Re: New GNOME Foundation & Emeritus Members

[Nuritzi Sanchez via foundation-list]

On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 8:18 PM Christian Hergert 
wrote:

> On 9/1/20 9:12 AM, Andrea Veri wrote:
> > Please welcome and thank them for their great and valuable contributions
> > over the GNOME Foundation!
> >
> >  1. Samson Goddy (GNOME African Engagement Team)
> >  2. Onuoha Maryann Chiamaka (GNOME African Engagement Team)
> >  3. Alex Angelou (GNOME Engagement via dedicated events talks)
> >  4. Ayooluwa Olosunde Adetunmise (GNOME African Engagement Team)
> >  5. Adebola Ogunyemi (GNOME African Engagement Team)
> >  6. Thibault Martin (Translator, Newcomers support)
> >  7. Manuel Genovés Monzó (Maintainer of Apostrophe, writer of the
> > twilight calculator for GNOME Clocks)
>
> Welcome!
>
> I'm excited to see so many newcomers and look forward to contributing
> with you!
>
>
+1 ... Welcome, everyone! :)

- Nuritzi


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Re: Registration is now open for LAS 2019!

[Nuritzi Sanchez]

Hi all,

The LAS organizing team has decided to extend travel sponsorship requests
by another week, so the due date is now: Friday, September 27th.

You can find out how to submit a request here:
https://linuxappsummit.org/travel-sponsorship/

Also, don't forget to register! Do so here:
https://linuxappsummit.org/register/

Best,
Nuritzi

FYI - Speaker notifications will start going out this upcoming week, but
don't worry if you don't hear back from LAS organizers by the end of the
week. It's a roll-out, so not everyone will be notified at the same time.
If you don't hear back in about two weeks, don't hesitate to reach out to
ask about your talk's status.


.
*Nuritzi Sanchez*


On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 1:32 PM Gaurav Agrawal 
wrote:

> Attendance is free of charge. Please register today so that we have your
> badge ready when you arrive, and to help us plan:
> https://linuxappsummit.org/register
>
> Travel Sponsorship Requests
>
> If you need help getting to and staying in Barcelona, we’d appreciate it
> if you could ask your organization or company to sponsor the trip. If
> that’s not possible, we’ll do our best to sponsor some participants.
>
> We have limited funds available, so submitting an application is not a
> guarantee of receiving sponsorship.
>
> *Please make travel sponsorship requests by September 15th.*
>
>
> GNOME Foundation Members
>
> Please apply for travel sponsorship via GNOME’s travel committee:
> https://wiki.gnome.org/Travel
>
>
> KDE e.V. Members
>
> Please apply for travel sponsorship via KDE e.V.’s travel committee:
> https://reimbursements.kde.org/
> All Others
>
> Some communities, like Ubuntu
> <https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/linux-application-summit-barcelona/12477>,
> have funds that community members can request to attend LAS. Please check
> to see if there is anything that covers you.
>
> Otherwise, please send us a request by e-mailing tra...@linuxappsummit.org
>  with:
>
>- Your name
>- The amount you will need and a breakdown of costs
>- If you are a GNOME or KDE Foundation member (or if you are not)
>- What you are planning to bring to the conference so we can consider
>your application. For example, are you submitting a talk, are you hoping to
>volunteer, etc? These are the types of things that help increase your
>chances of receiving travel sponsorship.
>
> Please note that we will need receipts from all payments to have them
> reimbursed. After we receive your request, we may ask you for additional
> information.
>
>
> Thanks and Regards
>
> Gaurav Agrawal
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GNOME Foundation 2019 Annual General Meeting (AGM)

[Nuritzi Sanchez]

Dear all,

You are invited to attend this year's Annual General Meeting (AGM), which
will be held at GUADEC 2019 <https://2019.guadec.org/>, this year in
Thessaloniki, Greece.

*About the AGM*
Every year, the GNOME Foundation's Board of Directors sets aside some time
at GUADEC for the Annual General Meeting (AGM). Everyone is invited to
attend the AGM and hear updates on what has been happening at GNOME for the
last year, and also to get to know the new Board members and ask any
questions that they may have. If there are any items requiring a vote by
the Foundation membership to resolve, a vote is conducted at the AGM.

*Why attend? *
Besides getting an update on what has happened at GNOME over the last year,
and getting to know some of the GNOME Foundation leaders, there will be
other fun things planned too. Sometimes we do give-aways and prizes, and
will take a break for the GUADEC group photo -- which you'll definitely
want to be part of to prove you attended GUADEC 2019! At the end of the
AGM, we'll do our annual Pants Award ceremony. Yes, we give away trousers.
You'll see what we mean if you attend.


*Details for this year's meeting:*
* * **Time:* 16:30 - 18:00 (Eastern European Summer Time)
 * *Date:* Saturday 24th August 2019
* * Location:* Main Auditorium, University of Macedonia, Greece (
https://2019.guadec.org/pages/venue.html)

*Agenda for this year's AGM (subject to change):*
 * Introduction to new Board of Directors
 * Reports on the previous 12 months
 * Break for group photo for GUADEC 2019
 * Q
 * Vote on bylaw changes
 * Pants Award (https://wiki.gnome.org/Pants)

*About the vote: *
This year, there will be a vote about bylaw changes that the Board is
proposing, including changes to Board terms and updating the bylaws to make
them more gender-neutral. These proposed changes are attached to this
email.

As well as being able to answer any questions beforehand on the Foundation
mailing list, the Board plans on explaining these changes at the Q before
an in-person vote is conducted so that Foundation members have a chance to
ask any questions that they may have. While community members are welcome
to join the discussion, only GNOME Foundation members are allowed to
participate
in the vote.


If you are a member of our community who has contributed significantly, we
encourage you to apply to become a GNOME Foundation member as soon as
possible so that you can participate more fully in events like our AGM. For
more information on how to apply for Foundation Membership, please check
out: https://www.gnome.org/foundation/membership/

The Board is looking forward to seeing you at the AGM, and to celebrating
our achievements over the last 12 months. If you have any questions before
the meeting, please let us know and we'll do our best to answer them.

Best,
Nuritzi

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Re: Announcing Board of Directors Elections 2019: revamped timeline

[Nuritzi Sanchez]

On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 5:48 AM  wrote:

> This seems like case in point for why we should switch to two-year
> terms! Hopefully this will be the final election in which we elect
> seven directors all at the same time.
>
> Michael
>

+1. All of the current board members are in agreement that this should be
done and Neil has been investigating how we might do this. So far he's
found someone who has the time and expertise to help us, and is working
with them to understand what needs to change in the bylaws and and how to
implement the changes practically. Unfortunately, it wasn't possible to
move to two year terms for this election cycle, but we hope that it can
move to the staggered two year cycle asap!

- Nuritzi

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Events Code of Conduct and New Committee Ratification

[Nuritzi Sanchez]

Dear Foundation Members,

The GNOME Foundation Board of Directors would like to announce the
ratification of an Events Code of Conduct for GNOME events:
https://wiki.gnome.org/CodeOfConduct/Events.

This Event Code of Conduct is the product of over one year of work by the
Code of Conduct Working Group, as well as a round of feedback from GNOME
community members, and scrutiny by the GNOME Foundation Board.

The Board has also appointed a new Code of Conduct Committee (
https://wiki.gnome.org/CodeOfConductCommittee) to help with:

   - Ensuring that GNOME events follow the GNOME Foundation's events codes
   of conduct.

   - Responding to incident reports, in accordance with the incident
   response guidelines.

   - Keeping records of code of conduct issues, and tracking repeat
   incidents.


The Code of Conduct Committee can be reached at code-of-conduct-committee@
gnome.org.

The GNOME Foundation Board invites interested community members to
participate in the general Q session to be held at the 2018 Annual
General Meeting (AGM) at GUADEC if they have questions for the Board about
this new events Code of Conduct.

While this Code of Conduct for Events has been ratified, we look forward to
continue to improve it in order to help make GNOME events a safe and
welcoming place for our community.

On behalf of the Board,
Nuritzi

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Re: Board of Directors Elections 2018 - Candidacy - Nuritzi Sanchez

[Nuritzi Sanchez]

Hi everyone, my affiliation has changed to currently having no affiliation.

Best,
Nuritzi

Nuritzi Sanchez
GNOME Foundation <https://www.gnome.org/foundation/>
President, Board of Directors

2018-05-23 16:11 GMT-07:00 Nuritzi Sanchez :

>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *Name: Nuritzi SanchezEmail: nuri...@gnome.org
> Corporate affiliation: EndlessHello Foundation members,
> I'd like to announce my candidacy for a third term as a GNOME Foundation
> Board member. As President and Chairperson of the Board for the last two
> years, I have played an active role in setting the pace for the Board’s
> work. For example, I suggested and pushed for a Foundation hackfest to
> happen so that we could get together and create infrastructure to
> streamline our decision process around various issues that often slow us
> down in meetings. One of the many things we streamlined during our hackfest
> in Berlin <https://nuritzis.com/2017/10/21/2017-gnome-foundation-hackfest/>
> [1] is the budgeting and spending processes. As a Board member who actively
> participates in the Engagement team, I also advocated for a larger budget
> to support our community and increase our efforts to promote GNOME around
> the world. The enablement of TransferWise as a payment option was also
> something that I pushed, which allows more community members to receive
> funds with fewer fees. This year, I also started to do more public speaking
> about GNOME and worked on increasing engagement in more regions of the
> world. As President, I was invited to represent the Foundation in a number
> of conferences and events in Asia and Latin America, such as GNOME.Asia,
> COSCon’17, and FLISoL in Bogotá. Since participating in those events, I
> have acted as a bridge to try to bring global and regional teams together,
> and to get some newcomers I met to become active members of GNOME. While we
> have been able to increase our contributor base in traditionally less
> represented locales this year, there is still a lot to be done to stimulate
> growth in these areas. If elected, I’ll continue to advocate for policies
> that support our growth and make participating in this awesome community
> more accessible to all. Thanks for your consideration, and if elected, I
> look forward to serving on the Board again!Best, NuritziIRC: nuritzi*
> [1] https://nuritzis.com/2017/10/21/2017-gnome-foundation-hackfest/
>
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Board of Directors Elections 2018 - Candidacy - Nuritzi Sanchez

[Nuritzi Sanchez]

*Name: Nuritzi SanchezEmail: nuri...@gnome.org <nuri...@gnome.org>Corporate
affiliation: EndlessHello Foundation members, I'd like to announce my
candidacy for a third term as a GNOME Foundation Board member. As President
and Chairperson of the Board for the last two years, I have played an
active role in setting the pace for the Board’s work. For example, I
suggested and pushed for a Foundation hackfest to happen so that we could
get together and create infrastructure to streamline our decision process
around various issues that often slow us down in meetings. One of the many
things we streamlined during our hackfest in Berlin
<https://nuritzis.com/2017/10/21/2017-gnome-foundation-hackfest/> [1] is
the budgeting and spending processes. As a Board member who actively
participates in the Engagement team, I also advocated for a larger budget
to support our community and increase our efforts to promote GNOME around
the world. The enablement of TransferWise as a payment option was also
something that I pushed, which allows more community members to receive
funds with fewer fees. This year, I also started to do more public speaking
about GNOME and worked on increasing engagement in more regions of the
world. As President, I was invited to represent the Foundation in a number
of conferences and events in Asia and Latin America, such as GNOME.Asia,
COSCon’17, and FLISoL in Bogotá. Since participating in those events, I
have acted as a bridge to try to bring global and regional teams together,
and to get some newcomers I met to become active members of GNOME. While we
have been able to increase our contributor base in traditionally less
represented locales this year, there is still a lot to be done to stimulate
growth in these areas. If elected, I’ll continue to advocate for policies
that support our growth and make participating in this awesome community
more accessible to all. Thanks for your consideration, and if elected, I
look forward to serving on the Board again!Best, NuritziIRC: nuritzi*
[1] https://nuritzis.com/2017/10/21/2017-gnome-foundation-hackfest/

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Call for Bids for GUADEC 2019

[Nuritzi Sanchez]

Hi all,

The GNOME Foundation would like to invite bids for hosting GUADEC 2019. GUADEC
is the biggest gathering of GNOME users and developers, which takes place
in Europe every year, and you could make it happen next year!

If you are interested in submitting a bid, please send an intention to bid
by end of the day on Sunday, May 6th. Bids will be due on June 3rd, and you
can talk to the Foundation Board and previous GUADEC organizers to find out
more about what is involved.

Intentions to bid and bid submissions should be made by e-mail to
foundation-announce
gnome org and board-list gnome org. Both intentions and bids should also be
added to https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2019/Bids.

Bids from previous years are available for reference [1]. Your bid should
demonstrate that:

   - The location is easily accessible by plane or train
   - You have a motivated local team with a few core members, preferably
   with experience in event organization
   - A good venue is available to host the event
   - There are affordable accommodations and places to eat
   - There is local industry and government support

While organizing a conference such as GUADEC is a huge undertaking, people
from the GNOME community have been there before you and will be there to
help. You can find more information at https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/HowTo,
including an overview of the sorts of things you should include in the
proposal.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch with the
Foundation board at board-list gnome org.

Best,
Nuritzi

[1] https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/HowTo/Bid#Past_and_current_bids


*Deadlines: *

   - Intention to bid: end of the day Sunday, May 6th
   - Bid submission:  end of the day Sunday, June 3rd

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GNOME-Related Small Event Ideas and Resources

[Nuritzi Sanchez]

Hi everyone,

The Engagement team recently updated relevant pages on the gnome wiki to
help our community our sparkly new GNOME-Related Events page
<https://wiki.gnome.org/Engagement/Events> [1]. Please take a look!

This new page has a list of ideas for small events that the Engagement team
would like to encourage the community to organize, as well as links to
resources for the events (SWAG, budget, etc). This initiative started in
order to help the community organize impacting events for user conversion,
GNOME brand awareness, community strengthening, etc. If you have other
event ideas, we encourage you to add them.

*Small events budget*
You may notice that we have a $50 USD budget for small events, just like we
have started having for release parties. This is a direct response to
community members' requests for funding for things like social events at
hackfests.

*Questions?*
If you have any questions about the events budget and/or the wiki page,
please send them to the Engagement team (engagement-l...@gnome.org), or to
me, since I've been actively involved in this project and am the current
budget holder for the Engagement team. I'm sure we'll find ways to improve
it, or perhaps questions we haven't considered yet, so please send your
feedback!

Also -- a quick plug: if this kind of thing interests you and you'd like to
help us find more ways to promote GNOME worldwide, consider joining the
Engagement team: https://wiki.gnome.org/Engagement/GettingInvolved :)

Thank you!

Best,
Nuritzi

[1] https://wiki.gnome.org/Engagement/Events

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Announcing officer position changes on the Board

[Nuritzi Sanchez]

Hello Foundation members and friends,

I'm writing to let you know of some recent changes to the officer positions
held within the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors. Alexandre Franke
resigned as Secretary on February 13, 2018, and we appointed Allan Day as
his replacement during our last Board meeting, on Tuesday, March 6th. We
appreciate Alexandre's contributions as Secretary, and we thank Allan for
stepping into that role.

There is no change to the actual membership of the Board or other officer
positions, and Allan Day will continue to also hold his position as
Vice-President until the end of the term. Allan has been and will continue
to take notes and publish meeting minutes from a couple of weeks ago until
the end of this Board's term.

If anyone has any questions, please let us know.

Best,
Nuritzi on behalf of the Board of Directors

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Re: Publishing the hackfest reports

[Nuritzi Sanchez]

Hi Richard and Alexandre,

I'd like to note that this is not the official way we'll be reporting about
hackfests we had this year -- we do that in the official GNOME Annual
Report. What you're referring to is my personal blog.

If someone wants to contribute to Wordpress so that they offer more free
software options, great! I'm not a developer and so will not be very useful
in discussing how to fix the technological aspect you're referring to.

If you guys still want to chat outside of this mailing list, I'm happy to
do so. I'm moving the list to bcc so we can continue the conversation if
needed.

Best,
Nuritzi


On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Richard Stallman <r...@gnu.org> wrote:

>   > 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.
>
> That surprises me, a priori, but I know nothing about using Wordpress.
>
> Could we discuss this off the list, and include Nuritzi?
>
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Welcome to Didier Roche, new Board member!

[Nuritzi Sanchez]

Dear all,

As many of you know, Zeeshan Ali recently stepped down from the GNOME
Foundation Board. As a result, we've had a place on the Board to fill. In
these situations, the bylaws [1] state that the Board of Directors may
choose a replacement of their choosing [2].

After accepting nominations from the community [3], and conducting an
internal voting process, we are very happy to announce that Didier Roche
will be joining us with immediate effect. Didier Roche is part of the
Ubuntu desktop team at Canonical and has been very helpful with recent
GNOME community efforts to help with the Ubuntu migration. He is proactive,
friendly, and we think he will make an excellent addition to the Board.

Welcome Didier, and thank you for accepting this position! We look forward
to working together in the months ahead.

On behalf of the GNOME Board of Directors,
Nuritzi

[1] https://www.gnome.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bylaws.pdf
[2] "Vacancies on the Board may be filled by a majority of the
Directors then in office, whether or not less than quorum, or by a
sole remaining Director." (GNOME Foundation Bylaws, section 8.4.4)
[3]
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2017-December/msg4.html

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CoC Enforcement Training Interest

[Nuritzi Sanchez]

Hi Foundation Members,

Rosanna and I are thinking of participating in a Code of Conduct (CoC)
enforcement workshop run by Sarah Sharp on Sunday, November 26th in SF. The
event is tentative now, but we would like to know who else might be
interested in attending, either virtually or in person, just so we know how
large the interest is. We may propose holding a separate large event if
there's enough interest.

The workshop would include running through some common "tough situations"
and learning tips on how to handle them. Our goal in going is to gain some
insights into how to better shape the GNOME Event CoC we have started and
also get ideas on how to train local events organizers.

Let us know if you're interested and thanks!

Best,
Nuritzi


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GNOME Beers with the Board in Berlin

[Nuritzi Sanchez]

Hi All,

The GNOME Foundation Board will be meeting in Berlin this week (Oct 6 -
8th) for a hackfest <https://wiki.gnome.org/Hackfests/Foundation2017> [1]
to plan for the upcoming financial year. While we're there, we would love
to invite anyone in the area to join us for drinks on Saturday, October
7th.

We're aiming to hold the event at C-Base
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-base> [2], one of the world's first
hackerspaces, and will update the wiki page referenced above as the time
draws nearer. I'm pasting the current event details below.

We hope to use #Engagement on IRC and the public GNOME Telegram group to
communicate with anyone interested in joining us closer to the time we are
there. If you're not part of the Telegram group and would like to be, let
us know.

See some of you in Berlin!

Best,
Nuritzi

[1] https://wiki.gnome.org/Hackfests/Foundation2017
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-base


GNOME Beers in Berlin

Come grab beers with us! We'll buy some pizzas and soft drinks, and there
will be beers available for purchase. Even if you don't drink beer, please
come.

   - When: Saturday, October 7th from 8 pm - 11 pm
   - Where: C-Base, Rungestraße 20, 10179 Berlin, Germany (We are trying to
   secure a "no smoking" room so that everyone can attend)

We'll update people via the *GNOME Telegram* group and also *#Engagement* on
IRC / Matrix closer to the event, so stay tuned.

*RSVP your interest:* Please help us plan by adding your name to the list
if you're thinking of joining. That way, we can order a good amount of
pizza. RSVP here: https://etherpad.gnome.org/p/gnome_beers_in_berlin_2017
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Re: Feedback request: spending Foundation money

[Nuritzi Sanchez]

Thanks to everyone who has already participated in this conversation so far!

On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 6:39 AM, Ekaterina Gerasimova <
kittykat3...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> The TC does assign sponsorship to non-foundation members who are core
> participants at hackfests and conferences. Those applicants are
> expected to explain in their application why they should be sponsored,
> same as everyone else.
>

Since we already allow non-Foundation members to take advantage of travel
sponsorship money, the problem may be in advertising this fact. Noted.



> There was an idea floating around when I was on the board for some
> funds to be put towards hackfests which are of interest to other
> groups outside of GNOME. I hope that this will still happen.
>

Can you give more information on what such a hackfest might be? It would
help to have a specific example.


>
> I have asked the board to help me previously with finding sponsors for
> hackfests that I had organised and did not get any response or help.
> Is the board more proactive about providing support to hackfest
> organisers now? Or is it expected that organisers search for
> sponsorship on their own?
>

We are reassessing how we do event sponsorship and this will be one of our
hot topics during the Foundation hackfest
<https://wiki.gnome.org/Hackfests/Foundation2017> [1] coming up next week.

Re: Richard's latest points: Noted. We'll also be discussing funds for
team-building / small events, and travel policies at the Foundation
hackfest. Thanks for your suggestions and for the follow-up!

*@All* - it's not too late to send us your ideas. :)

Thanks!

Best,
Nuritzi

[1] https://wiki.gnome.org/Hackfests/Foundation2017

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Re: GNOME 3.26 Release Parties

[Nuritzi Sanchez]

As of now, we don't have any other accounts set up. We have thought about
using TransferWise <https://transferwise.com/> [1], but I doubt we'll have
this set up in time for this upcoming release party cycle.

It looks like TransferWise would work in Turkey, and in many of the
countries where we have local groups. Does anyone have experience using the
service? Apparently, TransferWise has low fees. *@Muhammet *- have you used
Payoneer or Skrill before and do you recommend those above others? We're
happy to consider other tools and it'd be helpful to know people's
experience using them.

I'm including more information about the larger challenge around payments
below. If anyone is interested in this topic, please email me or the Board
as we're having a Foundation hackfest
<https://wiki.gnome.org/Hackfests/Foundation2017> [2] in early October
around budgets, financial policies, etc, and we'd love your thoughts on
what's working well and what isn't so we can discuss and try to
problem-solve.

Thank you!

Best,
Nuritzi

[1] https://transferwise.com/
[2] https://wiki.gnome.org/Hackfests/Foundation2017

Some context on payments

Here are the main problems we've had with sending small reimbursements so
far:

   - Bank transfer fees are heavy and paid by both the GNOME Foundation and
   usually also by recipients, depending on their bank's policies.

   - PayPal is not available in all of the countries where we have active
   groups. It still has steep fees for some countries.

   - We don't want to set up too many online payment accounts because of
   the overhead of managing them.

Because of these issues, it's been hard to reimburse local organizers for
small events. The PayPal solution has worked at least somewhat well for
groups in the past year, but it excludes people in Turkey, where we have an
active community.




On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 12:35 AM, Muhammet Kara <muhamm...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Nuritzi,
>
> Is there any reimbursement option other than paypal? It doesn't work in
> Turkey. Payoneer and maybe Skrill are working.
>
> Best,
> Muhammet
>
> 2017-09-12 9:20 GMT+03:00 Nuritzi Sanchez <nuri...@gnome.org>:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> As the release of GNOME 3.26 approaches, the Engagement team would like
>> to encourage you to join or host a release party in your area. As has been
>> the case with recent releases, we have a budget of $50 per group for the
>> first 10 groups that request a budget.
>>
>> You can find out whether there is a party near you, or add yours to the
>> list here: https://wiki.gnome.org/Events/ReleaseParties/ThreePoin
>> tTwentysix. There, you'll also find information on how to request a
>> budget for your event.
>>
>> You can find tips on how to hold a release party here:
>> https://blogs.gnome.org/engagement/2017/09/11/release-parties/
>>
>> If you have any questions, let me know, and thanks to everyone who has
>> contributed to this upcoming release!
>>
>> Best,
>> Nuritzi
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GNOME 3.26 Release Parties

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Hi all,

As the release of GNOME 3.26 approaches, the Engagement team would like to
encourage you to join or host a release party in your area. As has been the
case with recent releases, we have a budget of $50 per group for the first
10 groups that request a budget.

You can find out whether there is a party near you, or add yours to the
list here: https://wiki.gnome.org/Events/ReleaseParties/ThreePointTwentysix.
There, you'll also find information on how to request a budget for your
event.

You can find tips on how to hold a release party here:
https://blogs.gnome.org/engagement/2017/09/11/release-parties/

If you have any questions, let me know, and thanks to everyone who has
contributed to this upcoming release!

Best,
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Re: LAS GNOME Update | Postponed until Spring 2018

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On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 4:54 AM, Felipe Borges <felipebor...@gnome.org>
wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 8:45 AM, James <purplei...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Red Hat (my employer) has a very large, and mostly unused office in
> > Montreal which we could probably use if folks want to have an event in
> > Montreal. There is really fast wifi, a full kitchen (no stove) and
> > lots of tables/chairs, etc...
> >
> > Montreal is a good North American location, because it is a great
> > city, it is close to Europe, and it's not in the United States which
> > is more dangerous and politically unstable at the moment.
>
> I fully endorse this initiative. It is coherent with our recent
> foundation statement on the immigration ban[0], and more importantly
> it would allow many more foundation members to attend (including
> myself).
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, I hope that this idea is taken into
> consideration.
>

We hear you Felipe, thank you for sending that and we will definitely take
it into consideration!

Another important consideration and requirement is that we need to have a
local team that can help with a lot of the planning. LAS is kind of like an
emerging GUADEC -- it's definitely not going to be as big yet, but
eventually we hope it will become as large or larger than GUADEC since it's
not just GNOME-centered.

James - I'll touch base with you to learn more about the space and local
team there. Thank you for the suggestion!

Is anyone else interested in helping to organize LAS at a local level?
Since Spring 2018 (~April) is not that far away, as far as
conference-planning goes, we really do need to keep up momentum on the
planning. Please let us know at las-gn...@gnome.org by next week if you're
even considering it. That way, we can connect with you further.

Thanks!

Best,
Nuritzi

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LAS GNOME Update | Postponed until Spring 2018

[Nuritzi Sanchez]

Hello friends,

I'm writing to announce that, after a lot of consideration, we have decided
to postpone LAS GNOME from November 2017 to the Spring of 2018. We believe
that this will allow us to have a great conference that helps us meet some
updated goals around the libre application ecosystem, especially now that
we have launched Flathub and are gaining momentum on newcomers initiatives.

Below is more information on our wider proposal for what the *2018 Libre
Application Summit* should be and how it can fit in with regard to other
more GNOME-centered events.

If you have any questions, or are interested in becoming part of the
organizing team, please let us know!

Thanks, and we hope to send more updates about the upcoming Spring
iteration of LAS soon.

Best,
Nuritzi on behalf of the LAS organizing team


*The Libre Applicaiton Summit / LAS Strategy*
Since the long-term vision for the Libre Application Summit is that it
outgrows GNOME and becomes its own thing, with many ecosystem players
besides GNOME participating, we want to try to get rid of the "GNOME" part
of "LAS GNOME." This means we will start to refer to the conference simply
as the "Libre Application Summit," or "LAS."

We would like to incubate the Libre Application Summit within a North
American event for about 2 - 5 years. We believe this will help us get more
people to attend and provide enough volunteer manpower and GNOME-raised
funding to get LAS off its feet.

*Co-Hosting with a North American GNOME event*
With no formal GNOME-related conference in North America (where a number of
GNOME developers reside), it seems prudent to merge the concept of the
Boston/Montreal Summit and West Coast Summit into a single unitary GNOME
event in North America.

Last week on foundation-list, Allan proposed having something like a "North
American Summit" [1], and we think it's a great idea. However, we would
like to propose that the official name of that event have "GNOME" in the
title so that we can call it out as a GNOME-centered event.

We have come up with some ideas for the name of the event, and would love
help coming up with others. We are missing a clear vision for what the
North American event will become, which makes it harder to name it. We'll
circulate a separate email asking for help naming the event soon.

*Next Steps for LAS 2018*
We are planning an event for LAS 2018 organizers in a few weeks to keep the
ball rolling since the event is still just a few months away. The event
will most likely be the weekend of September 30 - October 1st in San
Francisco since most of the people interested in organizing LAS 2018 are
already in the SF Bay Area.

If you are interested in organizing LAS 2018 elsewhere in North America,
let us know ASAP so we can talk about next steps.

[1]
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2017-August/msg00011.html


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Help us celebrate GNOME's 20th around the world!

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Hello fellow GNOMEies,

GNOME's 20th Birthday is tomorrow, Tuesday, August 15th. This is a great
opportunity to celebrate together, show the world how awesome GNOME is, and
get people more excited than ever to join us or become a user. ;)

We will be posting a news item on the main gnome.org page, posting on
social media, and trying to get blogs to pick up the event -- but we need
your help!

If you are a member of the press, or know someone who is, please ask them
to write about us and publicize our news item [1] (this link should be
active on Aug 15th at 0:30 UTC), and/or our birthday website
<http://happybirthdaygnome.org/> [2] (this is live, but we aren't
publicizing it until the actual day).

If you are an amazing person, consider joining or hosting a birthday party
sometime in the next week or two! You always get extra GNOMEie points for
events that help us get new users or contributors -- but really all we're
asking for is to help us celebrate GNOME and bring awareness of its
awesomeness to your community any way you can. Find a party near you, or
list your own here: 20th Birthday Parties
<https://wiki.gnome.org/Engagement/TargetedEvents/20th_birthday> [3]. We've
even set aside some funds to help party planners around the globe, so read
that page for more information.

If you have done anything GNOME-related and have taken photos, please share
them with us! Read our updated "How To Submit Photos to GNOME
<https://wiki.gnome.org/Engagement/Photos/HowTo>"[4] wiki page and add your
photos from GNOME's past and present for all of us to enjoy. Remember to
respect people's privacy and make sure that the photos you take and share
are done so with the proper consent.

Lastly, if you have any other ideas for how to make GNOME's 20th birthday
special, please message the engagement team at engagement-l...@gnome.org
and let us know.

Thanks, and happy early birthday, GNOME!

Best,
Nuritzi

[1] https://www.gnome.org/news/2017/08/twenty-years-strong/
[2] http://happybirthdaygnome.org/
[3] https://wiki.gnome.org/Engagement/TargetedEvents/20th_birthday
[4] https://wiki.gnome.org/Engagement/Photos/HowTo

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Re: Thanks to outgoing directors

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On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 5:03 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna <s...@ramkrishna.me> wrote:

>
>
> On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 3:42 AM Allan Day <a...@gnome.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Now that GUADEC is over, the transition period from the old to the new
>> Board of Directors has ended. I'd therefore like to give huge thanks
>> to Jim Hall and Shaun McCance, who are both stepping down. They have
>> both been excellent board members and have made valuable contributions
>> to the Foundation over the past year.
>>
>> Thanks Shaun and Jim!
>>
>
> Thank you, Shaun and Jim!   A heartfelt thanks from me as well.
>

+1, Thank you!!!


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Re: Send us your pants nominations

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In case this helps spur any other nominations, here's a list of the
previous pants winners: https://wiki.gnome.org/Pants

We're missing a few entries, so if you know who won the pants those years,
please add them ;)

On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 5:14 AM, Neil McGovern <n...@gnome.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> GUADEC is coming up soon, and with GUADEC comes the annual Pants Award.
> Every year, GNOME awards a pair of pants to somebody in recognition of
> their outstanding contributions. The board will make the final decision
> on who receives the pants, but we'd love to hear your nominations.
>
> The award can be for any kind of contribution to our software or our
> community. It does not have to be software development work. The only
> requirements are that the person is attending GUADEC to receive the
> pants, and that it's not a current or outgoing board member. Not sure
> if the person fits the requirements? Just nominate! We'll sort it out.
>
> Please feel free to send your nominations as a reply to this email. Or,
> if you'd prefer to nominate someone anonymously, email board-list.
>
> Thanks,
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Change of Officers | Treasurer 2016-2017

[Nuritzi Sanchez]

Hello Foundation Members,

I'm writing to announce that we have elected a new Treasurer for the
remaining 2016-2017 term.

Ekaterina Gerasimova announced her resignation as Treasurer on June 1,
2017, and Shaun McCance was voted unanimously by the GNOME Foundation Board
of Directors to take her place until the formal handover to the new
officers at GUADEC 2017.

The Board thanks Ekaterina for all of her work over the past few years
serving as Treasurer. She has helped shape the GNOME Foundation's financial
policies and has, in many ways, been the guardian of the financial health
of GNOME.

If you have any questions, please send them to board-l...@gnome.org.

Best,
Nuritzi

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Re: GUADEC 2018 call for bids

[Nuritzi Sanchez]

Hi Bastien,

On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 4:15 AM, Bastien Nocera <had...@hadess.net> wrote:
>
>
> Do you mind if I remove the date for the "Intentions to bid" in the
> Wiki? I'm guessing it's not needed or used as it's not mentioned in the
> mail.
>
> Cheers
>

I tried to send an email update with the intention to bid deadline
yesterday, but it looks like it was rejected by the list moderators. Please
do not remove the information from the wiki page, and thanks for prompting
me to send it again.

*@All* - Here are the two relevant deadlines for GUADEC 2018:

*Intentions to bid:* Monday, April 17, 2017
*Formal bid:* Sunday, June 4, 2017


When you are ready to place your intention to bid, please add your
information to: https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2018/Bids

Thanks, and we look forward to receiving your intention to bid!

Best,
Nuritzi

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Re: The Goal of Gnome

[Nuritzi Sanchez]

Hi Josh,

I think this is a great thing for us all to consider and I'm including the
Engagement Team so they can see this, especially since they maintain the
website.

I think this is also a great thing for our new ED to help think through.

Best,
Nuritzi


On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 4:51 AM, joshbaldwin42 . <josh.baldwin...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I'm not sure the correct group to contact with this question, so feel free
> to send me elsewhere.
>
> I was reading all about the GNOME Foundation and tools.  But what struck
> me is the lack of an overall vision for the GNOME Foundation.
>
> What is your goal?  GNOME supports a wide range of applications and
> libraries.  What makes a piece of software GNOME?  Why would you want a
> specific piece of software under GNOME?  Do you have priority projects to
> fit your vision similar to the FSF high priority projects page?  Where
> would you like GNOME to be in 5-10 years and why?
>
> Of course I am interested in these answers, but ideally it would be nice
> to write up something nice and publish it on your website.  Such answers
> could conjurer up inspiration in soon to be GNOME contributors since they
> would know what direction they are marching.
>
> Thanks!
> -Josh
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Re: Minutes of the Board meeting of November, 1st, 2016

[Nuritzi Sanchez]

Hi Alberto,

On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 5:03 PM, Alberto Ruiz  wrote:

>
>  * ED search update
>>   * 2016-08-10, The search is still ongoing
>>
>
> What is the board doing specifically? At which stage of the search are we
> at? Are we exploring possibilities with existing candidates? Do we need
> candidates? Who is doing this? Is there any way we can help? Should we do
> another public call for candidates?
>

The ED search committee identified qualified candidates and presented them
to the Board. The Board is in advanced stages of the process. As of now, we
do not need new candidates and are hopeful to soon have a less vague update
for Foundation members.


>
>>  * Conference sponsorships
>>   * 2016-08-10
>>* ACTION: Kat to make sure that a sponsorship brochure with all
>> conference, levels, combinations and perks is available for the Board to
>> review
>>
>
> FWIW I've been getting in touch with potential sponsors for the last
> month, it would be great if we could coordinate these efforts.
>
>
Agreed. You and Kat should touch base - it'd be great to collaborate on
this project!

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Bug Squash Month | November 2016

[Nuritzi Sanchez]

Hi everyone,

We're starting a new initiative called Bug Squash Month, and it's launching
now - November 2016! Alexandre (afranke) is the main organizer, so direct
any questions to him. :)

*We need your help participating and spreading the word.* Feel free to use
the graphic linked to in this email [1] to post about Bug Squash Month on
your blog or on social media!

*Please post pictures of yourself squashing bugs* (be as creative as you'd
like), on social media with the hashtags *#GNOME #BugSquash*. Tag or tweet
them @gnome when possible!

*We'll be having 4 Bug Squash days during the month, and the first one is
tomorrow Saturday, October 5th, *where we want as many people as possible
gathering together to squash bugs. These days are great for newcomers and
people interested in contributing to GNOME for the fist time because we'll
have members of the Bug Squad Team on the #bugs channel on IRC helping to
answer questions. If you'd like to organize a local event on those days,
you'll earn extra karma points ;)

Read more here: https://wiki.gnome.org/Initiatives/BugSquashMonth

Get ready to get squishy (squashing bugs).

Best,
Nuritzi & Alexandre

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Re: Code of Conduct Adoption Process

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Hi Lefty,

On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Lefty <le...@shugendo.org> wrote:

> My constructive criticism is that you not take your code of conduct
> guidance from people who are unrepentant poster children for the need for a
> code of conduct.
>
> http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/EMACS_virgins_joke
>

We're all here to learn from the past. Since drafting a CoC can become an
emotionally charged subject very quickly, we need to make sure not to make
things personal.

I appreciate your sensitivity to a past issue that caused a lot of
controversy, so thanks for sending that link. It's a great example for us
to consider when drafting the CoC, so that we dissect the issue and think
about how we might craft a policy that can help us avoid similar fall outs
in the future.

Both have been added to our resource list
<https://wiki.gnome.org/eventCoCresources>. Thanks again!



> On Sep 15, 2016, at 9:32 AM, nurit...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Hi Lefty,
>
> We want to keep this productive and constructive. Please feel free to
> email us any specific language that you think we should stay away from and
> why, or any resources you think are a good example of a CoC.
>
> Remember, we want both examples of CoCs that you don't think work, and
> ones you think do. The important part is to explain why.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Best,
> Nuritzi
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>
> I'm unconvinced that people should be taking their conduct tips from
> "Beloved Saint IGNUtious" and the Shrine of the EMACS Virgins..,
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Sep 14, 2016, at 10:35 AM, Richard Stallman <r...@gnu.org> wrote:
>
>
> Here's a code that I helped write:
>
> http://abstractions.io/policies/#code-of-conduct .
>
>
> I tried to avoid vague, subjective rules
>
> that could be interpreted in many ways.
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Re: Code of Conduct Adoption Process

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On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 7:40 AM, Richard Stallman  wrote:

>   > Can you please stop leaking half a conversation from a private mailing
>   > list to a public one? Thank you.
>
> I do not understand.  What I am doing is sending the reply to a
> message to the same lists that the other message went to.  I do that
> because these messages attack me and I deserve a chance to respond.
>
> What is it about this that is wrong?
> Would you please spell out concretely what actions you are criticizing?
> What, concretely, are you asking me to do instead?
>

Hi Richard, you're not doing anything wrong. I think the problem is with
the moderation of the emails. Lefty's emails may not all be coming in, so
it's hard to know if everyone has seen the entire conversation unfold. I'm
not the foundation-list moderator, so I'm basing my response on Shaun's
last email.

*@Everyone *- The Foundation list does not need to know the entire
conversation going on. It's not our business and seems to be personal
between two members. I agree that we should protect members from
harassment.

*@Richard* and *@Lefty*, if either of you feels like you are being
personally harassed, please send an email to
coc-working-group-l...@gnome.org describing the full concern and we'll try
to help. The entire Foundation list no longer needs to be involved in the
threads you guys are sending as it has devloved from being productive and
has become more personal. Let's try to have a constructive conversation
instead of one full of personal attacks.

I'd like to raise the point that we do not have an organizational CoC with
a strong enforcement policy. This is something the CoC Working Group is
hoping to propose as a Phase II of this project. This would help with what
James is talking about.

It takes each and every one of us to promote a safe and welcoming space. We
hope that you'll help us remain productive through this CoC drafting
process and welcome more resources and examples for us all to learn from.



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Re: Code of Conduct Adoption Process

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On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 12:46 PM, Liam R. E. Quin <l...@holoweb.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 2016-09-12 at 12:07 -0700, Nuritzi Sanchez wrote:
> >  proposing to draw up a standard code of conduct for GNOME events.
>
> You could maybe start with the libregraphicsmeeting.org policy,
> http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/lgm/public-documentation/code-of-conduc
> t/


Awesome, thanks, Liam! Just added it to our list of resources on:
https://wiki.gnome.org/eventCoCresources


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Re: Represent GNOME at Libre Learn Lab in October

[Nuritzi Sanchez]

Note: Sorry, I didn't realize that we haven't announced the Boston Summit
location yet. Turns out that it will most likely be in Montreal this year.
We'll keep you updated.

So, please sign up for Libre Learn Lab if you know you'll be in Boston in
October, despite where the Boston Summit is held. Questions? Send them my
way.

Thanks!

Best,
Nuritzi

On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 3:25 PM, Nuritzi Sanchez <nuri...@gnome.org> wrote:

> Hi Foundation Members,
>
> If any of you are planning on attending the Boston Summit this October at
> MIT, please consider representing GNOME at the Libre Learn Lab summit.
> Their Call for Proposals deadline is this Friday, July 15th:
> http://www.librelearnlab.org/call-proposals, so make sure to submit your
> talk this week.
>
> Members of our Advisory Board are helping to organize Libre Learn Lab,
> which is a binannual two-day summit at the Tang Center in the Sloan School
> of Management at MIT in Boston, Massachusetts on October 8th and 9th 2016.
> The event is for people who create or implement freely licensed resources
> for education. So far, confirmed keynote speakers include Stefania Druga
> from HacKIDemia <http://www.hackidemia.com/> and Andrew Marcinek from the U.S.
> Dept. of Education <http://tech.ed.gov/team/>.
>
> You can learn more about the event on the Libre Learn Lab website
> <http://www.librelearnlab.org/> [1], or by following them on Facebook
> <https://www.facebook.com/LibreLearnLab> [2] or Twitter
> <https://twitter.com/LibreLearnLab> [3].
>
> Help us represent GNOME by attending and participating! The Engagement
> team will keep you updated as the time of the event draws closer.
>
> Best,
> Nuritzi
>
>
> [1] http://www.librelearnlab.org/
> [2] https://www.facebook.com/LibreLearnLab
> [3] https://twitter.com/LibreLearnLab
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Represent GNOME at Libre Learn Lab in October

[Nuritzi Sanchez]

Hi Foundation Members,

If any of you are planning on attending the Boston Summit this October at
MIT, please consider representing GNOME at the Libre Learn Lab summit.
Their Call for Proposals deadline is this Friday, July 15th:
http://www.librelearnlab.org/call-proposals, so make sure to submit your
talk this week.

Members of our Advisory Board are helping to organize Libre Learn Lab,
which is a binannual two-day summit at the Tang Center in the Sloan School
of Management at MIT in Boston, Massachusetts on October 8th and 9th 2016.
The event is for people who create or implement freely licensed resources
for education. So far, confirmed keynote speakers include Stefania Druga
from HacKIDemia  and Andrew Marcinek from the U.S.
Dept. of Education .

You can learn more about the event on the Libre Learn Lab website
 [1], or by following them on Facebook
 [2] or Twitter
 [3].

Help us represent GNOME by attending and participating! The Engagement team
will keep you updated as the time of the event draws closer.

Best,
Nuritzi


[1] http://www.librelearnlab.org/
[2] https://www.facebook.com/LibreLearnLab
[3] https://twitter.com/LibreLearnLab
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Re: Question to GNOME Foundation Board candidates

[Nuritzi Sanchez]

Hi Daniel,

Thanks for your questions! Please see my responses below.


On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 11:38 AM, 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).
>
>
I think this is a very interesting question and I would approach it in two
ways:

   1. What is the role of the Board in actively combating negative
   perceptions of the GNOME Project in the eyes of the community?

   2. How can the Board empower the community to be able to advocate on
   behalf of the GNOME Project and the Foundation?

I would love to explore the first, and learn from what has been done by the
Board in the past in such instances. I imagine we could potentially release
a statement publicly to defend the GNOME Project, if needed. That being
said, I would really like to understand where the negative remarks are
coming from and if there's a common theme. I'd ask questions like, are the
negative remarks coming from a single user or user group? What's at the
foundation of their attack? Do they have any valid point, or is their
campaign just based on hatred or misunderstanding? Once we better
understand the negative comments and campaigns, then we can decide if their
criticism is something that we want to take into account and change about
the Project, or not. There's often truth in criticism, and so my approach
would be to understand what's at the bottom of the campaigns first and
foremost in order to improve the Project, and in order to keep it safe.

The second point is important too — it would be great to empower the
Foundation members, and our larger community, to help us combat negative
campaigns. We can do that by increasing the communication flow and
educating the community on the criticism, on what we are doing to address
valid points in the criticism, and how we should handle any parts of the
negative campaign that are invalid or just hateful.



> ** 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.
>

Since I'd be a new Board member, I haven't been planning anything like that
:) But, I'd love to hear suggestions like this surfaced to the Board! What
are your ideas to benefit the whole community? This User Experience Roadmap
idea sounds very interesting, and I'd love to hear more about the problem
you think it'd help solve. If it's not something that the Board should be
involved with directly, maybe we can point you out to the right team or
figure out the best way to address your concern.

I'd love to help promote a culture of listening in the Board and be
proactive in serving you guys. Because of my Engagement team hat, I'm
really interested in hearing more ideas for how to connect existing members
and draw in more users and contributors.



>
> ** 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]
>

I'm not quite sure about this one and would like to hear more about your
ideas. It looks like you've received quite a few votes on your initiative
and am interested in hearing more about what your findings are so far.

This seems like another initiative to bring up with the Engagement team. It
sounds like you have a lot of ideas for us — want to join? ;)

Best,
Nuritzi





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Re: Question to GNOME Foundation Board candidates

[Nuritzi Sanchez]

Thanks for the questions, Max.

On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 5:41 PM, Max <sakana...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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 plan to dedicate around 5 - 15 hours a week for GNOME activities, and
know that some days the work will be lighter and sometimes it will be
heavier. My employer is understanding of my commitment to GNOME, so I would
be able to adjust my hours 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 would approach this question from the Engagement team's perspective :) We
are working on things to empower local groups, not just in Asia, but all
over the world. The first thing is identifying our core local organizers in
Asia, talking with them to understand their needs, and then giving them
tools to empower them. We are creating more visible merchandise for GNOME
so that local organizers can easily buy things like stickers, t-shirts,
pens, etc. In order to make GNOME more accessible, we are also working on a
budget plan - and will try to create an easy process for local organizers
to ask for a budget for things like meetups, release parties, merchandise,
and potentially travel to conferences to represent GNOME. I also hope we
can start better documenting the success stories for starting and
maintaining new local groups so that we can replicate them in other areas.

I have a lot of other ideas, as does the Engagement team. If you're
interested in learning more about our work, and potentially contributing to
our local organization project... you should join us! ;) Our meetings are
at 17:00 UTC on Fridays via IRC (#engagement) and video calls. It'd be
great to have more members in Asia so we can start regular Engagement
meetings at another time and then sync the two Engagement teams via regular
email updates and IRC.


>
>
> 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'm not sure that I fully understand this question, but I think you're
asking how an ED would function in relation to the Board. Please send a
follow-up question if that wasn't really your intended question.

Since I haven't been a Board member before, I don't have full visibility
into that relationship, however, one particularly interesting part of the
ED's job description is that he or she would be the main relationship
builder between the GNOME Foundation and the Advisory Board. I would love
to help the ED better leverage the Ad board ;) I really like the idea that
we can ask our Ad Board not only for monetary help, but for relationships
that can help the GNOME Foundation (like connecting us to speakers for our
conferences, or helping us post news items to the press wire when needed,
etc).

As part of the Board, I would be particularly interested in increasing
internal communication throughout the GNOME project and understanding the
pain points and wish lists of each team so that the Board can better serve
and connect them to resources. Until we find an ED, it would be great if
the Board can take a proactive stance towards leveraging the Advisory Board
to help the GNOME project in these ways, and when we find the ED, the Board
can still help the ED be the bridge between all teams.

I just want to emphasize the importance of listening and learning first. In
order to be truly effective, I want to first spend time learning more about
how everything functions, including the ED / Board relationship.



If you have any follow up questions, I'm happy to answer them.



Best,
Nuritzi


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Re: This week in Gnome?

[Nuritzi Sanchez]

John,

If you're interested in getting something like this started (or if anyone
else is), I encourage you to join the Engagement team. We talk about things
like this. We need more members to get cool projects off of the ground, so
if you are interested in increasing internal engagement at GNOME, or
increasing external engagement, (or both!), please consider joining us.

We have regular meeting on Fridays at 17:00 UTC on a blend of the #
engagement channel and https://meet.jit.si/engagement. You're still in time
if you want to make the one today ;)


Best,
Nuritzi
(IRC: nuritzis)


On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 8:17 AM, Sriram Ramkrishna <s...@ramkrishna.me>
wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 2:47 AM Sébastien Wilmet <swil...@gnome.org>
> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 10:47:16PM +0200, Vincent Untz wrote:
>> > Thanks for reminding me of the old days :-)
>> >
>> > Various people did that in the past:
>> >
>> >
>> https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/1999-July/msg00021.html
>> >
>> https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2001-April/msg00034.html
>> > https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-list/2002-April/msg00068.html
>> > https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-list/2004-March/msg00017.html
>> >
>> > I think that last one is the last that was sent, but not really sure.
>>
>> More recently, Frédéric Péters wrote the commit digests:
>> https://blogs.gnome.org/commitdigest/
>>
>> With statistics. I think statistics are great and is a source of
>> motivation when we are listed, and it can be automated (like sending a
>> mail to desktop-devel-list each week).
>>
>
> I'm okay with sending out metrics, but they need to have a purpose.
> Basically, what do we do with these metrics and what goal do they drive?
>
> When we did GNOME summaries, we also tried to do some interpretation and
> some observations as part of the metrics.  Otherwise, they get sent out and
> they get wholly ignored as noise.  I don't want people people taking the
> trouble information.
>
> Some things to think about.  Again, I'm happy to mentor people who are
> interested in doing this as I've been thinking about this for awhile at
> least from an onboarding perspective.
>
> sri
>
>
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