Re: 2009 Annual Report - Help Needed

2010-02-12 Thread Dave Neary
Hi Paul, Paul Cutler wrote: I'm looking for help in writing the 2009 Annual Report, especially with articles about GUADEC, GNOME user groups, and hackfests. If you're interested in writing an article about your GUADEC experience or help in recapping all the usergroup activities last year,

Re: New GNOME Foundation Members

2010-02-12 Thread Ruben Vermeersch
On Thu, 2010-02-11 at 10:31 -0300, Bruno Boaventura wrote: Hello everybody! The GNOME Foundation Membership Committee is proud to present the new members: - Bradley M. Kuhn - Holger Berndt - Jim Evins - Joanmarie Diggs - Juan Jose Marin Martinez - Scott Balneaves If your name is on

Re: New GNOME Foundation Members

2010-02-12 Thread Juanjo Marin
On Thu, 2010-02-11 at 10:31 -0300, Bruno Boaventura wrote: Hello everybody! The GNOME Foundation Membership Committee is proud to present the new members: - Bradley M. Kuhn - Holger Berndt - Jim Evins - Joanmarie Diggs - Juan Jose Marin Martinez Hi there, I'm the last guy. I've

Re: New GNOME Foundation Members

2010-02-12 Thread Philip Van Hoof
On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 11:45 +0100, Ruben Vermeersch wrote: On Thu, 2010-02-11 at 10:31 -0300, Bruno Boaventura wrote: Dear membership committee, Could you at least include a small description of these people when sending out these announcements (it's part of the application, copy-paste!)?

Re: New GNOME Foundation Members

2010-02-12 Thread Ruben Vermeersch
On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 13:24 +0100, Philip Van Hoof wrote: On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 11:45 +0100, Ruben Vermeersch wrote: On Thu, 2010-02-11 at 10:31 -0300, Bruno Boaventura wrote: Dear membership committee, Could you at least include a small description of these people when sending out

Re: New GNOME Foundation Members

2010-02-12 Thread Philip Van Hoof
On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 13:31 +0100, Ruben Vermeersch wrote: On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 13:24 +0100, Philip Van Hoof wrote: On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 11:45 +0100, Ruben Vermeersch wrote: On Thu, 2010-02-11 at 10:31 -0300, Bruno Boaventura wrote: Dear membership committee, Could you at

Re: New GNOME Foundation Members

2010-02-12 Thread Bruno Boaventura
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Ruben Vermeersch ru...@savanne.be wrote: Why go through all the hassle if we can just copy/paste the description they already wrote :-) (also, the membership process can take some time, does it mean we should stay home and monitor our mailboxes to watch out for

Re: New GNOME Foundation Members

2010-02-12 Thread Vincent Untz
Le vendredi 12 février 2010, à 13:43 +0100, Philip Van Hoof a écrit : On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 13:37 +0100, Pascal Terjan wrote: I'm for suggesting it in the welcome email, not for enforcing it The problem is that without any such enforcement, the rule is pointless and will lead to the current

Re: New GNOME Foundation Members

2010-02-12 Thread Andrea Veri
On Fri, 12 Feb 2010, Bruno Boaventura wrote: We'll do it next time. Sorry about forget this. An alternative is change the announce mail to request the information from new members. What do you think? yes, I agree with this. We just can't enforce someone to send an intro mail to the list,

New member introduction

2010-02-12 Thread Joanmarie Diggs
The GNOME Foundation Membership Committee is proud to present the new members: - Bradley M. Kuhn - Holger Berndt - Jim Evins - Joanmarie Diggs - Juan Jose Marin Martinez Hi! I'm the second-to-last one. :-) My DayJob is as an assistive technology specialist with the Carroll Center

Re: New GNOME Foundation Members

2010-02-12 Thread Holger Berndt
On Fr, 12.02.2010 11:45, Ruben Vermeersch wrote: The GNOME Foundation Membership Committee is proud to present the new members: - Bradley M. Kuhn - Holger Berndt - Jim Evins - Joanmarie Diggs - Juan Jose Marin Martinez - Scott Balneaves Could you at least include a small description

Re: New member introduction

2010-02-12 Thread Harry Lu
Hi! I'm the second-to-last one. :-) My DayJob is as an assistive technology specialist with the Carroll Center for the Blind. Nights, evenings, and weekends for the past almost four years, I've been one of the developers of the Orca screen reader. I've also been dabbling in WebKitGtk

Re: New GNOME Foundation Members

2010-02-12 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Philip Van Hoof wrote: Okay, that's easy to solve. We just make it a requirement for becoming a foundation member. And we document this requirement on the live pages and in a welcome mail. If they don't introduce themselves, we just unmember them a few days later. I'm guessing the

Re: New GNOME Foundation Members

2010-02-12 Thread Philip Van Hoof
On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 15:02 +0100, Dave Neary wrote: Philip Van Hoof wrote: Okay, that's easy to solve. We just make it a requirement for becoming a foundation member. And we document this requirement on the live pages and in a welcome mail. If they don't introduce themselves, we

Re: New GNOME Foundation Members

2010-02-12 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Philip Van Hoof wrote: On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 15:02 +0100, Dave Neary wrote: Just to point out that the process for becoming a foundation member is already quite intimidating - OTOH we've had complaints about that we should clean up the membership list (remove old inactive members, I

Re: New GNOME Foundation Members

2010-02-12 Thread Javier Jardón
2010/2/12 Juanjo Marin juanj.ma...@juntadeandalucia.es: On Thu, 2010-02-11 at 10:31 -0300, Bruno Boaventura wrote: Hello everybody! The GNOME Foundation Membership Committee is proud to present the new members:  - Bradley M. Kuhn  - Holger Berndt  - Jim Evins  - Joanmarie Diggs  - Juan

Re: New member introduction

2010-02-12 Thread Alberto Ruiz
2010/2/12 Joanmarie Diggs joanmarie.di...@gmail.com: The GNOME Foundation Membership Committee is proud to present the new members:  - Bradley M. Kuhn  - Holger Berndt  - Jim Evins  - Joanmarie Diggs  - Juan Jose Marin Martinez Hi! I'm the second-to-last one. :-) My DayJob is as an

Re: New GNOME Foundation Members

2010-02-12 Thread Germán Póo-Caamaño
On Sat, 2010-02-13 at 00:26 +0100, Philip Van Hoof wrote: Not to mention it would be very interesting to me at least; to know why new members have taken an interest in GNOME. Yes, to me too. Again, as I said before, clarity isn't a bad thing. If this is a matter of clarity, the archives

Re: New member introduction

2010-02-12 Thread Diego Escalante Urrelo
El vie, 12-02-2010 a las 07:55 -0500, Joanmarie Diggs escribió: I'm thrilled to be a Foundation member, and really appreciate the welcome messages I've received from those of you I already know. I look forward to getting to know the rest of you. And we appreciate your contributions to

Sysadmin Team Update (and looking for 2 volunteers)

2010-02-12 Thread Paul Cutler
Hi all, I wanted to give you a brief update on the Sysadmin team. Last April, Owen sent out an email[1] outlining changes to the Sysadmin team and a goal of hiring a part-time System Administrator to help coordinate the Sysadmin team. (And we're getting closer to be the goal every day!) Last