Affiliation change

Hi all, my affiliation (as defined in section 8.2.4 of the bylaws[1]) will be changing to Element from Monday, 19th July. Regards, Kat [1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/Infrastructure/foundation-web/blob/master/foundation.gnome.org/about/bylaws.rst#L508-519

Post GUADEC survey for attendees and non-attendees

Hi all, As always, we are collecting feedback from those of you who attended GUADEC and those that did not. We would appreciate it if all of you could fill in this survey to help us plan a better conference next year: https://surveys.gnome.org/index.php/212829 The survey takes 6-10 minutes to

Re: Bid for GUADEC 2020

On Wed, 5 Jun 2019 at 10:23, pecisk--- via foundation-list wrote: > > Hi everyone! > > Is there any update how the requirements for bid for GUADEC 2020 coming > along? Are there any ETAs when it might be announced? Would be good to know > to for interested parties to keep working on their

Give feedback on GUADEC

Hi all, We are now collecting feedback about GUADEC, both from those who attended and those who did not. If you like to give your feedback in wiki format, go to https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2018/Feedback If you attended and prefer to give your feedback via a form, use

Re: GUADEC 2018 Registration is now open!

Hi all, if you are planning to volunteer, it would be great if you could register this week to help us order the right number of t-shirts in the right sizes: http://registration.guadec.org Even if you're not volunteering, it does help with planning if you register early! On 6 June 2018 at

Re: Submit your proposals for GUADEC 2018

On 22 April 2018 at 21:57, Ekaterina Gerasimova <kittykat3...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is a reminder that the CfP will close this Thursday, 29th March. My apologies, I meant Sunday, April 29! > On 6 April 2018 at 13:17, Ekaterina Gerasimova <kittykat3...@gmail.com&g

Re: Submit your proposals for GUADEC 2018

This is a reminder that the CfP will close this Thursday, 29th March. On 6 April 2018 at 13:17, Ekaterina Gerasimova <kittykat3...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > The GUADEC papers team is looking for interesting, high-quality talks > for this year’s conference which will be held

Submit your proposals for GUADEC 2018

Hello, The GUADEC papers team is looking for interesting, high-quality talks for this year’s conference which will be held in Almería, Spain from 6-11th July. This is a great opportunity to share your ideas with the GNOME project, as well as the wider open source community. You don’t have to be

Re: Announcing GaaS (GNOME as a Service)

Hi, On 1 April 2018 at 11:40, Alexandre Franke wrote: > 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

Re: Minutes of the Foundation Board, 27th March

On 28 March 2018 at 17:03, Allan Day wrote: > = Foundation Board Minutes for Tuesday, March 27th 2018, 18:00 UTC = > > Next meeting date Tuesday, April 3rd 2018, 18:00 UTC > > == Attending == > > * Alexandre Franke > * Meg Ford > * Didier Roche > * Cosimo Cecchi > * Allan Day

Seeking keynote speaker ideas for GUADEC

Hi all, we are currently looking for keynote ideas for GUADEC. If you have a suggestion for an interesting speaker, please feel free to add them to https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2018/Talks/Keynotes You can browse last year's ideas for inspiration at https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2017/Ideas If

Re: Minutes of the Board meeting of October, 7th, 2017

On 24 January 2018 at 04:51, Cosimo Cecchi wrote: > > == Minutes == > […] > * > https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoardPrivate/Budget#Payment_authorization […] > * VOTE: approve the policy as specified on the wiki page: >

Re: Minutes of the Board meeting of September, 26th, 2017

On 27 November 2017 at 11:21, Alexandre Franke <afra...@gnome.org> wrote: > 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 mont

Re: Minutes of the Board meeting of September, 26th, 2017

Hi board, we have not seen any meeting minutes in over two months 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. I would have thought that with hiring an ED, some of the workload should be lifted off the board which

Re: Feedback request: spending Foundation money

On 20 September 2017 at 22:57, Alexandre Franke wrote: > Taking my board member hat off here and commenting as a foundation member. > > On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 3:47 PM, Richard Hughes wrote: >> When we were arranging the gnome-software hackfest last year

Re: GNOME Board of Directors Foundation Elections 2017 - Candidates

On 26 May 2017 at 14:17, Florian Müllner wrote: > On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 11:24 AM Andrea Veri wrote: >> >> It's that time of the year again! I'm happy to announce the following >> candidates for this year's Board of Directors elections: >> >> [list of 7

Travel assistance for GUADEC 2017

The GNOME Foundation can offer travel sponsorship to individuals who want to attend GUADEC and need financial assistance. We are happy to announce that the Travel Committee is processing applications for sponsorships to attend to GUADEC 2017. Application deadline: 2017-05-31. Send in your

Re: Minutes of the Board meeting of February, 21st, 2017

Hi board, It has been over a month since we've had any new meeting minutes. It's difficult for the Foundation members to discuss current issues with you if the minutes go out over 6 weeks after the discussion has taken place. Are there any plans to improve the time it takes for the minutes to be

Give us your GUADEC feedback!

Hi all, it was really good to see so many of you at GUADEC this year. As always, we want to know what went well, what didn't go so well and any ideas that you may have for making it an even better conference! Please add your feedback for 2016 to https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2016/Feedback If you

Travel assistance for GUADEC 2016

The GNOME Foundation can offer travel sponsorship to individuals who want to attend GUADEC and need financial assistance. We are happy to announce that the Travel Committee is ready to receive applications for sponsorships to attend to GUADEC 2016. Application deadline: 2016-06-22. Send in your

Re: GUADEC 2016 call for talks

Hi all, This is a reminder that the call for talks closes today: please make sure to submit your talk on time. You will not get another chance to submit a full talk. Call for lightning talks and BoFs will be open closer to the conference. Thanks Kat On 30 March 2016 at 18:45, Ekaterina

Re: Yorba Foundation looking to pass on copyrights

Hi Adam, On 25 March 2016 at 08:46, Adam Dingle wrote: > If GNOME itself could accept these copyrights, that would be ideal in my > opinion. GNOME board members, I assume you are on this list - would you be > willing to consider this at the next board meeting? I've added it

Re: Agenda for board meeting on November 10th

On 10 November 2015 at 16:40, Ekaterina Gerasimova <kittykat3...@gmail.com> wrote: > The next board meeting is 2015-11-03. Here's our public agenda. We > welcome questions or feedback on any of these items. That should be 2015-11-10, not 2015-11-03. > * West Coast Summit >

Agenda for board meeting on November 10th

The next board meeting is 2015-11-03. Here's our public agenda. We welcome questions or feedback on any of these items. * West Coast Summit * ED search update * Review action items and re-assign as needed * HELLOTUX trademark agreement * Ubuntu GNOME trademark agreement * Logo copyright

Re: Agenda for board meeting on November 3rd

On 3 November 2015 at 20:51, Richard Stallman wrote: > What do we plan to do with a Google Play account, > such that it is an issue for the board? The board has been approached by members of the community about shipping an app via the Google Play Store which would complement a

Agenda for board meeting on November 3rd

The next board meeting is 2015-11-03. Here's our public agenda. We welcome questions or feedback on any of these items. The board meeting are currently planned to take place on a weekly basis, so non-urgent ideas for future discussions are also welcome. * Adboard * next meeting * Google Play

Re: Affiliation change and stepping down

On 5 October 2015 at 10:59, Tobias Mueller wrote: >> The board was notified a couple of weeks ago and is in the process of >> replacing my seat. > Does the Board intend to follow a different strategy than to follow the > membership's > opinion expressed in the election

GUADEC 2015 feedback

Hi all, please add any feedback about GUADEC 2015 to https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2015/Feedback Thanks! ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list

Travel Assistance for GUADEC 2015

The GNOME Foundation can offer travel sponsorship to individuals who want to attend GUADEC and need financial assistance. We are happy to announce that the Travel Committee is ready to receive applications for sponsorships to attend to GUADEC 2015. Application deadline: 2015-06-22. Send in your

Re: Question to GNOME Foundation Board candidates

On 19 May 2015 at 01:41, Max sakana...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, First, thanks to all candidates for volunteering to the Foundation Board. Max come from GNOME.Asia team and thanks GNOME and board support Asia. I have 2 questions to all candidates 1) How many hours per week do you expect

Re: GIMP donation

On 27 May 2015 at 14:00, Mike Saunders m...@linuxvoice.com wrote: Hi everyone, I work for Linux Voice magazine and we donated £300 to GIMP (via the Gnome Foundation): http://www.linuxvoice.com/first-profit-donating-scheme-the-winners/ We made a bank transfer following the instructions here:

Re: GIMP donation

On 27 May 2015 at 17:02, Mike Saunders m...@linuxvoice.com wrote: On 2015-05-27 17:58, Ekaterina Gerasimova wrote: Those instructions are wrong, I have contacted someone at GIMP asking them to update the details for the donations. Thanks. Can you find out if the money was accepted? We've

Re: Board of Directors Elections 2015 - Candidacy - Ekaterina Gerasimova

On 22 May 2015 at 10:40, Oliver Propst oliver.pro...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 12:06 AM, Ekaterina Gerasimova k...@gnome.org wrote: I would be happy to answer any questions that you may have about what I would bring to the board. Are you interested in continue severing

Re: Privacy campaign funds

On 20/02/2015, Magdalen Berns m.be...@thismagpie.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 08:28:58PM +, Magdalen Berns wrote: This seems like a nice idea. Why was it rejected? The best argument I remember was that interns wouldn't produce as high quality results as, for example, calling for

Re: Privacy campaign funds

On 18/02/2015, Magdalen Berns m.be...@thismagpie.com wrote: A while back we ran a $20K privacy campaign. A while later there was a discussion about what to do with the funds. Did we ever decide what to do with these? Nope. I proposed to fund interns to work on security and

Re: GUADEC 2015 when?

On 23/01/2015, Olav Vitters o...@vitters.nl wrote: On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 06:14:16PM +0100, Andreas Nilsson wrote: We've been planning to run the conference between August 7-9, with a flexible hackfest schedule after that. That might changedepending on the final venue, but hopefully it helps

Re: Privacy campaign funds

On 17/02/2015, Magdalen Berns m.be...@thismagpie.com wrote: A while back we ran a $20K privacy campaign. A while later there was a discussion about what to do with the funds. Did we ever decide what to do with these? Nope. I proposed to fund interns to work on security and privacy

Re: Privacy campaign funds

On 14/01/2015, Michael Catanzaro mcatanz...@gnome.org wrote: Hi, A while back we ran a $20K privacy campaign. A while later there was a discussion about what to do with the funds. Did we ever decide what to do with these? A small team of dedicated community members has been working towards

Re: $B donations not working

On 14/11/2014, James purplei...@gmail.com wrote: From: https://www.gnome.org/friends/other-ways-to-donate/ Bitcoin We have currently reached our daily limit for receiving Bitcoin. Please try again tomorrow :-( This isn't very cool... Please just post a wallet address, and get the currency

Sponsoship for hackfests

Hello Foundation members, the board has just assigned a budget to the Travel Committee for the first half of the 2015 financial year (October 2014-March 2015). If you are planning to hold a hackfest in the upcoming year, it would help the Travel Committee plan ahead if you make sure to list your

Re: OPW; Where does the 500$ for each GSoC goes?

On 16/09/2014, Sébastien Wilmet swil...@gnome.org wrote: Thank you very much for your answer, Kat. On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 06:12:15PM +0100, Ekaterina Gerasimova wrote: interns attending events in 2014 were sponsored within allocated travel budgets out of general funds or by sponsors

Re: OPW; Where does the 500$ for each GSoC goes?

On 16 September 2014 11:33, Sébastien Wilmet swil...@gnome.org wrote: On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 09:07:18PM +0200, Alexandre Franke wrote: But we should stop guessing or making assumption now and wait for someone from the travel committee or with the relevant knowledge about that budget to

Re: OPW; Where does the 500$ for each GSoC goes?

On 16 September 2014 16:12, Emmanuele Bassi eba...@gmail.com wrote: On 16 September 2014 16:09, Alexandre Franke alexandre.fra...@gmail.com wrote: 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

Re: Mission Statement

On 7 August 2014 09:57, David King amigad...@amigadave.com wrote: Hi On 2014-08-06 20:19, Emmanuele Bassi eba...@gmail.com wrote: On 6 August 2014 19:49, Michael Hill mdhil...@gmail.com wrote: This hasn't only exposed us to substantial financial risks; it has caused actual financial

Agenda for board meeting on July 18th

Hello Foundation members! The next board meeting is on July 18th at 16:00 UTC. This is the agenda: * Finalizing the meeting time for the new Board * Monthly financial update * Monthly update * Planned spending * GNOME.Asia reimbursements * Accessibility campaign * Groupon update *

Re: Agenda for board meeting on July 18th

On 18/07/2014, Michael Catanzaro mcatanz...@gnome.org wrote: On Fri, 2014-07-18 at 14:12 +0100, Ekaterina Gerasimova wrote: I would like to remind you that if you would like the board to discuss any issues at a meeting, you are welcome to request additions to the agenda for the following

Re: Agenda for board meeting on July 18th

On 18/07/2014, Andrea Veri a...@gnome.org wrote: 2014-07-18 15:26 GMT+02:00 Michael Catanzaro mcatanz...@gnome.org: On Fri, 2014-07-18 at 14:12 +0100, Ekaterina Gerasimova wrote: I would like to remind you that if you would like the board to discuss any issues at a meeting, you are welcome

Re: Can a foundation member have access to the sponsorship history?

On 6 June 2014 03:52, Germán Poo-Caamaño g...@gnome.org wrote: Hi Fidencio, I'm short of time at this moment, so I'm sorry I could not make my answer shorter: On Fri, 2014-06-06 at 01:00 +0200, Fabiano Fidêncio wrote: Howdy! Since I became a Foundation member (1.5 years ago) I've been

Agenda for board meeting on June 3rd

Hello Foundation members! The next board meeting is on June 3rd at 16:00 UTC. This is the agenda: * Monthly financial update * Reimbursements: * VOTE: early reimbursement for GNOME.Asia for Sammy Fung: $400 * West coast hackfest reimbursements * Delegating back to the Travel Committee

Re: Board of Directors Election 2014 - Candidacy - Jean-François Fortin Tam

On 21 May 2014 06:03, Jeff Fortin nekoh...@gmail.com wrote: Le lundi 19 mai 2014 à 16:34 +0100, Ekaterina Gerasimova a écrit : As can be seen from the board meeting agenda for 2014-05-06 and will be visible from the agenda for 2014-05-20, there is an item called PiTiVi funds statement. GNOME

Re: Question for candidates

On 19 May 2014 18:55, Andrea Veri a...@gnome.org wrote: On Mon, 19 May 2014, Max wrote: Hi everyone, Hey Max! My question to all of you: * What's your plan for Promote / Growth GNOME in Asia -- GNOME.Asia summit ? Central event management system for both GUADEC and GNOME.Asia?( I

Re: Question for candidates

On 20 May 2014 01:55, Marina Zhurakhinskaya mari...@redhat.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Max sakana...@gmail.com To: foundation-list foundation-list@gnome.org Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 9:18:33 PM Subject: Question for candidates Hi everyone, Thanks for run the board.

Re: Board of Directors Elections 2014 - Candidacy - Emily Gonyer

share an employer. On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 8:00 AM, Ekaterina Gerasimova kittykat3...@gmail.com wrote: On 20 May 2014 12:10, Emily Gonyer emilyyr...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Ekaterina Gerasimova kittykat3...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Emily, On 17 May 2014 19:42, Emily

Re: Board of Directors Elections 2014 - Candidacy - Oliver Propst

On 20 May 2014 14:48, Oliver Propst oliver.pro...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 2014-05-20 at 13:19 +0100, Ekaterina Gerasimova wrote: Hi Oliver, On 15 May 2014 20:51, Oliver Propst oliver.pro...@gmail.com wrote: Name: Oliver Propst Email: oliver.pro...@gmail.com Affiliation: None Dear

Re: Foundation budget (was: Re: Question for candidates)

On 20 May 2014 14:21, Dave Neary dne...@gnome.org wrote: Hi, Apologies in advance for a question that will take us away from the main thread topic... On 05/20/2014 06:15 AM, David King wrote: Initially, I think that much of the money raised by an executive director would go towards

Re: Question for candidates

On 20 May 2014 00:58, Michael Catanzaro mcatanz...@gnome.org wrote: On Mon, 2014-05-19 at 11:18 +0100, Ekaterina Gerasimova wrote: one of the options that I want the board to investigate is to tie in the executive director's wage and travel budget with adboard fees in such a way

Re: Board of Directors Elections 2014 - Candidacy - Karen Sandler

On 20 May 2014 19:35, Sriram Ramkrishna s...@ramkrishna.me wrote: On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 6:51 AM, Marina Zhurakhinskaya mari...@redhat.com wrote: It's not just the time commitment we are looking for in the board members, but also experience. Karen has a tremendous amount of experience in

Re: Board of Directors Election 2014 - Candidacy - Jean-François Fortin Tam

Hi Jeff, On 15 May 2014 20:42, Jeff Fortin nekoh...@gmail.com wrote: Name: Jean-François Fortin Tam Email: nekohayo at gmail Affiliation: none (freelance) Web/bio/blog/etc.: http://jeff.ecchi.ca Hi everybody, I would like to offer my candidacy to serve on the Foundation Board. Thanks for

Re: Question for candidates

Hi Emily, On 19 May 2014 16:16, Emily Chen emilychen...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I would like to ask below questions to future board: 1. For GNOME big event, call for sponsor is really important, what is your plan to call for more sponsors for conference like GUADEC and GNOME.Asia ? Firstly, I

Travel assistance for GUADEC 2014

The GNOME Foundation can offer travel sponsorship to individuals who want to attend GUADEC and need financial assistance. We are happy to announce that the Travel Committee is ready to receive applications for sponsorships to attend to GUADEC 2014. Application deadline: 2014-05-31. Please send

Re: Current state of Foundation finances, upgrade internal systems and controls...

On 16 April 2014 11:19, Dave Neary dne...@gnome.org wrote: Hi, On 04/16/2014 05:23 AM, Liam R E Quin wrote: The more important something is, the more important it is that we have good Free software to meet our needs. I agree. If there are problems with GnuCash and it's the most suitable

Re: Current state of Foundation finances

director, but not in the immediate future as it seems prudent to keep expenses to a minimum until some of the outstanding invoices are paid. Thanks to the board members for working through this and being open. Stormy On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Ekaterina Gerasimova kittykat3...@gmail.com

Re: Current state of Foundation finances

, but we currently do not have one. Cheers, Dave. On Apr 12, 2014 1:32 AM, Ekaterina Gerasimova kittykat3...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Foundation members, Due to a shortfall in the budget, the Foundation board voted on 2014-04-08 to freeze all expenditure which is not essential to the running

Re: Current state of Foundation finances

On 14 April 2014 05:19, Jim Campbell jcampb...@gnome.org wrote: Hi All, On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 7:45 AM, Ekaterina Gerasimova kittykat3...@gmail.com wrote: On 12 April 2014 05:29, Sindhu S sind...@live.in wrote: On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 5:02 AM, Ekaterina Gerasimova kittykat3...@gmail.com

Re: Current state of Foundation finances

Hi Alberto, On 13 April 2014 16:31, Alberto Ruiz ar...@gnome.org wrote: So, the FAQ has a call for donations, however I can't find how to donate anywhere, the closest thing I can find is making a PayPal donation to GIMP :-) There's a link from https://www.gnome.org to

Current state of Foundation finances

Dear Foundation members, Due to a shortfall in the budget, the Foundation board voted on 2014-04-08 to freeze all expenditure which is not essential to the running of the Foundation. This freeze affects sponsorship expenses which are unpaid at this time, but it does not affect the funds which we

Re: Agenda for board meeting April 8th

Hi Luis, On 8 April 2014 09:07, Luis Villa l...@tieguy.org wrote: Perhaps a naive question, but I would have expected discussion of hiring a new ED - is that being handled in a separate hiring committee? The board has discussed it for the last 6 (weekly) meetings, although it was decided that

Re: Minutes of the Board Meeting of March 11th, 2014

On 25 March 2014 12:56, Allan Day allanp...@gmail.com wrote: Richard Stallman r...@gnu.org wrote: ... What is the data in question, and why propose to collect it? ... The main data we want is which apps people have installed. The primary purpose is to enable recommendations for applications

Re: Minutes of the Board Meeting of March 11th, 2014

On 25 March 2014 13:09, Allan Day allanp...@gmail.com wrote: Ekaterina Gerasimova kittykat3...@gmail.com wrote: ... I would like to point out that the GNOME Foundation does not collect any data and does not plan to do so in the future. The data in question is potentially collected

Re: Valuable items for beginners

On 18 March 2014 10:31, ChangSeok Oh changs...@gnome.org wrote: Thanks for your reply, Ekaterina and Hashem :) Hi ChangSeok, translation and documentation are probably the most accessible areas for new contributors, but the learning curves are still quite steep. Would you share some links

Re: Valuable items for beginners

On 14 March 2014 17:52, Hashem Nasarat hnasa...@gmail.com wrote: Perhaps there's some work in documentation that would fit into a 1-month period. CCing gnome-doc-list for this reason On 03/14/2014 01:41 PM, ChangSeok Oh wrote: Hi everyone. I'm looking for some interesting items for

Re: Minutes for the Board meeting of February 25th, 2014

On 5 March 2014 11:32, Fabiana Simões fabianapsim...@gmail.com wrote: On 4 March 2014 20:12, Diego Escalante Urrelo die...@gnome.org wrote: Money is still the better option. Agreed. Apart from all that has been mentioned, speaking for Brazil, delivery services aren't always reliable.

Re: Updates from the GNOME Sysadmin Team

On 21 November 2013 15:48, Andrea Veri a...@gnome.org wrote: 2. projects.gnome.org's migration to wiki.gnome.org. The projects.gnome.org website is currently being migrated to the following places: GNOME Apps: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps GNOME Projects: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects

Re: Announcing GNOME's official GitHub mirror

On 2013-08-15 11:46, Christian Persch wrote: Hi; From the associated blog post: As per people concerned about the fact that github is a closed source service, I have a few things to highlight: this is just a mirror, we won't rely on them for any of our activities. Also, GitHub has contributed

Re: A Question for New Candidates

Hi Allan On 21 May 2013 11:12, Allan Day allanp...@gmail.com wrote: […] It's also fantastic that we have so many fantastic new candidates this time around, and I have a question for you. One thing I find myself asking is: what do you think you will personally bring to the role if you are

Re: Question to GNOME Foundation Board candidates

On 21 May 2013 13:16, Brian Cameron brian.came...@oracle.com wrote: For all candidates, how do you see being on the board will enhance or facilitate the volunteer work you already do in the commutity? I do not think that there is much overlap between the work I already do in the community[1]