee for funds * The committee would allocate small budgets for events like release parties * Board to vote on this once we have a list of volunteers and a description of the committee's role * GNOME.Asia logo / "A simple explanation of GNOME.Asia 2017's logo to FoundationBoard" email * The design is not optimal, could use some tweaking but it’s alright. * ACTION: Allan to write recommendations for next year * 2017-07-11 - Allan still not done this. Sad face. * GUADEC 2017 finance request * The board wishes to make this a more straightforward process in the future * ACTION: Neil to make sure that expenses allocation for future conferences is discussed by the board in person at GUADEC * Foundation support for Flathub * 2017-05-09 * The Board voted to try and use some of our pro-bono counsel time towards the Flathub legal framework, provided our lawyers agree * ACTION: Neil to connect to Luis * 2017-05-16 - Exact questions to ask Luis are being worked up * 2017-06-06 - Questions sent to Luis, being looked at. * Hackfest process documentation * 2017-02-14 * ACTION: Nuritzi to take a stab at updating the documentation for the process to request a hackfest and responsibilities between Board and TC * 2017-05-02 * Nuritzi will work on this by end of May, check in then * Dropping dates in copyright claims on our websites * 2016-12-06 * ACTION: Alexandre to send an email to foundation-list with a proposal for discussion * 2016-12-20 * Next step seems to be to reach out to Creative Commons to get advice on what exactly can and should be done * 2017-01-24 * Alexandre reached out to Creative commons * 2017-02-28 * Alexandre will try alternative channels * 2017-05-02 * We got a reply, Alexandre to follow up * 2017-05-30 * Two options * Have terms of use on the website that state that linking to a page is sufficient attribution * Require contributors to assign their attribution to the GNOME Foundation * Privacy campaign funds * 2016-09-27 * Draft is out for the Board to review and give feedback * ACTION: Cosimo to try and form a committee to review internship proposals * 2016-10-26 * We are aiming for an internship round in spring 2017 * 2017-07-26 * Carlos and Zeeshan are taking this over -- the plan is still to do internships * Owncloud shared calendar for the board * 2016-08-10 * Cosimo tested creating an event, but with mixed results * ACTION: Cosimo to take it on from here * 2016-09-06 - Allan has started a list of reoccuring events on the wiki - https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoardPrivate/Minutes/UpcomingAgenda * 2017-03-07 * Neil is looking into a similar calend
Minutes of the Board Meeting of August 8th 2017
= Foundation Board Minutes for Tue, August 8th 2017, 17:00 UTC = Next meeting date Tue, August 15th 2017, 17:00 UTC Wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Minutes/20170808 == Attending == * Alexandre Franke * Allan Day * Cosimo Cecchi * Nuritzi Sanchez * Carlos Soriano * Meg Ford * Rosanna Yuen == Regrets == * Zeeshan Ali * Neil McGovern == Agenda == * Liability insurance * Foundation hackfest * Engagement team committee for funds == Minutes == * Liability insurance - still pending (see mail from 31st July) * Check again next week (August 8th) * Foundation hackfest * Tentative dates 6-8 October * Tentative location Florence? * Alternative: have it before GNOME.Asia in China * Alternative: have it before/after FOSDEM * ACTION: Cosimo to do a cost analysis * Engagement team committee for funds * The committee would allocate small budgets for events like release parties * Board to vote on this once we have a list of volunteers and a description of the committee's role == Ongoing == '''This section includes items which have seen an update in the last 30 days. Format is "-MM-DD, action|discussion|abstract" for this and subsequent minutes sections''' * GNOME.Asia logo / "A simple explanation of GNOME.Asia 2017's logo to FoundationBoard" email * The design is not optimal, could use some tweaking but it’s alright. * ACTION: Allan to write recommendations for next year * 2017-07-11 - Allan still not done this. Sad face. * GUADEC 2017 finance request * The board wishes to make this a more straightforward process in the future * ACTION: Neil to make sure that expenses allocation for future conferences is discussed by the board in person at GUADEC * Foundation support for Flathub * 2017-05-09 * The Board voted to try and use some of our pro-bono counsel time towards the Flathub legal framework, provided our lawyers agree * ACTION: Neil to connect to Luis * 2017-05-16 - Exact questions to ask Luis are being worked up * 2017-06-06 - Questions sent to Luis, being looked at. * Hackfest process documentation * 2017-02-14 * ACTION: Nuritzi to take a stab at updating the documentation for the process to request a hackfest and responsibilities between Board and TC * 2017-05-02 * Nuritzi will work on this by end of May, check in then * Dropping dates in copyright claims on our websites * 2016-12-06 * ACTION: Alexandre to send an email to foundation-list with a proposal for discussion * 2016-12-20 * Next step seems to be to reach out to Creative Commons to get advice on what exactly can and should be done * 2017-01-24 * Alexandre reached out to Creative commons * 2017-02-28 * Alexandre will try alternative channels * 2017-05-02 * We got a reply, Alexandre to follow up * 2017-05-30 * Two options * Have terms of use on the website that state that linking to a page is sufficient attribution * Require contributors to assign their attribution to the GNOME Foundation * Privacy campaign funds * 2016-09-27 * Draft is out for the Board to review and give feedback * ACTION: Cosimo to try and form a committee to review internship proposals * 2016-10-26 * We are aiming for an internship round in spring 2017 * 2017-07-26 * Carlos and Zeeshan are taking this over -- the plan is still to do internships * Owncloud shared calendar for the board * 2016-08-10 * Cosimo tested creating an event, but with mixed results * ACTION: Cosimo to take it on from here * 2016-09-06 - Allan has started a list of reoccuring events on the wiki - https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoardPrivate/Minutes/UpcomingAgenda * 2017-03-07 * Neil is looking into a similar calendar so will take over * 2017-07-26 - (Neil) can someone else have this? Alexandre volunteers. #challengeaccepted * Friends of GNOME * 2016-08-10 * ACTION: Allan to get in touch with Tobi and the sysadmin team to migrate the FoG infrastructure over to GNOME * 2017-03-07 * Allan will pass this on to Neil, and connect him to Tobi * 2017-04-18 - Neil has CRM working (ish) on the gnome website, we're looking at how to move the PayPal IPN to CiviCRM * At sysadmin meeting at GUADEC === Ongoing but stalled === '''This section includes items which haven't seen an update in the last 30 days.''' * Paypal Giving Fund * Alexandre suggested in december 2015 to get us enrolled in the program * That would give us exposure. For example Humble bundle allows to direct the charity part of purchases towards any of their participants * Zana tried to get us in sometime before may 2016, we never heard back. * 2016-09-06 * ACTION: Zana to look into it === Ongoing but no director assigned === '''This section includes items which haven't seen an update in the last 30 days and have no Director assigned''' == Nice to have == '''This section includes items which we would love to see happen at
Minutes of the Board meeting of June, 13th, 2017
= Foundation Board Minutes for Tue, June 13th 2017, 17:00 UTC = Next meeting date Tue, June 20th 2017, 17:00 UTC Wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Minutes/20170613 == Attending == * Cosimo Cecchi * Shaun McCance * Neil McGovern * Rosanna Yuen * Alexandre Franke * Allan Day * Nuritzi Sanchez * Meg Ford * Jim Hall == Regrets == == Missing == == Agenda for 2017-06-13 == * Flattr email * GUADEC 2017 finance request * AGM Announcement * Hackfests wiki page update == Minutes == * Flattr email * We received an email asking whether donations through flattr were possible * Upon investigation, GNOME already has a flattr account, it was originally opened on behalf of the GIMP project * We don't receive a lot of funds through this, but it's hard to track whether the money is sent for the GIMP project or GNOME * Discussion about this got dropped in the past because there was not a lot/no money coming through this * Allan: from an engagement point of view, it's always good to have more ways for people to donate, but from the Foundation point of view, it may be undesirable to have a lot of accounts scattered around * ACTION: Neil to follow up saying that the Board has decided not to promote the use of the flattr account (DONE already) * GUADEC 2017 finance request * This year's GUADEC income seems to have all gone to the Foundation's bank account in the US * GUADEC's team also has an UK account for this purpose, but it's currently empty * We cannot have sponsors wire money directly to the UK bank account because it's not ours (so an invoice from the GNOME Foundation can't be paid to that account) * Since there are live expenses that the GUADEC team needs to pay for, they're requesting GBP 5000 from the GUADEC sponsorship money to cover these * Additionally, there are invoices for things like the venue or accommodation that are coming up * According to Allan, venue and accommodation expenses have been pre-approved by the Board, but not a general budget for misc expenses * Should we have a different policy for how the team can spend sponsorship money without approval from the Board? * VOTE: Transfer GBP 5000 into the GUADEC bank account, on the understanding that anything that isn't spent is returned to the Foundation after the event * +1 Cosimo, Nuritzi, Alexandre, Jim, Meg, Shaun, Allan. VOTE PASSED * There's a new invoice for the 20th anniversary birthday party, which is due on the 29th, that has not been approved yet * Estimated expense, GBP 5513, which comes out of the main GUADEC budget (but sponsors can also choose to fund this specifically) * Some of these expenses were not initially being reflected in the bid, so the Board could either approve a new budget including them, or that the team keep a running budget that reflects the current situation * In the meantime, we could vote on this request separately, and then ask the team to provide an updated budget * A better policy for how this should be handled in the future will be discussed at the GUADEC budget meeting * ACTION: Neil will make sure this gets discussed during the meeting * VOTE: pre-approve the GUADEC 2017 team to spend up to GBP 42000 * +1 Alexandre, Cosimo, Meg, Shaun, Jim, Nuritzi, Allan. VOTE PASSED * ACTION: Allan will get back to Sam == Ongoing == '''This section includes items which have seen an update in the last 30 days. Format is "-MM-DD, action|discussion|abstract" for this and subsequent minutes sections''' * GUADEC 2017 finance request * 2017-06-13 * The board voted to transfer GBP 5000 into the GUADEC team's UK account for live expenses * The board also voted to pre-approve expenditure against the confirmed sponsorship money, up to GBP 42000 * ACTION: Allan to get back to Sam * The board wishes to make this a more straightforward process in the future * ACTION: Neil to make sure that expenses allocation for future conferences is discussed by the board in person at GUADEC * GUADEC 2018 bid presentations * 2017-06-06 * The Board would now like to move the presentations to a call, to be able to announce a decision during GUADEC * ACTION: Allan and Nuritzi to organize a call the week of June 26th * Foundation support for Flathub * 2017-05-09 * The Board voted to try and use some of our pro-bono counsel time towards the Flathub legal framework, provided our lawyers agree * ACTION: Neil to connect to Luis * 2017-05-16 - Exact questions to ask Luis are being worked up * 2017-06-06 - Questions sent to Luis, being looked at. * Hackfest process documentation * 2017-02-14 * ACTION: Nuritzi to take a stab at updating the documentation for the process to request a hackfest and responsibilities between Board and TC * 2017-05-02 * Nuritzi will work on this by end of May, check in then * Dropping dates in copyright claims on our websites * 2016-12-06 * ACTION: Alexandre to sen
Re: Send us your pants nominations
On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Felipe Borges <felipebor...@gnome.org> wrote: > Carlos Garnacho. Thanks for your nomination, Felipe. In order to help the board make a decision, we usually ask that people tell us why they think their nominees deserve the pants. Can you tell us a little more? Cheers. -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker & Foundation Director ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Minutes of the Board meeting of May 23rd 2017
= Foundation Board Minutes for Tue, May 23rd 2017, 17:00 UTC = Next meeting date Tue, May 30th 2017, 17:00 UTC Wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Minutes/20170523 == Attending == * Alexandre Franke * Allan Day * Meg Ford * Jim Hall == Regrets == * Rosanna Yuen * Neil McGovern * Nuritzi Sanchez * Cosimo Cecchi == Missing == * Shaun McCance == Agenda for 2017-05-23 == * Fractional scaling hackfest * Advisory board meeting venue in Manchester * Board of directors elections * Review ongoing items == Minutes == * Fractional scaling hackfest * no request for a budget * hackfest is happening in Taipei, June 5th to 9th * we’re happy about it! * it’s been publicised. * Advisory board meeting venue in Manchester * Allan asked the GUADEC team about the venue during their meeting yesterday * We should have it at a location that’s central * ACTION: Allan to ask the GUADEC team for more details * Board of directors elections * two? days away from the deadline * two candidates so far * ACTION: Jim to send a call on the mailing list == Ongoing == '''This section includes items which have seen an update in the last 30 days. Format is "-MM-DD, action|discussion|abstract" for this and subsequent minutes sections''' * GUADEC bid presentations * The Board would like to have the bidding teams present their bids at GUADEC to the Board, possibly during a lunch * 2017-05-16 * ACTION: Allan to reach out to the bidding teams and let them know to prepare a presentation for GUADEC * 2017-05-23: Allan has done this - complete * 2017 Elections * Deadline for announcing a candidacy is June 24th * 2017-05-16 * ACTION: Nuritzi to send out a reminder to candidates that they should be planning to arrive at GUADEC two days earlier * 2017-05-23: Nuritzi has sent the mail * Foundation support for Flathub * 2017-05-09 * The Board voted to try and use some of our pro-bono counsel time towards the Flathub legal framework, provided our lawyers agree * ACTION: Neil to connect to Luis * 2017-05-16 - Exact questions to ask Luis are being worked up * Hackfest process documentation * 2017-02-14 * ACTION: Nuritzi to take a stab at updating the documentation for the process to request a hackfest and responsibilities between Board and TC * 2017-05-02 * Nuritzi will work on this by end of May, check in then * Dropping dates in copyright claims on our websites * 2016-12-06 * ACTION: Alexandre to send an email to foundation-list with a proposal for discussion * 2016-12-20 * Next step seems to be to reach out to Creative Commons to get advice on what exactly can and should be done * 2017-01-24 * Alexandre reached out to Creative commons * 2017-02-28 * Alexandre will try alternative channels * 2017-05-02 * We got a reply, Alexandre to follow up * Privacy campaign funds * 2016-09-27 * Draft is out for the Board to review and give feedback * ACTION: Cosimo to try and form a committee to review internship proposals * 2016-10-26 * We are aiming for an internship round in spring 2017 === Ongoing but stalled === '''This section includes items which haven't seen an update in the last 30 days.''' * Owncloud shared calendar for the board * 2016-08-10 * Cosimo tested creating an event, but with mixed results * ACTION: Cosimo to take it on from here * 2016-09-06 - Allan has started a list of reoccuring events on the wiki - https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoardPrivate/Minutes/UpcomingAgenda * 2017-03-07 * Neil is looking into a similar calendar so will take over * Paypal Giving Fund * Alexandre suggested in december 2015 to get us enrolled in the program * That would give us exposure. For example Humble bundle allows to direct the charity part of purchases towards any of their participants * Zana tried to get us in sometime before may 2016, we never heard back. * 2016-09-06 * ACTION: Zana to look into it * Sysadmin fundraising levels and perks * 2016-08-10, ACTION: Nuritzi to take on this project and figure out what it entails * 2017-05-09 * We can talk about this item at GUADEC * Web page for prior pants winners * 2016-08-10, ACTION: Shaun and Allan to add the web page * 2017-03-07 * Only missing the winner for one year, 2005 * We can crowdsource the details and refinement of the bios/photos/etc * Friends of GNOME * 2016-08-10 * ACTION: Allan to get in touch with Tobi and the sysadmin team to migrate the FoG infrastructure over to GNOME * 2017-03-07 * Allan will pass this on to Neil, and connect him to Tobi * 2017-04-18 - Neil has CRM working (ish) on the gnome website, we're looking at how to move the PayPal IPN to CiviCRM === Ongoing but no director assigned === '''This section includes items which haven't seen an update in the last 30 days and have no Director assigned''' == Nice to have == '''This section includes items which we
Minutes of the Board meeting of May 16th 2017
= Foundation Board Minutes for Tue, May 16th 2017, 17:00 UTC = Next meeting date Tue, May 23rd 2017, 17:00 UTC Wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Minutes/20170516 == Attending == * Cosimo Cecchi * Nuritzi Sanchez * Shaun McCance * Rosanna Yuen * Neil McGovern * Allan Day * Jim Hall == Regrets == * Alexandre Franke * Meg Ford == Missing == == Agenda for 2017-05-16 == * Elections * GUADEC bid presentations == Minutes == * Elections * A reminder that whoever is planning to run again should send their candidacy soon * Deadline is the 25th * We should also send a reminder to candidates that they should be planning to arrive at GUADEC two days earlier * ACTION: Nuritzi to send out this announcement * GUADEC bid presentations * Should we organize a meeting for all the bidding teams to present their bids to the Board? * Typically the decision of the winning bid is taken at GUADEC * Previously this did not need to happen before the conference, and could be done e.g. at lunch during GUADEC * ACTION: Allan to reach out to the organizing teams and let them know to prepare a presentation for GUADEC == Ongoing == '''This section includes items which have seen an update in the last 30 days. Format is "-MM-DD, action|discussion|abstract" for this and subsequent minutes sections''' * GUADEC bid presentations * The Board would like to have the bidding teams present their bids at GUADEC to the Board, possibly during a lunch * 2017-05-16 * ACTION: Allan to reach out to the bidding teams and let them know to prepare a presentation for GUADEC * 2017 Elections * Deadline for announcing a candidacy is June 24th * 2017-05-16 * ACTION: Nuritzi to send out a reminder to candidates that they should be planning to arrive at GUADEC two days earlier * Foundation support for Flathub * 2017-05-09 * The Board voted to try and use some of our pro-bono counsel time towards the Flathub legal framework, provided our lawyers agree * ACTION: Neil to connect to Luis * 2017-05-16 - Exact qestions to ask Luis are being worked up * Hackfest process documentation * 2017-02-14 * ACTION: Nuritzi to take a stab at updating the documentation for the process to request a hackfest and responsibilities between Board and TC * 2017-05-02 * Nuritzi will work on this by end of May, check in then * Dropping dates in copyright claims on our websites * 2016-12-06 * ACTION: Alexandre to send an email to foundation-list with a proposal for discussion * 2016-12-20 * Next step seems to be to reach out to Creative Commons to get advice on what exactly can and should be done * 2017-01-24 * Alexandre reached out to Creative commons * 2017-02-28 * Alexandre will try alternative channels * 2017-05-02 * We got a reply, Alexandre to follow up * Privacy campaign funds * 2016-09-27 * Draft is out for the Board to review and give feedback * ACTION: Cosimo to try and form a committee to review internship proposals * 2016-10-26 * We are aiming for an internship round in spring 2017 === Ongoing but stalled === '''This section includes items which haven't seen an update in the last 30 days.''' * Owncloud shared calendar for the board * 2016-08-10 * Cosimo tested creating an event, but with mixed results * ACTION: Cosimo to take it on from here * 2016-09-06 - Allan has started a list of reoccuring events on the wiki - https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoardPrivate/Minutes/UpcomingAgenda * 2017-03-07 * Neil is looking into a similar calendar so will take over * Paypal Giving Fund * Alexandre suggested in december 2015 to get us enrolled in the program * That would give us exposure. For example Humble bundle allows to direct the charity part of purchases towards any of their participants * Zana tried to get us in sometime before may 2016, we never heard back. * 2016-09-06 * ACTION: Zana to look into it * Sysadmin fundraising levels and perks * 2016-08-10, ACTION: Nuritzi to take on this project and figure out what it entails * 2017-05-09 * We can talk about this item at GUADEC * Web page for prior pants winners * 2016-08-10, ACTION: Shaun and Allan to add the web page * 2017-03-07 * Only missing the winner for one year, 2005 * We can crowdsource the details and refinement of the bios/photos/etc * Friends of GNOME * 2016-08-10 * ACTION: Allan to get in touch with Tobi and the sysadmin team to migrate the FoG infrastructure over to GNOME * 2017-03-07 * Allan will pass this on to Neil, and connect him to Tobi * 2017-04-18 - Neil has CRM working (ish) on the gnome website, we're looking at how to move the PayPal IPN to CiviCRM === Ongoing but no director assigned === '''This section includes items which haven't seen an update in the last 30 days and have no Director assigned''' == Nice to have == '''This section includes items which we would love to see happen at
Re: Term duration for board members (was GNOME Board of Directors Foundation Elections 2017 - Candidates)
On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 6:02 PM, Alexandre Franke <afra...@gnome.org> wrote: > You can also notice by looking up [the list of former > directors](https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoard) that it’s not > uncommon to serve for more than one term. That should have been https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/History -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker & Foundation Director ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Term duration for board members (was GNOME Board of Directors Foundation Elections 2017 - Candidates)
Hi Michael, I’m starting a new thread by taking out of your mail the question you ask to candidates as the other part was already covered in the other thread. On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 1:54 PM, Michael Catanzaro <mike.catanz...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here's another question: what do the candidates think about switching to > using two-year terms? That is an interesting idea. We remotely touched on the topic on occasion, like during the in person meetings at GUADEC last year where the handover from one board to the next happens, and the consensus seemed to be that it takes a while to get up to speed when joining the board for the first time, and one is usually more efficient on their second term. You can also notice by looking up [the list of former directors](https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoard) that it’s not uncommon to serve for more than one term. There was also a consensus about the fact that having people that were not on their first term alongside people who were was a good way to impart knowledge. Taking all of this into consideration, we could switch to a system where directors are elected for two years, and half of the board gets replaced every year. I’m adding that to the agenda for the in person meeting at this year’s GUADEC and maybe we’ll have a referendum in fall of this year? Thanks for raising this. Cheers, -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker & Foundation Director ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Board of Directors Elections 2017 - Candidacy - Alexandre Franke
Hi Philip, On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 6:58 PM, Philip Van Hoof <phi...@codeminded.be> wrote: > Interesting, indeed. You plan to bring decentralisation to GNOME's > political and ethical values of the board, too? I tried to understand how you went from what I said to this, but I couldn’t. While you used the same keywords I had in my original statement, you wrote something that is quite unrelated to what I said. > If so, how would that look like? A confederation of areas of expertise > with each a small hierarchy of decision making? The board does not make people do anything, so it would be difficult for it to force a structure or hierarchy. There already is a structure in place and I really can’t see where you’re going with this. > Which areas would there be? Marketing, technical, organisational, > conference and hackfests, documentation, i8an, financial, etc? How is that different from the current teams we have? Regards, -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker & Foundation Director ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Minutes of the Board meeting of May 2nd 2017
= Foundation Board Minutes for Tue, May 2nd 2017, 17:00 UTC = Next meeting date Tue, May 9th 2017, 17:00 UTC Wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Minutes/20170502 == Attending == * Neil McGovern * Allan Day * Alexandre Franke * Cosimo Cecchi * Meg Ford * Nuritzi Sanchez * Shaun McCance * Rosanna Yuen * Jim Hall == Regrets == == Missing == == Agenda for 2017-05-02 == * Review ongoing items == Minutes == == Ongoing == '''This section includes items which have seen an update in the last 30 days. Format is "-MM-DD, action|discussion|abstract" for this and subsequent minutes sections''' * GUADEC 2018 Call for Bids * 2017-04-25 * ACTION: Nuritzi to send out something on social media and a news item on the main GNOME website * 2017-05-02 * Announcement was sent on social media but not on the main website * Hackfest process documentation * 2017-02-14 * ACTION: Nuritzi to take a stab at updating the documentation for the process to request a hackfest and responsibilities between Board and TC * 2017-05-02 * Nuritzi will work on this by end of May, check in then * Google Play account (Android and Chrome stores) * 2016-09-27 * https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=771981 was done, we need to pay a $25 one-time fee for the developer account * 2016-10-04 * Payment is authorized * ACTION: Rosanna to make the payment and follow up with Ankit * 2016-10-18 * Rosanna is waiting for Ankit to reply about the gmail account * 2016-11-01 * Board is discussing who should have access to the credit card associated to the account * 2016-11-29 * ACTION: Rosanna to look into getting a PayPal credit card * 2016-12-20 * Rosanna has been collating materials to update the PayPal account owner before looking into the credit card * 2017-04-18 * ACTION: Neil to follow up with Ankit, as there seems to have been some movement here * 2017-04-25 * Email sent, will chase. Merged the two "Google account" items * Dropping dates in copyright claims on our websites * 2016-12-06 * ACTION: Alexandre to send an email to foundation-list with a proposal for discussion * 2016-12-20 * Next step seems to be to reach out to Creative Commons to get advice on what exactly can and should be done * 2017-01-24 * Alexandre reached out to Creative commons * 2017-02-28 * Alexandre will try alternative channels * 2017-05-02 * We got a reply, Alexandre to follow up * Privacy campaign funds * 2016-09-27 * Draft is out for the Board to review and give feedback * ACTION: Cosimo to try and form a committee to review internship proposals * 2016-10-26 * We are aiming for an internship round in spring 2017 === Ongoing but stalled === '''This section includes items which haven't seen an update in the last 30 days.''' * Owncloud shared calendar for the board * 2016-08-10 * Cosimo tested creating an event, but with mixed results * ACTION: Cosimo to take it on from here * 2016-09-06 - Allan has started a list of reoccuring events on the wiki - https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoardPrivate/Minutes/UpcomingAgenda * 2017-03-07 * Neil is looking into a similar calendar so will take over * Money raised for defense against Groupon * Kat to draft a call for Free Desktop-style hackfests which would be sponsored with money raised for defence against Groupon * 2016-09-06 * We probably don't want to track exactly this money flow, but the initiatives that the Board has been pursuing (Flatpak, LAS GNOME) are good fits for the original intent this money was kept for * We can consider making a PR or some other form of announcement about how we're currently making use of this money * 2017-03-07 * General feeling here is that Flatpak fits the bill of the kind of technology/event that taps into the wider community * Another idea may be to use the resources not for an event but for infrastructure * ACTION: let's understand the financial picture in the budget meeting on 3/7 * Paypal Giving Fund * Alexandre suggested in december 2015 to get us enrolled in the program * That would give us exposure. For example Humble bundle allows to direct the charity part of purchases towards any of their participants * Zana tried to get us in sometime before may 2016, we never heard back. * 2016-09-06 * ACTION: Zana to look into it * Google ad grant * 2016-08-10 * ACTION: Shaun will pick this up again and try to register us into the program when he's back in the US * The actual ad campaigns would probably need to be managed by the Engagement/Marketing team * ACTION: Nuritzi to discuss with the Engagement Team and let the board know if they want to start using Google ad * Sysadmin fundraising levels and perks * 2016-08-10, ACTION: Nuritzi to take on this project and figure out what it entails * Web page for prior pants winners * 2016-08-10, ACTION: Shaun and Allan to add t
Minutes of the Board meeting of April 25th 2017
= Foundation Board Minutes for Tue, April 25th 2017, 17:00 UTC = Next meeting date Tue, May 2nd 2017, 17:00 UTC Wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Minutes/20170425 == Attending == * Alexandre Franke * Allan Day * Meg Ford * Nuritzi Sanchez * Cosimo Cecchi * Rosanna Yuen * Neil McGovern * Jim Hall == Regrets == * Shaun McCance == Missing == == Agenda for 2017-04-25 == * IamGNOME hackfest * Review ongoing action items == Minutes == * IamGNOME hackfest * VOTE: approve a budget of $43 for snacks + stickers + fees, recommend that she builds a clear budget for future events, and that the hackfest parts of the event be expanded +1 Cosimo, Meg, Jim, Allan, Nuritzi, Alexandre. PASSED * ACTION: Nuritzi to notify her of the decision and ask that we get at least two weeks notice for future requests == Ongoing == '''This section includes items which have seen an update in the last 30 days. Format is "-MM-DD, action|discussion|abstract" for this and subsequent minutes sections''' * IamGNOME hackfest * Julita is organizing an event in Peru * 2017-04-25 * Budget of $43 for snacks + stickers + fees was approved with a recommendation that a clearer budget is built for future events, and that the hackfest parts of the event be expanded * ACTION: Nuritzi to notify her of the decision and ask that we get at least two weeks notice for future requests * GUADEC 2018 Call for Bids * 2017-04-25 * ACTION: Nuritzi to send out something on social media and a news item on the main GNOME website * Hackfest process documentation * 2017-02-14 * ACTION: Nuritzi to take a stab at updating the documentation for the process to request a hackfest and responsibilities between Board and TC * Google Play account (Android and Chrome stores) * 2016-09-27 * https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=771981 was done, we need to pay a $25 one-time fee for the developer account * 2016-10-04 * Payment is authorized * ACTION: Rosanna to make the payment and follow up with Ankit * 2016-10-18 * Rosanna is waiting for Ankit to reply about the gmail account * 2016-11-01 * Board is discussing who should have access to the credit card associated to the account * 2016-11-29 * ACTION: Rosanna to look into getting a PayPal credit card * 2016-12-20 * Rosanna has been collating materials to update the PayPal account owner before looking into the credit card * 2017-04-18 * ACTION: Neil to follow up with Ankit, as there seems to have been some movement here * 2017-04-25 * Email sent, will chase. Merged the two "Google account" items * Dropping dates in copyright claims on our websites * 2016-12-06 * ACTION: Alexandre to send an email to foundation-list with a proposal for discussion * 2016-12-20 * Next step seems to be to reach out to Creative Commons to get advice on what exactly can and should be done * 2017-01-24 * Alexandre reached out to Creative commons * 2017-02-28 * Alexandre will try alternative channels * Privacy campaign funds * 2016-09-27 * Draft is out for the Board to review and give feedback * ACTION: Cosimo to try and form a committee to review internship proposals * 2016-10-26 * We are aiming for an internship round in spring 2017 === Ongoing but stalled === '''This section includes items which haven't seen an update in the last 30 days.''' * Owncloud shared calendar for the board * 2016-08-10 * Cosimo tested creating an event, but with mixed results * ACTION: Cosimo to take it on from here * 2016-09-06 - Allan has started a list of reoccuring events on the wiki - https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoardPrivate/Minutes/UpcomingAgenda * 2017-03-07 * Neil is looking into a similar calendar so will take over * Money raised for defense against Groupon * Kat to draft a call for Free Desktop-style hackfests which would be sponsored with money raised for defence against Groupon * 2016-09-06 * We probably don't want to track exactly this money flow, but the initiatives that the Board has been pursuing (Flatpak, LAS GNOME) are good fits for the original intent this money was kept for * We can consider making a PR or some other form of announcement about how we're currently making use of this money * 2017-03-07 * General feeling here is that Flatpak fits the bill of the kind of technology/event that taps into the wider community * Another idea may be to use the resources not for an event but for infrastructure * ACTION: let's understand the financial picture in the budget meeting on 3/7 * Paypal Giving Fund * Alexandre suggested in december 2015 to get us enrolled in the program * That would give us exposure. For example Humble bundle allows to direct the charity part of purchases towards any of their participants * Zana tried to get us in sometime before may 2016, we never heard back. * 2016-09-06 * ACTION: Zana to look into it
Minutes of the Board meeting of April 18th 2017
= Foundation Board Minutes for Tue, April 18th 2017, 17:00 UTC = Next meeting date Tue, April 25th 2017, 17:00 UTC Wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Minutes/20170418 == Attending == * Cosimo Cecchi * Nuritzi Sanchez * Allan Day * Shaun McCance * Alexandre Franke * Rosanna Yuen * Meg Ford * Jim Hall * Neil McGovern == Regrets == == Missing == == Agenda for 2017-04-18 == * SysAdmin budget/investmet for next year * Sponsorship emails like "Information Required" * WHS donations report * Bitcoin update * Review ongoing items == Minutes == * SysAdmin budget/investmet for next year * Draft budget page - https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoardPrivate/DraftBudget * Budget will be finalized after GUADEC * The Board will add more items to the wiki page, and we'll discuss at GUADEC * Sponsorship emails like "Information Required" * We seem to be receiving a few of these requests that look generic/spammy * We have received a lot of them in the past * Neil has been replying to them recently * ACTION: Neil to put together a template for this and share with the Board + a webpage that we can point to * WHS donations report * WHS would like a GPG key to address the whole board, but without that, they would only send an encrypted mail to Alexandre * Could we avoid using GPG for our communication with them? * Neil looked into this in the past, and it's very difficult to securely share a GPG key for a group * One issue is that elected individuals change every year, so it would not be very practical to do so for us * ACTION: Neil will follow up with WHS and create a "ED handover" page to document this process * Bitcoin update * One option is to list the payment processor organization as the donor * That seems to be the simplest way, otherwise we'd need to provide the donor with a receipt which may not be possible in every case * General feeling that everyone's OK to proceed accepting donations, and now we're down to the details of how to best represent it in our books * Neil and Rosanna will sync and prepare a recommendation for how to handle these donations == Ongoing == '''This section includes items which have seen an update in the last 30 days. Format is "-MM-DD, action|discussion|abstract" for this and subsequent minutes sections''' * Sponsorship emails like "Information Required" * 2017-04-18 * Neil has been replying to them recently * ACTION: Neil to put together a template for this and share with the Board + a webpage that we can point to * GUADEC 2018 Call for Bids * 2017-04-04 * ACTION: Nuritzi to send out something on social media and a news item on the main GNOME website * 2017-04-18 * Social media post and news item still need to be done * ACTION: Nuritzi to create an etherpad page for the Board to collect feedback about the bids * WHS donations report * 2017-04-18 * ACTION: Neil will follow up with WHS about using his GPG key for communication for the time being and create a "ED handover" page to document this process for the future * Hackfest process documentation * 2017-02-14 * ACTION: Nuritzi to take a stab at updating the documentation for the process to request a hackfest and responsibilities between Board and TC * Chrome Store account for managing GNOME Shell integration browser extension * 2016-12-20 * ACTION: Shaun to find out more about what's involved in creating an account * 2017-03-07 * For the Play Store, we had decided that the contributor should be empowered to publish their app there, as long as they're members of the Foundation * And as long as the credentials/keys are shared with the Board * We should document this process in a wiki page * The Engagement team could faciliatate Foundation members being able to publish on these stores * ACTION: Neil will look into this * 2017-04-18 - Some progress on this, but not sure exactly what has happened (aka: someone seems to have registered an account) Neil to follow up more. * Dropping dates in copyright claims on our websites * 2016-12-06 * ACTION: Alexandre to send an email to foundation-list with a proposal for discussion * 2016-12-20 * Next step seems to be to reach out to Creative Commons to get advice on what exactly can and should be done * 2017-01-24 * Alexandre reached out to Creative commons * 2017-02-28 * Alexandre will try alternative channels * Google Play account * 2016-09-27 * https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=771981 was done, we need to pay a $25 one-time fee for the developer account * 2016-10-04 * Payment is authorized * ACTION: Rosanna to make the payment and follow up with Ankit * 2016-10-18 * Rosanna is waiting for Ankit to reply about the gmail account * 2016-11-01 * Board is discussing who should have access to the credit card associated to the account * 2016-11-29
Re: Proposal: creation of IRC Operators Team
On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 4:54 AM, Sriram Ramkrishna <s...@ramkrishna.me> wrote: > Also I apologize for not being around on at least #gnome-hackers as I know I > am ops there. There is currently 0 op in that channel. -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker & Foundation Director ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Fixing copyright notices on gnome.org websites
On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 8:35 PM, Josh Triplett <j...@joshtriplett.org> wrote: > Unless the individual contributors working on the site have actually > legally assigned copyright to the GNOME Foundation, those contributors > likely retain their own individual copyrights. (And I don't think we'd > want to require such an assignment.) That's a really good point. > It doesn't seem worthwhile to attempt to include a pile of individual > copyright notices on every page, but "© The GNOME Foundation" doesn't > seem quite accurate either. Perhaps it'd make sense to just drop it > entirely? Those pages ace licensed under CC By. Dropping entirely the copyright notice would make it impossible to properly attribute the work when used under that license. However, I have since realized that the current notices say "The GNOME Project" and not "the GNOME Foundation". The latter is a clearly defined entity and leads to the assignment issues you mentionned. The former is a name for an informal collective, and I think that solves the issue you raised. Does that look good to you? -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker & Foundation Director ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Question to GNOME Foundation Board candidates
On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 8:38 PM, Daniel Espinosa <eso...@gmail.com> wrote: > ** How do you address negative campaigns from *users*? There are a response > on blog.gtk.org, but developer oriented not user oriented, then there are > few diffussion about GNOME technologies goodness and use in other projects > (including KDE). First of all, as they say, "haters gonna hate". You can do all you want, there will always be a vocal minority that is going to complain. This interview is by the way an interesting read on the toxicity of communities: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/239318/More_carrot_less_stick_Jeffrey_Lin_on_tweaking_League_of_Legends_player_behavior.php This is not really a job for the board. This is something every community members should do, as individuals. This is something I do when I man the booth at events such as FOSDEM. When people complain, talk to them, try to make them say what the real issue is to have a constructive debate, try to see how you can help them. File a bug for them. Talk to the relevant developer about the issue. Teach them how they can actually do what they are trying to achieve and show them how beautiful GNOME is. If after all that they want to use something else, I don't see a problem with that. If they keep complaining but don't want to actually say what the issue is, too bad for them. "Help me help you" has been a favorite phrase of mine in such circumstances. > ** Are you planning to produce a "User Experience Road Map" for GNOME? In > order to help users see how they will be beneficied with GNOME's > infraestructure and/or libraries. I mean, how, for example, Gtk+ changes and > roadmap, is going to help users to get the best of their favorite Desktop > Environment. This is a technical matter and as such, not a job for the board. > ** Are you planning to involve GNOME Foundation or sign an alliance with > other non-profit organization, in order to support developers fixing users > requested bugs/wish lists/fix beheavoir of GNOME related projects? Check at > [1] Now that's something the board can work on. It's a difficult topic though, and I think a way to sum it up is that throwing money at a problem doesn't necessarily fix it. Even if an issue people complain about is technically fixable, that doesn't mean you'll find enough users willing to spend money on it to make it interesting to work on. Even if you manage to gather a pool of users willing to spend enough to make solving a given problem interesting, that doesn't mean you'll find someone who actually qualifies, is available and wants to take on the task. Even if you manage to find that person, that doesn't mean that the code they will produce can actually get merged. These are just a few of the issues that you'll face (and that others have face before). To conclude while staying in the GNOME Board of Directors campaign context, I'll say that this is definitely something I'm interested in and I'll be happy to participate in discussions on this topic and push the Foundation in the direction of "issues getting fixed, users getting happier, and people getting paid to work on that". -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker & Foundation Director ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Question to GNOME Foundation Board candidates
On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 2:41 AM, Max <sakana...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, Hi, > 1) How many hours per week do you expect you will be able to dedicate to > working on the board on a regular basis? I don't really think that's something that can be quantified effectively. My experience with the board this year tells me that it doesn't really make sense to think you'll have a fixed amount of time dedicated to board work in advance. Sometimes there's a lot of things that need to be taken care of urgently, sometimes it's more quiet and the board has time to sit back and pick up tasks that have been left aside, like thinking about long term strategy. Sometimes you do work as a board member, but that could be counted as part of your work in another team, like coordinating with event organizers or the engagement team. That being said, being at the head of my own company allows me to be quite flexible, and allocate time to GNOME work as needed. > 2) What's your plan and view with GNOME in Asia? How do you think about > grow GNOME in Asia? How to co-work with others? I don't have a plan, apart from continuing to support events in Asia. I don't think I'm close enough to witness the growth in Asia, but I like to think it's been fruitful so far and it's an area that we need to keep working on, as a community. > 3) About GNOME Executive Director, how do you think about GNOME ED? And > what will you do if we still search GNOME ED? ( I am not mean for help to > search GNOME ED, cause we already have GNOME ED committee :) ) I think we really need an ED, sooner rather than later. It's unfortunate that the search so far hasn't been succesful, but I hope we'll see a positive outcome soon. -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker & Foundation Director ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Minutes of the Board Meeting of April, 4th, 2016
On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 10:55 PM, Tobias Mueller <mue...@cryptobitch.de> wrote: > Hi. Hi, >> * Bitcoins donations data >> * Tobi is the only person with access to the Bitcoin donations data > This is not true. In fact, I don't have access to the Bitpay account. > >> * 2016-02-23, ACTION: Alexandre to get in touch with him about this > He has. A while ago. Indeed. The minutes for the 2016-03-01 meeting mentioned: > * Bitcoin wallet > * Account is on BitPay using frie...@gnome.org We failed to update the ongoing items section with that information. Sorry about that. Cheers, -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker & Foundation Director ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Really professional GNOME videos
On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 3:00 AM, Juan Pablo <juanpablouga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Behind those awesome videos is Bastian Ilso and blender! Indeed and you can learn more about them at http://videos.guadec.org/2015/Behind%20the%20Release%20Videos/ -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker & Foundation Director ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Minutes of the Board Meeting of January, 19th, 2016
Hello, On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 10:01 PM, Allan Day <a...@gnome.org> wrote: The Foundation first started licensing sellers of GNOME merchandise in 2008. > Over the years, we've had advice from various lawyers. I'm not aware of any > of them ever telling us that we couldn't or shouldn't license merchandise > sellers who are using our trademark. > > It should also be noted that other Free Software foundations license their > trademarks in a similar way, and that unixstickers and similar sellers are > used to signing these agreements. > > It might be interesting for us to extend the trademark registrations we have > to include merchandise, but I haven't seen any evidence that we shouldn't > continue with the established practice of trademark licensing. In addition to that, the logo and wordmark are not only protected by trademark, but also by copyright which belongs to the GNOME Foundation. -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker & Foundation Director ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Free software streaming
Hi, On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 3:46 PM, Mathieu Duponchelle <mduponchel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey, you did not react to Nicolas Dufresne's suggestion of using webrtc ? > Services like appear.in do not require installing extra software, as most of > the heavy lifting is already done by modern browsers ( I'm sure someone will > implement support in emacs at some point :) ). WebRTC is indeed a neat thing and it's to have services that take care of establishing the peer-to-peer connection. appear.in work well, but it seems to require the use of non-free javascript. -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker & Foundation Director ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Affiliation update
Hi, The GNOME Foundation bylaws state: > […] “affiliate” shall mean representatives […] who have a significant > consulting relationship with an entity […] This definition is quite vague as it's not clear what significant means, and I don't personnaly consider this a change of affiliation as I'm still running my own company and working for several customers, but in the interest of transparency I thought I would mention to the GNOME Foundation membership that I started doing contract work for Collabora today. -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker & Foundation Director ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: FOSDEM Desktops DevRoom 2016 Call for Participation
On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 7:55 PM, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) <zeesha...@gnome.org> wrote: > Yeah I understand that but I'm wondering if they could be persuaded > not to treat all applying projects equally and give more room and time > to projects that are more popular/bigger. I didn't want to say bad of > any projects in particular here but I feel I have to give an example, > to make my point so I'll mention one that I actually love: Guile. > Given that there is a handful of people who use Guile (or even Scheme > in general), I really don't see why it should be given the same amount > of room/time as GNOME and KDE. We were also allocated a single table instead of the usual two we get to make room for more projects. See it this way: the ones you call bigger projects usually have the means to hold at least one yearly conference on their own. The smaller ones don't get to meet that often. Also they really need the exposure FOSDEM provides them, and as you say the bigger projects are already popular. If the Guile people don't have a talk at FOSDEM, where would they have it? -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: User Data Manifesto
On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 2:37 PM, Philip Withnall <phi...@tecnocode.co.uk> wrote: > Yes; I was also thinking of adding a link to open each provider’s > privacy policy, and potentially prompting the user if they add a cloud > provider whose privacy policy is particularly bad. Could be a link to the relevant page on https://tosdr.org/ -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: User Data Manifesto
On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 12:31 PM, Allan Day a...@gnome.org wrote: Hi all, Hey, Any thoughts? None other than let's add our name to the list. -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Minutes of the Board meeting of July, 07th, 2015
Hi, I have a few questions about some pending action items. On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 5:29 PM, Andrea Veri a...@gnome.org wrote: == Pending action items == * Kat to create a private wiki page on the web services accounts holders and passwords * Allan and Kat decided to go for a private git account instead for security reasons Does that mean that the action item has actually been completed, or is this private git account still not in place? * Karen to draft a proposal for the photography policy at GNOME conferences to discuss on foundation-list Can we have a summary of the substance of this policy? I understand it takes time to write such a document, but I guess you already know the general direction you are taking this into. * Tobi to continue pursuing the fund collection in Europe Now that we have WHS, what's left to do? Regards. -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Questions for candidates
Hi, On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 2:30 AM, Richard Stallman r...@gnu.org wrote: Do any other candidates want to state plans to intentionally spread the ideas of the free software movement? This is not precise enough to qualify as a plan, but it sets the general direction I'd like to follow. With the surveillance stories in the last few years, the general public has become more aware of the importance of privacy. This is a domain where free software can really shine and we should use that as one of the vectors for our advocacy. Two talks that I find very inspirational in this regard are More secure with less security by Stefan Walter [0] and the keynote Jacob Appelbaum gave at GUADEC 2012. They both talk about how we should be helping the users by providing more security while making them have less to seek it actively. The implementation of such ideas is of course a technical matter and the board doesn't have much to do with it. What the board can do is facilitate it and promote it. We should reach out to people working on freedom related projects (like Jacob and Tor to take an earlier example) and discuss how we can integrate with them, and how they would like us to work with them. The board can extend an invitation for a talk/keynote at GUADEC that will hopefully foster activity around a given topic in the community afterwards. That can also take the form of a simple email discussion, or a hackfest where GNOME people would meet with people from another project to work on the integration. Privacy is the most prominent one, but not the only domain where this applies. Free culture is another example that comes to mind, and we could come up with many others. We should reach out to free content creators, show them how our platform can help them produce their content and publish it. Last but not least, when reaching out to the general public, we should show them how this integration benefits them. [0] http://videos.guadec.org/2013/More%20secure%20less%20security/ -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: code of conduct question for Board candidates
On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 7:42 PM, Josh Triplett j...@joshtriplett.org wrote: Nobody is asking anyone to sign anything. A CoC would simply be a stated policy for expected behavior on community resources, such as mailing lists, IRC, Bugzilla, wikis, email, etc. Except the board did ask the GUADEC 2014 attendees to sign something. There was a box that needed to be checked to register for the conference. -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Question on community to the candidates.
Hi, On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 6:16 AM, Sriram Ramkrishna s...@ramkrishna.me wrote: It is my impression (and I state impression because I am providing no data) that GNOME has more reliance on people paid to work on GNOME than community. I do not question the passion and dedication to those who are paid on GNOME, I know that they would do it as a community even if they were not paid. It is my impression (and I state impression because I am providing no data) that most people who do get paid to work on GNOME have been hired exactly because they were part of the community. If you agree with my impression, what actions do you think would help increase participation in GNOME? Participation in the core parts of GNOME is not trivial, and requires an enormous amount of time and dedication to get to become familiar with the huge codebase that we have, as well as gain the trust of the maintainer of the module you are interested in. Following my previous statement, I think people get involved first and then get hired to continue working on what they were already working on (or something close). Therefore I don't think that the enormous amount of time and dedication is that difficult to overcome. Of course that doesn't mean there's no room for improvement, and I'm happy that we had such events as the DX hackfests. I think we should have more of them and I'd certainly vote in favour if there were requests for budget to hold them. If you disagree with my impression, what makes you believe that it is not the case? How would you change my mind? I did not bring any data points, so you don't have to either. I'm more interested in giving you a biased opinion and I want to know how you would react to it. I hope my reply will satisfy you. I'd like to add that I think it's a good thing that people manage to make a living working on our project, and that I actually wish there were more companies hiring them. I don't know how to solve this issue though. -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Question to candidates: Best use of Trademark Fundraiser money?
Hi, On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 7:23 PM, Andreas Nilsson li...@andreasn.se wrote: As part of the GNOME Trademark Fundraiser [1], the Foundation raised $102 608 USD. Since the trademark claims from the other part in the issue was withdrawn, it was never taken to court and the money was never spent on that. What, in your mind, is the best use of these funds now? Kept as a War Chest [2] or spent on something specific? Keeping it all as a war chest doesn't make much sense to me. As others have already said, we should spend it to bolster and improve GNOME but what this will mean remains to be defined. I think this will mostly mean that when a proposal to spend some money on something will arrive, we'll be a bit more confortable as this reserve gives us some leeway. However I don't think we can decide to spend a huge chunk of it on a specific item as this was not raised with a specific goal apart from the trademark issue which is no more. -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Question for candidates: transparency and accountability
On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Fabiana Simões fabianapsim...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, Hi, I'd like to hear your thoughts on implementing transparency and accountability on the Board. How transparent the work of the Board should be to Foundation members? What should be communicated and when? Do you think we have been transparent enough in the last term? If not, how can we improve things and how high in your priorities would be to do so? The board should communicate almost everything they do to the members. I say almost because I see a few exceptions. There are cases such as the groupon campaign where they can't unfortunately say anything about what's going on because that could play against the foundation. There are also cases that don't need to be advertised. For instance say the board is mediating in an issue involving two members. The decision to make this public does not belong to the board, but to the member that complained to the board. So far, I guess the board was good on transparency. There are always times where the community is impatient and wants to know more about something that's going on, but I trust that when the board says there's nothing we can say right now it is actually true. In terms of accountability, it's been unclear to me since joining the Foundation how much different Board members contribute to the Board's goals and tasks. Do you think the meeting notes provide enough visibility and context to the work being done? By the end of a term, how can the Foundation have a fair understanding of one's contributions to the Board? Meeting notes are difficult to read, and more precisely it is hard to follow an ongoing agenda item over several meetings. Each member has to do some digging on their own to find out what happened (and who was involved). It would be nice to have a place to sum up the activities of the board. I'm not sure yet which form it would take, but it could be a wiki page per term, or a quarterly report… I also hear the board has been experimenting with a kanban app, I wonder if this could come in handy to craft the reports. In the past we had some reports by our employees (sysadmin and ED) and I found them very valuable, so I reckon the board should provide something similar in some way. -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Question for candidates: transparency and accountability
On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Alexandre Franke alexandre.fra...@gmail.com wrote: It would be nice to have a place to sum up the activities of the board. I'm not sure yet which form it would take, but it could be a wiki page per term, or a quarterly report… I also hear the board has been experimenting with a kanban app, I wonder if this could come in handy to craft the reports. In the past we had some reports by our employees (sysadmin and ED) and I found them very valuable, so I reckon the board should provide something similar in some way. Sorry, I forgot to mention the awesome President's report Jeff did. This is really welcome and is an example of the things the board should do, but doesn't solve the difficult-to-follow issue described earlier. -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: code of conduct question for Board candidates
On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 5:41 PM, Marina Zhurakhinskaya mari...@redhat.com wrote: Hi, Hi, Many free software organizations have adopted codes of conduct for their events [1] and some for their communities [2]. Detailed codes of conduct with specific enforcement guidelines signal to newcomers that the community has high standards of behavior. They give participants who observe or are subject to inappropriate behavior something to point to that shows that such behavior is outside of what is expected and guidelines on how to proceed in getting it addressed. What do you think about adopting a detailed code of conduct, similar to the one used for GUADEC 2014 [3], for all GNOME events and creating a similarly detailed code of conduct for the GNOME community? First of all, it is important for people participating in the community activities, be them online (mailing list discussions, IRC, bugzilla…) or offline (GUADEC, hackfests…), to be aware that they have someone they can talk to if they need to. They should also know that suffering from attacks, or feeling like it is the case, is nothing to be ashamed of, and that they can trust the listed contacts to have a listening hear and provide an appropriate response. It is however also very important for them to feel welcome and I know that a code such as the one used for GUADEC 2014 fails to achieve that. As the organizer, I was approached by people, seasoned contributors as well as newcomers, who told me they felt uneasy because the code conveyed the message that there was a constant threat and that they should be on their guard. I share their concerns and I would feel the same way if I had to attend another event with the same code. I want to emphasize that I'm not saying there is no threat at all, and I'm taking this very seriously. What I'm saying here is that we want a positive environment. Long texts also suffer from the TL;DR (Too Long; Didn't Read) effect, and I'm convinced many people who sign up for events with a checkbox saying I have read the code of conduct and I agree to this terms actually think yada yada yada whatever, I just want to participate and I don't care/have time to read this. Some people have argued to me that it's ok since all we should care about is people signing off the code so that it can be enforced on them. This is a pretty shortsighted way of thinking and I'd say I'd rather have people read and take into account a short message without having to sign anything than them signing something they don't acknowledge and us having to take action afterwards. Another issue I have with strong codes of conduct is that often they try to substitute themselves to the appropriate authorities. There are laws and bodies whose job is to enforce them. The people in charge of a gathering should not have to list illegal activities as unacceptable. Most of us are not lawyers and have limited knowledge of the legality of such texts, even more so in an international context such as ours. We should strive to act as interfaces with the local authorities, not try to supersede them. That is of course not to say that we should call the police when the appropriate response is to call someone out on their bad behaviour, but threatening with sanctions is most of the time inappropriate too. The last point I want to cover is codes of conduct vs. their actual implementation. In many cases, organizers decide on a code of conduct but then they don't properly train the staff or take actions. If you have a look at the timeline of incidents on the geek feminist wiki, you'll find examples of such cases. I consider more important to have people willing to help and prepared than having the code itself. In fact, while I disagree with the GUADEC 2014 code of conduct and they way it was handled, I was happy to give a hand to solve issues at previous events which I helped organize. -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: More questions for Board candidates
Hi, On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 11:25 PM, Karen Sandler ka...@gnome.org wrote: Have you ever done any fundraising? Only a little, trying to get local sponsors for various local events. For GUADEC this turned into getting a small local company to pay for the pastries. I wouldn't say it's something I'm good at. Are you comfortable asking sponsors for money? Not really. Have you ever been in a manager role? Yes, both at work and in a volunteer environment. Do you have any experience talking to reporters? A little, mostly talking to local press when I was manning a booth at various events or when I was advertising an event I was organising. Have you ever talked to a group of people about why software freedom is important? Yes, I have had several occasions to do that, for instance with groups of students at the University where I have taught, or at some non-software related events where I was at the booth of my local LUG. This is also a topic I like to bring up when I meet new people and they ask me what I do for a living, which happens quite often. -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Question to GNOME Foundation Board candidates
On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 2:41 AM, Max sakana...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, Hi Max! 1) How many hours per week do you expect you will be able to dedicate to working on the board on a regular basis? It's always hard coming with an estimation for such a thing, especially when you haven't been on the board before and don't know for sure how it really works. That said, I think I should be able to commit to something between 5 and 10 hours a week. I should also be able to find more time if there's an issue that requires more at a certain point in time. Working as an independant, I am quite flexible with my time and I'm able to accommodate my schedule to make room for things I care about in rush periods. 2) What's your plan and view with GNOME in Asia? How do you think about grow GNOME in Asia?( ecosystem / contribute / sponsor / volunteer ... ) Asia seems to me like a place where we have a huge opportunity: there's a free software boom there and people are very enthusiastic. GNOME should definitely push in that direction. Our community members who live in Asia already do a great job by organising events such as GNOME.Asia or release parties. It's difficult for someone who's not there to help. The board can probably do things to help, but they won't be the ones actually making things happen in the first place. What I think the board can and should do is for instance voting for budget allocation, and give advice on how to use money the best way. I'd also like to see more workshop-type events and if we have volunteers willing to organize them, we should make sure they have the means to do that. * Maybe you already notice -- there start to have sponsors from Asia with GUADEC.( There are 2 in 2015 and 1 in 2014 ) I know! I was really happy when I was told that the GNOME.Asia organizers brought me a sponsor last year. I think there's room for more of this in the future and we should indeed encourage sponsors of one the events to sponsor the other one as well. * There are some open source events related and co-work with GNOME Users Group or Members in Asia. Colocating events is a good idea too. It can help save money (splitting some of the cost), get venues (only have to ask once instead of twice) and more importantly it brings visibility to a bigger audience. People interested in one of the two events would be attending another one they might not know of otherwise. So yes, that's something that we should encourage. -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Foundation Membership status verification
On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 5:33 PM, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) zeesha...@gnome.org wrote: Hi, Hey, I don't even remember/know whats my username. Did you try your GNOME email alias? -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Board of Directors Elections 2015 - Candidacy - Alexandre Franke
Name: Alexandre Franke Affiliation: none Foundation members, I have been involved in many areas of GNOME over the past decade, amongst which are advocacy, translations and GUADEC organization. It has given me a good overview of how the different areas and teams within the Foundation function, as well as many occasions to exercise my coordination, organisational and problem solving skills. I have enjoyed my time working on GNOME and would like to use what I have learnt to contribute on a higher level. Being on the board is not a piece of cake and our past directors have done a good job. I am now humbly presenting my candidacy, hoping that I'll be able to serve as well as others have done in the past. Regards, -- Alexandre Franke GNOME Hacker ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Agenda for board meeting on March 27th
Hi, On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 4:48 PM, Jeff Fortin Tam nekoh...@gmail.com wrote: If you would like the board to discuss any particular issues at the next meeting, you are welcome to request additions to the agenda here. Two hours to do that seems like a really short amount of time. Could you please send the agenda earlier next time? -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: foundation application..
On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 12:19 AM, Luciana Fujii luci...@fujii.eti.br wrote: - What is the impact of having people joining the Foundation and vanishing later? They gain voting ability when they shouldn't. The board should be elected by people who are involved with the community. Members of the foundation should be members of the community. - Do people that don't intend to continue contributing to GNOME actually apply to GNOME Foundation? If yes, why would they do that? Interns are told at the end of the internship that becoming a member should be their aim. It should indeed be their aim, but this implies that they should do what's necessary to deserve this, i.e. becoming and staying involved. why bother with special ruling this and risking potential problems? The membership can correct me if I'm wrong, but one thing that's not been said so far is that the N months before accepting a member is not really special to interns. Sure it seems it's only written for them, but if someone were to apply after one month of involvement (with or without paid incentive) I'm pretty sure the membership committee (MC) would think it's too soon too. So I don't think is actually that we want to wait for interns, but rather that we clearly state a period for which we wait. It should be at the MC's discretion in all cases. -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: OUTAGE: bugzilla.gnome.org, 09th February (09:00 CET) - 10th February (22:00 CET)
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 9:29 AM, Oliver Propst oliver.pro...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 11:50 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna s...@ramkrishna.me wrote: I just want to thank everyone on the sysadmin team for this. This has been a long time coming and took quite amount of work due to the fact that we had a specialized bugzilla install. It's times like this is why having an expert sysadmin team is so important. We are _lucky_ to have such awesome ones. I've worked in a lot of environments, and I know what I speak of. Thanks again guys, you guys are the best! +1. Indeed. Now if we can maybe get someone to change the UI a bit on bugzilla that would be something... Yeah that would be awesome. As I already told Sri on IRC yesterday, if anything is wrong with our current bugzilla, you should start by filing bugs. Then we can start looking for solutions and someone to implement them. Otherwise we can't guess what you guys think the problem is. If it's not in bugzilla, it doesn't exist. -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: foundation application..
On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 11:57 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna s...@ramkrishna.me wrote: Do people find the application to the foundation to be intimidating? I've talked to a number of people and I get the feeling that unless I do coding or something that I'm not a valuable member. Even with all the stuff I do, I still feel inadequate when I renew... I was just curious if other people felt that way as well.. Yes. -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: foundation application..
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 12:33 AM, Luis Menina liberfo...@freeside.fr wrote: So yes, I still find it intimidating because it's hard to feel legitimate when you're a small contibutor. And that's part of the problem. This guy calls himself a small contributer, which he is not. Sure he's not a maintainer of one of our core libraries, or even the leader of one of our teams, but he's been sustainably active for quite a long time now. -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Agenda for board meeting on January 9th
On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 5:55 PM, Magdalen Berns m.be...@thismagpie.com wrote: Thanks for the information. I notice that there is no contact information for any of the teams or links to indicate who they are and what their currently working on. It seems unlikely that someone would easily be able to figure out how to help them out. You mean something like https://wiki.gnome.org/Teams that is linked prominently from the front page of the wiki? -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO
On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 2:39 PM, Richard Stallman r...@gnu.org wrote: Can someone tell me the URL of the Builder project's own site? Here it is: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Builder/ -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO
On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 1:59 AM, Fabiano Fidêncio fabi...@fidencio.org wrote: Can you be more explicit about what you mean with tools used to do your/the bank transactions run nonfree software AFAIU, when you do a bank transfer, the job responsible for your transaction will be executed in the next scheduled period. There are people monitoring and scheduling it (most likely not using free software for this), there is a system on where it is being running (same here ...). According to the GNU/FSF advocacy, in the case of a service it is ok not to have access to the source code since you're not the one running the software. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/network-services-arent-free-or-nonfree.fr.html Apart from that, when you open your bank account you deal with people using an OS, using the bank applications, most likely non-free software. When you do a deposit in cash, for someone working in the bank, mos likely this person is not running a free software. And so on, and so on ... The argument could be made that it is a shame that the person whose dealing with the software on the other side of the counter doesn't have access to the source code, but in this case nobody forces *you* to use non-free software so it is ok on your side of the counter (which seems to be the part you're missing). If are you really concerned about people using non free software, you should take everything in consideration, no? Asking for a thin layer of free software stuff running seems a bit useless for me. In this particular case, Richard asks to be allowed to participate without being forced to use non-free software on his machine. This is something clearly different from asking for the source of everything being available to everyone. You can learn more about this at the above link and at http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html#PrivateSoftware And I'm really wondering how much these random comments about not good, not free software coming from and with no real suggestions can help instead of just generate noise and silly discussions like this one. You're mislead about the intentions of people caring about software freedom. Your stance is that they should not be so focused on their cause, but maybe you should be a bit more open as well and consider their points and reasoning rather than just outright claiming it is noise. Quite frankly, people that act like that are as tiresome as they claim RMS is. Hmm. Didn't get good examples from moot in the Urban Dictionary (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=moot). Maybe it should be used a bit more carefully. :-) Or maybe you should be more careful with the sources you use as references. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/moot adjective, third definition: (North America) Having no practical impact or relevance. That point may make for a good discussion, but it is moot http://www.thefreedictionary.com/moot 1b has a similar definition. I guess any respectable dictionary will have one. Cheers, -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: OPW; Where does the 500$ for each GSoC goes?
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 1:23 PM, Sébastien Wilmet swil...@gnome.org wrote: Alexandre pointed out that GUADEC is at the right time. But not every OPW rounds are during the summer! So some OPW interns go to GUADEC several months later than the round. So why not doing the same also for GSoC and all OPW rounds (for students not living in Europe)? The point is also to have almost everyone together at the same time. Having the small group of people from winter OPW separate from the others wouldn't achieve the same feeling of belonging to a community for them. Also note that GUADEC is in the middle of summer and most of the interns are students, which means it's at the right period for almost all of them to travel. It would be harder to travel when they have to attend school. -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: OPW; Where does the 500$ for each GSoC goes?
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Fabiano Fidêncio fabi...@fidencio.org wrote: I do believe GNOME Foundation should have a clear (and well documented) way for people raising their questions wrt how the GNOME Foundation's money is spent. I *do* understand it's keep private for security reasons and, just to be more than clear, I am *not* questioning this. What I'm questioning is: Could the Foundation provide a way for the members to check whatever they want to check wrt this topic? http://www.gnome.org/foundation/reports/ is a bit outdated, but it exists. -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: OPW; Where does the 500$ for each GSoC goes?
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 6:31 PM, Hashem Nasarat hnasa...@gmail.com wrote: Page 12 in the 2013 annual report (http://www.gnome.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GNOME-Annual-Report-2013.pdf) has financial information for 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013. Is this not what you're looking for? No, it's not. Please scroll down to the Finance section of the http://www.gnome.org/foundation/reports/ page, and open the latest file there ( http://www.gnome.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/gnome-foundation-budget-2011-july.ods ), first link after the contact one. Now compare that detailed spreadsheet with the summary you're pointing to. -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Mission Statement
On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Máirín Duffy du...@fedoraproject.org wrote: Let's not conflate whether or not OPW has anything to do with the mission statement or not; if there was a problem with alignment to the mission statement I would have expected that to be brought up quite some time ago, and would hope it would be brought up without the added issue of financial concerns if it was truly a sincere concern. Saying that because nobody raised concerns earlier there's no issue is a pretty poor argument. I see people raising concerns now, so why dismiss them by saying that they should have done so earlier? -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: GUADEC 2010 Talks
Hey hub, On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 5:23 AM, Hubert Figuière h...@figuiere.net wrote: Now if anybody in the community can help locating the videos of other Guadecs, I'd love to help getting these together. For 2013, you have http://videos.guadec.org/2013/ (also available at http://www.superlectures.com/guadec2013/ but probably not for long). Also we should put a copy of the videos we find at video.guadec.org (in addition to the Internet archive and youtube). -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Minutes of the Board meeting of March 20th, 2014
On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 3:31 PM, Emmanuele Bassi eba...@gmail.com wrote: * Upcoming hackfests * Developer Experience Hackfest […] * New attendees: Zeeshan Ali and Alexandre Franke I'm not attending. That should read Aleksander Morgado. -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Le Translathon 2014
Hey! The French translation team is having a translation hackfest for 3.12 on March 15th and 16th at Mozilla Space Paris. Details are available at https://wiki.gnome.org/Hackfests/LeTranslathon2014 You're welcome to join, just add yourself to the wiki page. Thanks a lot to Mozilla for providing the venue! Cheers. -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
GUADEC 2014 organization meeting
Hi, As you should know by now, next GUADEC will happen in summer 2014 in Strasbourg, France. The first online meeting for the organization will happen on Tuesday November 28th 2013 at 15:00 CEST (14:00 UTC) on #guadec on irc.gnome.org and you're welcome to join us. As it's the first one, I'm announcing it on foundation-list as well. If you're interested in GUADEC organization and want to see the next announcements, please subscribe to guadec-list. The agenda is available at https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2014/Meetings/20131128 Have a nice day. -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: GUADEC 2014 organization meeting
On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Emily Gonyer emilyyr...@gmail.com wrote: Erm... is this today (Tuesday November 26th) or on Thursday November 28th?? Sorry, it's on Thursday November 28th. Thanks for catching that. -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Minutes of the Board meeting of October 29th, 2013
On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 7:36 PM, Richard Stallman r...@gnu.org wrote: Why would we want it to communicate Distinguish this from GNOME? I won't say there can't be any such reason, but I don't see that there is one. I haven't seen any discussion about this in the current thread. Does anyone see a reason for this? Do the Ubuntu GNOME maintainers ship all the upstream GNOME pieces or are some of them replaced with distribution specific ones? E.g. are they shipping GNOME Online Accounts or Ubuntu Online Accounts? I can't see any possible reason for wanting to it communicate This is Ubuntu's GNOME. What good does that do us or our cause? None that I can see. If they are replacing upstream pieces with distribution ones, we may not want that new set to be seen as GNOME because users might be led into believing some issues they encounter come from our software when that might not be the case. -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Announcing GNOME's official GitHub mirror
On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 11:26 AM, אנטולי קרסנר fr33domlo...@mailoo.org wrote: Hello, Hi, Examples: […] SourceForge SourceForge is actually free software now. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SourceForge#Apache_relicense (Certainly the popularity of GitHub is not the reason you chose it I guess, just like the popularity of Windows doesn't make us focus on Windows support, and the popularity of Skype doesn't make us focus on As you can see in Alberto's answer, it is indeed just a question of popularity and I agree with you that this is a sad thing. -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Announcing GNOME's official GitHub mirror
On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Alberto Ruiz ar...@gnome.org wrote: Why did I choose github? Because that's where everybody is these days. Because we have nothing to lose by mirroring our repos there and we have a lot to gain. You're entitled to your opinion but you must be aware that some people disagree. Actually, is there a way for maintainers that don't want to have their module on Github to opt out of this mirroring process? -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Announcing GNOME's official GitHub mirror
On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Alberto Ruiz ar...@gnome.org wrote: We should pick our fights, on the other hand, GitHub has released more open source code and tools than the gitorious community. We accept money from Google for the GSoC's every year and I see no complaints. Everything is a matter on how you look at things really. I agree that everyone should be free to pick their fights. I agree that you you are free to pick yours and have them different from mine. Do you agree that mine can be different from yours? As I mentioned before, if you want a gitorious mirror, feel free to start working on it, I fully support the idea, I'm just not interested in investing the time on it myself because I see no much value in it (on the other hand, I see the value on running our own instance). I really don't care much about my code being mirrored anywhere. At least gitorious would be ethically acceptable, so it wouldn't bother me, but I won't invest time in this. I see the value of this as a backup though, so if others want to work on this I say that's a good thing. Anyway this is really not what was the most important point to me in my previous email and you didn't answer the question I really cared about, so I'm asking again: is there a way for maintainers to opt out of the github mirroring? -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Announcing GNOME's official GitHub mirror
On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Debarshi Ray rishi...@lostca.se wrote: Speaking as someone who has a Gitorious account and not a GitHub one, what will you gain by opting out? It won't stop someone from cloning your code on GitHub. This way you atleast have a canonical tree on GitHub where you can see what people are doing with your stuff. I agree that people are free to take code and copy it there. This doesn't mean that we should make it easy for them. Actually, the fact that we have to ask to opt out is an issue in itself. We shouldn't even have to. This should have been opt in from the start. People (maintainers and commiters in this case) shouldn't have to fight to get back what you have taken away from them. Basically, I don't think that choosing to opt-out is strong enough message even on ethical grounds. What you're saying is basically that if someone's fight is not worth fighting, we shouldn't let them fight it. -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Announcing GNOME's official GitHub mirror
On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Emmanuele Bassi eba...@gmail.com wrote: I thought that making it easy for them to take the code and copy it was the entire point of using a distributed version control system. actually, I was pretty sure that this was the whole point of having free access to the software source code in the first place. I have nothing against free access to the source code. git.gnome.org already ensures that. As I said earlier, if someone wants to clone a module to work on it and have their clone on github because that's where they chose to host it to share their work, fine by me. This is already possible without the GNOME mirror. This doesn't mean I have to endorse it, or approve a move towards it. considering that this is a mirroring system of a distributed version control system, I'm puzzled as to what has been lost. you still have all your rights to the software you maintain and commit to, and you still have the right to push your work to more than one repository. care to elaborate a bit more on this? Frankly, I am not really motivated to elaborate more. As you can see from this thread, people disagree with this action, which has been taken in their name (as they are GNOME foundation members, GNOME module maintainers and GNOME committers). It should be possible for them not to have their name associated with it, whatever their reasons are, and without having to justify themselves. -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: A bitcoin wallet for Gnome?
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Richard Stallman r...@gnu.org wrote: I would like to. Can you tell me an email address to write to? Their website gives i...@conformal.com You may tell them that you want to contact Josh Rickmar as he is in charge of their GTK+ work. -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: A bitcoin wallet for Gnome?
Hi, On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Richard Stallman r...@gnu.org wrote: The free bitcoin wallets with a GUI are reportedly designed for Qt. Can anyone take steps to find or stimulate someone to develop a free bitcoin wallet for Gnome, and to package it for the main GNU/Linux distros? Conformal is currently working on a Go implementation [0] of Bitcoin. They talk about it on their blog [1] and one recent post [2] explains that they wrote GTK+bindings, so that makes me think that they are working on a GTK+ wallet. Of course they don't explicitely say so, so I'm might be wrong about this. I have other suggestions about it, so if someone expresses interest, I'd appreciate being put in touch with him. Maybe you should get in touch with the people at Conformal? [0] https://opensource.conformal.com/wiki/btcd [1] https://blog.conformal.com/category/bitcoin/ [2] https://blog.conformal.com/gotk3-gtk3-the-go-way/ -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: GNOME Love flyer and help
On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 8:55 PM, Marina Zhurakhinskaya mari...@redhat.com wrote: Hi all, Hi, https://live.gnome.org/GnomeMarketing/ConferenceMaterial#Flyer Is there an easy way or a recommended workflow to get this translated? -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Want to review a book about GNOME 3?
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 7:02 PM, Richard Stallman r...@gnu.org wrote: It looks like this book is a sort of manual for GNOME 3. If so, what is the license of the book? Is it free? The messages don't say. The title of the book is GNOME 3 Application Development with Beginner's Guide as a subtitle. http://www.packtpub.com/gnome-3-application-development-beginners-guide/book Manuals should be free, and free software especially needs free manuals (see http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-doc.html). Part of our mission is to educate people that nonfree manuals are part of the problem; thus, it is important not to present a nonfree manual as if it were a good thing. Please don't help anyone write or sell nonfree manuals for GNOME. (Or for anything else.) Does a development guide qualify as a manual to you? -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Some news from GIMPNET (was A few observations about GIMPNET)
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Andrea Veri a...@gnome.org wrote: Pretty much (all?) the bots were used for auto-opping or updating channel's topics AFAIK, thus my statement to safely remove all the bots with these specific functions. I'll work on deploying a KGB bot anytime soon as well for git commits notifications on IRC. Some of us also use Supybot for bugzilla related services (bug change announcements, getting a description of a bug by giving its bug number). -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: AGM Meeting: Proposal (on p.g.o)
On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Alberto Ruiz ar...@gnome.org wrote: However, it seems to me that there is a broad consensus that one way or the other Commit Digests should go in, am I right? Some people expressed another opinion which I agree with: news.gnome.org is the right place for this and if the problem is that people don't read it, then maybe we should rather work on making it more appealing and advertise it more. -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: AGM Meeting: Proposal (on p.g.o)
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Johannes Schmid j...@jsschmid.de wrote: We tried that for five (or more?) years now without success and I hope at some point people realize that it doesn't work. I was one of the people that used to read n.g.o but at some point I am just missing the time to check yet another website. Why do you check the website at all? RSS solves that problem and n.g.o is not what could be called noisy. I'm not saying that doing so is a bad thing, I'm just trying to understand the way you do it. -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: AGM Meeting: Proposal (on p.g.o)
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Johannes Schmid j...@jsschmid.de wrote: I don't use RSS. I am browsing this pages from work where I am not allowed to install software and I don't wanna use Google Reader (because I don't have any google account apart from GSoC). I like to be able to access plain webpages and that's basically where you catch people. If they are interested they *might* use RSS at some point but they won't discover stuff with RSS. Ok, so what about having n.g.o merged onto planet, but: * we keep the feeds separate so that people can choose to subscribe to either project news or hacker news or both * as Vincent said, we make them visually separated -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: AGM Meeting: Proposal (on p.g.o)
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Johannes Schmid j...@jsschmid.de wrote: I was *never* proposing that Well *I* am. :-) - I just wanted commit-digest as single exception, maybe visually separated. The rest of news.gnome.org is not that interesting to be on the planet. It seems a bit unfair to me to say that the rest of n.g.o isn't as worthy of the reader's attention as the things we would have on Planet. As I said earlier, it's not very high volume, so why not have it with the rest? As you said we've been trying to make it more visible for years. Maybe this is the solution? -- Alexandre Franke ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
