Re: More questions for Board candidates

2015-05-26 Thread Allan Day
Karen Sandler ka...@gnome.org wrote: I have a few questions for the candidates too. I agree with what has been said by Jeff and Josh that it's important that people on the board have a diverse skillset, so I wouldn't expect all board members to answer yes on these, but I think it's good

Re: More questions for Board candidates

2015-05-25 Thread Andrea Veri
2015-05-21 23:25 GMT+02:00 Karen Sandler ka...@gnome.org: Have you ever done any fundraising? I took an active part on the GNOME vs Groupon's fundraising campaign the GNOME Foundation launched the past year. Are you comfortable asking sponsors for money? Yes as in making sure the sponsors do

Re: More questions for Board candidates

2015-05-23 Thread Jeff Fortin Tam
Le jeudi 21 mai 2015 à 17:25 -0400, Karen Sandler a écrit : I have a few questions for the candidates too. I agree with what has been said by Jeff and Josh that it's important that people on the board have a diverse skillset, so I wouldn't expect all board members to answer yes

Re: More questions for Board candidates

2015-05-22 Thread Cosimo Cecchi
Hi Karen, Thanks for your questions! On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 2:25 PM, Karen Sandler ka...@gnome.org wrote: I have a few questions for the candidates too. I agree with what has been said by Jeff and Josh that it's important that people on the board have a diverse skillset, so I wouldn't

Re: More questions for Board candidates

2015-05-22 Thread Alexandre Franke
Hi, On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 11:25 PM, Karen Sandler ka...@gnome.org wrote: Have you ever done any fundraising? Only a little, trying to get local sponsors for various local events. For GUADEC this turned into getting a small local company to pay for the pastries. I wouldn't say it's something

Re: More questions for Board candidates

2015-05-22 Thread Carlos Soriano Sanchez
Hi Karen, - Original Message - | I have a few questions for the candidates too. I agree with what has | been said by Jeff and Josh that it's important that people on the board | have a diverse skillset, so I wouldn't expect all board members to | answer yes on these, but I think it's good

Re: More questions for Board candidates

2015-05-22 Thread Magdalen Berns
Hi Karen, Thanks for your questions. Responses inline: Have you ever done any fundraising? Yes, although not on such a scale as I would expect a GNOME director will have to take on. More like a few small fundraisers for various charities and perhaps more recently, some of you may remember that

More questions for Board candidates

2015-05-21 Thread Karen Sandler
I have a few questions for the candidates too. I agree with what has been said by Jeff and Josh that it's important that people on the board have a diverse skillset, so I wouldn't expect all board members to answer yes on these, but I think it's good to know if at least a few people

Re: More questions for Board candidates

2015-05-21 Thread Christian Hergert
Hi, On 05/21/2015 02:25 PM, Karen Sandler wrote: I have a few questions for the candidates too. I agree with what has been said by Jeff and Josh that it's important that people on the board have a diverse skillset, so I wouldn't expect all board members to answer yes on these, but I think

Re: More questions for Board candidates

2015-05-21 Thread josh
On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 05:25:51PM -0400, Karen Sandler wrote: I have a few questions for the candidates too. I agree with what has been said by Jeff and Josh that it's important that people on the board have a diverse skillset, so I wouldn't expect all board members to answer yes

Re: More questions for Board candidates

2015-05-21 Thread Shaun McCance
On Thu, 2015-05-21 at 17:25 -0400, Karen Sandler wrote: I have a few questions for the candidates too. I agree with what has been said by Jeff and Josh that it's important that people on the board have a diverse skillset, so I wouldn't expect all board members to answer yes on these, but I

Re: Questions for the candidates: finances

2014-05-22 Thread Jeff Fortin
Le lundi 19 mai 2014 à 11:19 -0700, Jim Nelson a écrit : Aside from corporate sponsorship and personal donations, what area(s) would you investigate to increase and stabilize GNOME's finances? (Or do you feel these two methods are the only or best way to achieve this goal?) I tend to think

Re: Questions for the candidates: finances

2014-05-22 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
Hiya Jim! On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Jim Nelson j...@yorba.org wrote: Hello everyone, Aside from corporate sponsorship and personal donations, what area(s) would you investigate to increase and stabilize GNOME's finances? (Or do you feel these two methods are the only or best way to

Re: Questions for the candidates: finances

2014-05-20 Thread oliverp
On Mon, 2014-05-19 at 23:08 +0200, oliverp wrote: On Mon, 2014-05-19 at 11:19 -0700, Jim Nelson wrote: Hello everyone, My questions for the candidates is: Aside from corporate sponsorship and personal donations, what area(s) would you investigate to increase and stabilize

Re: Questions for the candidates: finances

2014-05-20 Thread oliverp
On Tue, 2014-05-20 at 10:48 +0200, oliverp wrote: On Mon, 2014-05-19 at 22:02 -0400, Marina Zhurakhinskaya wrote: I think we can do more with organization sponsorship and individual donations than we are doing right now. We have a product that is naturally of interest to a lot of consumers

Re: Questions for the candidates: finances

2014-05-20 Thread Emily Gonyer
In my previous email responding to Kat, I touched on this very subject. First and foremost we need to determine two things: 1) How much money we are currently spending on what, and what is truly needed. 2) How much money is currently coming in, and from where - this should be broken down into

Re: Questions for the candidates: finances

2014-05-20 Thread David King
Hi Jim On 2014-05-19 11:19, Jim Nelson j...@yorba.org wrote: Aside from corporate sponsorship and personal donations, what area(s) would you investigate to increase and stabilize GNOME's finances? (Or do you feel these two methods are the only or best way to achieve this goal?) I think that

Re: Questions for the candidates: finances

2014-05-19 Thread Tobias Mueller
Hi. On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 11:19:37AM -0700, Jim Nelson wrote: Aside from corporate sponsorship and personal donations, what area(s) would you investigate to increase and stabilize GNOME's finances? (Or do you feel these two methods are the only or best way to achieve this goal?)

Re: Questions for the candidates: finances

2014-05-19 Thread Marina Zhurakhinskaya
- Original Message - From: Jim Nelson j...@yorba.org To: Foundation List foundation-list@gnome.org Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 2:19:37 PM Subject: Questions for the candidates: finances Hello everyone, First, I'd like to voice my support for Dave Neary's question. I also believe

Re: Some questions for the candidates

2013-06-10 Thread Brian Cameron
Tobias: On 06/ 7/13 04:51 AM, Tobias Mueller wrote: On 06.06.2013 23:04, Brian Cameron wrote: Advisory board members are encouraged to join when there is clear value in doing so. What work has been done over the past year to increase this value or effectively communicate such values? Off

Re: Some questions for the candidates

2013-06-07 Thread Tobias Mueller
Hi :) On 06.06.2013 23:04, Brian Cameron wrote: Advisory board members are encouraged to join when there is clear value in doing so. What work has been done over the past year to increase this value or effectively communicate such values? Spontaneously, I remember that proper user testing was

Re: Some questions for the candidates

2013-06-06 Thread Brian Cameron
Tobias: On 06/ 5/13 05:39 PM, Tobias Mueller wrote: Can you be an advocate for more corporate support? Yes. We should try to find out what it is that keeps companies from joining the advisory board, despite recent years being economically tough. Another area is better service to sponsors for

Some questions for the candidates

2013-06-05 Thread C.J. Adams-Collier KF7BMP
Hello folks, What are your plans to encourage and enable participation by more women in the GNOME community? How do you plan to support the demand for accessibility infrastructure opened up by recent changes in the environment such as Debian's inclusion of text to speech in its installer? Orca

Re: Some questions for the candidates

2013-06-05 Thread Tobias Mueller
Hi :) On 02.06.2013 16:11, C.J. Adams-Collier KF7BMP wrote: What are your plans to encourage and enable participation by more women in the GNOME community? I don't have any. Besides continuing our Outreach Program for Women which I think is running great (thanks to everyone involved). It has

Re: A few questions for the candidates

2010-06-07 Thread Andreas Nilsson
On 06/01/2010 02:30 PM, Vincent Untz wrote: Hi, I originally wanted to have some questions included in the list of questions sent by the membership committee, but I feel like waiting for Friday while the voting period is already opened is waiting a long time and I'm not being patient here :-)

Re: A few questions for the candidates

2010-06-04 Thread Bastien Nocera
On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 23:30 +0200, Vincent Untz wrote: Hi, I originally wanted to have some questions included in the list of questions sent by the membership committee, but I feel like waiting for Friday while the voting period is already opened is waiting a long time and I'm not being

Re: A few questions for the candidates

2010-06-04 Thread Emily Chen
Vincent, Those are very good questions. See my reply in lines. 2010/6/2 Vincent Untz vu...@gnome.org Hi, I originally wanted to have some questions included in the list of questions sent by the membership committee, but I feel like waiting for Friday while the voting period is already

Re: A few questions for the candidates

2010-06-02 Thread Seif Lotfy
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 11:30 PM, Vincent Untz vu...@gnome.org wrote: Hi, I originally wanted to have some questions included in the list of questions sent by the membership committee, but I feel like waiting for Friday while the voting period is already opened is waiting a long time and I'm

Re: A few questions for the candidates

2010-06-02 Thread Stormy Peters
2010/6/2 Seif Lotfy s...@lotfy.com: I read it a week ago before deciding to run for candidacy (someone tipped me to do so)  and while I am very surprised by the income and outcome, there should be a security buffer of 20% at least... This is a point I think should be discussed by the board and

Re: A few questions for the candidates

2010-06-02 Thread Og Maciel
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Vincent Untz vu...@gnome.org wrote: 1) I've read with interest the mails from the candidates announcing   they're running, and most (if not all -- I didn't double-check)   include some motivations with examples of what they'd be interested   in working on.  

Re: A few questions for the candidates

2010-06-02 Thread Jonh Wendell
Em Ter, 2010-06-01 às 23:30 +0200, Vincent Untz escreveu: Hi, Hi Vincent, hi all. 1) I've read with interest the mails from the candidates announcing they're running, and most (if not all -- I didn't double-check) include some motivations with examples of what they'd be interested

A few questions for the candidates

2010-06-01 Thread Vincent Untz
Hi, I originally wanted to have some questions included in the list of questions sent by the membership committee, but I feel like waiting for Friday while the voting period is already opened is waiting a long time and I'm not being patient here :-) I apologize because some of those questions

Re: A few questions for the candidates

2010-06-01 Thread Brian Cameron
Vincent: 1) I've read with interest the mails from the candidates announcing they're running, and most (if not all -- I didn't double-check) include some motivations with examples of what they'd be interested in working on. Why are those tasks/ideas things you cannot work on

Re: A few questions for the candidates

2010-06-01 Thread Paul Cutler
On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 23:30 +0200, Vincent Untz wrote: Hi, I originally wanted to have some questions included in the list of questions sent by the membership committee, but I feel like waiting for Friday while the voting period is already opened is waiting a long time and I'm not being

Re: Questions for the candidates

2009-06-10 Thread Vincent Untz
Hi, (just want to start by thanking the membership elections committee for the organization of the elections! Make sure to hug them when you meet them) Apologies for the length of some answers ;-) And more apologies for sending this late (it was stuck in my drafts folder for way too long) Le

Re: Questions for the candidates

2009-06-10 Thread Behdad Esfahbod
On 06/09/2009 11:31 PM, Behdad Esfahbod wrote: What do you think GNOME should do to support the broader cause of free/libre software, and the freedom of computer users? I think the look, our source code is Free Software argument has lost a lot of appeal in where GNOME has headed in the past

Re: Questions for the candidates

2009-06-09 Thread Behdad Esfahbod
Hi Everyone, I'm late to the party; man, did I ever know elections can be so exhausting? And so much fun?! Oh wait, I don't mean this one. I mean the Iran presidential elections on Friday later this week... Normally that even doesn't change my schedule, but for reasons that are better

Re: Questions for the candidates

2009-06-03 Thread Lionel Dricot
I'd like to add an optional tenth question: 10. If the foundation built a bike shed, An european or an african one ? what color would you paint the roof? Red… no… blue… argh ! ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org

Re: Questions for the candidates

2009-06-03 Thread Dave Neary
Hi Jorge, Jorge O. Castro wrote: I've never served on a board or any kind of governing body before, so my first answer would be what would people want the goals to be? Do you think that your experience with Ubuntu has given you some insight onto what you will be able to achieve as a board

Re: Questions for the candidates

2009-06-03 Thread Hubert Figuiere
On 05/29/2009 01:17 PM, Susana Pereira wrote: 1. For outgoing board members: what have been the upsides/good things from your previous stint at the Board which you would like to see carried forward into this term ? I was not previously member of the board. 2. If you are a new

Re: Questions for the candidates - let's start the discussion(s)

2009-05-29 Thread Germán Póo-Caamaño
Questions: -- 1. For outgoing board members: what have been the upsides/good things from your previous stint at the Board which you would like to see carried forward into this term ? Not applicable. 2. For outgoing board members: What achievement can you point to during your

Re: Questions for the candidates - let's start the discussion(s)

2009-05-29 Thread Susana Pereira
Hello, 10 questions are being selected and will be sent to this list as soon as possible. Those who have already answered can put their answers on the wiki. I'm sorry for any inconveniences this may have caused. --- Susana On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 2:38 AM, Alberto Ruiz ar...@gnome.org

Re: Questions for the candidates - let's start the discussion(s)

2009-05-29 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Brian Cameron wrote: I think it is easier to maintain the answers there if that is okay. One of the things I've liked in the past is the right to reply - a candidate answers a question, and someone bounces back with a follow-up or another candidate manifests his disagreement, and a

Re: Questions for the candidates - let's start the discussion(s)

2009-05-29 Thread Susana Pereira
Hi Dave, On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Dave Neary dne...@gnome.org wrote: (...) I would really prefer the membership team to cut down the list of questions to between 5 and 10, and have everything happen on the mailing list. You're totally right, I'm sorry if it's taking some time but the

Questions for the candidates

2009-05-29 Thread Susana Pereira
Hello, Here is the updated list of questions. Hopefully, this one will let us discuss important issues without taking too much time from our candidates. You can find the list of candidates for the upcoming elections here: http://foundation.gnome.org/elections/2009/candidates.html Questions

Re: Questions for the candidates

2009-05-29 Thread David Bolter
I'd like to add an optional tenth question: 10. If the foundation built a bike shed, what color would you paint the roof? D ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list

Re: Questions for the candidates

2009-05-29 Thread David Bolter
Great answer. Next? D On 5/29/09 3:21 PM, Andy Tai wrote: Shouldn't the candidates be expected to oppose the foundation building this, as it is a misuse of the foundation's resources? On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 11:25 AM, David Bolterd...@gnome.org wrote: I'd like to add an optional tenth

Re: Questions for the candidates

2009-05-29 Thread Brian Cameron
I will leave the answers to the original 24 questions on my Wiki in case anybody wants to read. http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Elections2009/BrianCameron Following are my answers to the abbreviated list of questions: Questions - 1. For outgoing board members: what have

Re: Questions for the candidates

2009-05-29 Thread Germán Póo-Caamaño
My answers to the original 24 questions are available on Wiki: http://tinyurl.com/ksy8o3 And the answers to the abbreviated list are the following: Questions - 1. For outgoing board members: what have been the upsides/good things from your previous stint at the Board which

Re: Questions for the candidates

2009-05-29 Thread Diego Escalante Urrelo
Hey, On Fri, 2009-05-29 at 18:17 +0100, Susana Pereira wrote: Questions - 1. For outgoing board members: what have been the upsides/good things from your previous stint at the Board which you would like to see carried forward into this term ? I would like to keep seeing

Re: Questions for the candidates - let's start the discussion(s)

2009-05-28 Thread Dave Neary
Hi Susan, Susana Pereira wrote: snip 24. Is there anything else you think is important to tell us but which you feel has not been covered by the previous questions? Wasn't there a plan to choose the 10 best out of all the questions? I can imagine answering 24 questions will take a lot

Re: Questions for the candidates - let's start the discussion(s)

2009-05-28 Thread Lionel Dricot
Another possibility is that you start replying to the questions you want to reply on your candidate wiki page. That way, you can answer one question at once, take the time you want, proofread the day after, etc. Hi Dave, On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Dave Neary dne...@gnome.org wrote:

Re: Questions for the candidates - let's start the discussion(s)

2009-05-28 Thread Dave Neary
Hi Susan, Susana Pereira wrote: Yes, I understand it is a big, time consuming list. The reasoning for sending it this way is that in last elections the membership committee sent 10 questions, and then many people started new threads sending their own questions which is more confusing than

Re: Questions for the candidates - let's start the discussion(s)

2009-05-28 Thread sankarshan
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Dave Neary dne...@gnome.org wrote: Last year, right after the candidates list closed, Bruno posted a list of 10 questions which, presumably, the committee came up with: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2007-November/msg00153.html There was no

Re: Questions for the candidates - let's start the discussion(s)

2009-05-28 Thread Alberto Ruiz
To be honest... even reading all the answers is a hard task... :/ Next year let's stick to 10. 2009/5/29 Brian Cameron brian.came...@sun.com: The final list of candidates for the upcoming elections is available here: http://foundation.gnome.org/elections/2009/candidates.html We will now

Questions for the candidates - let's start the discussion(s)

2009-05-27 Thread Susana Pereira
Hello, The final list of candidates for the upcoming elections is available here: http://foundation.gnome.org/elections/2009/candidates.html We will now start a series of discussions amongst the candidates. Thanks to all the people who participated by submitting their questions! This year's

Re: Money spending, questions for the candidates

2007-12-04 Thread Shaun McCance
On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 10:11 +0100, Dave Neary wrote: Alan Cox wrote: I just want to put this in perspective: the foundation has $200,000 in the bank, with guaranteed income of $100,000 a year approx. One employee costs at least $70,000 per year, and depending on the role up to $100,000 or

Re: Money spending, questions for the candidates

2007-12-03 Thread Og Maciel
On Nov 30, 2007 2:30 PM, Philip Van Hoof [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the foundation could setup (orchestrate) meetings (or interops or however you want to call them) with the different teams. Gather the right people and put them together from time to times. I agree 100% with this, and it

Re: Money spending, questions for the candidates

2007-12-03 Thread John (J5) Palmieri
On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 12:15 +0100, Philip Van Hoof wrote: On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 10:18 +, Diego Escalante Urrelo wrote: On 12/1/07, Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doing that quality control could eat some (human) resources. Also as John says this could easily lead to an

Re: Money spending, questions for the candidates

2007-12-03 Thread Richard Stallman
GNOME is based on a philosophy, but it is not just a philosophy. It is a project to develop and maintain a desktop environment. A technical project has to make specific technical decisions. It can't favor all the options that fit the philosophy; often it has to choose an avenue and follow it.

Re: Money spending, questions for the candidates

2007-12-02 Thread Vincent Untz
Hi, Sorry, I'll reply briefly because my free time is limited today. I hope it will be understandable :-) Le vendredi 30 novembre 2007, à 02:51 +0100, Philip Van Hoof a écrit : Hi there, The questions: o. Given that the Foundation of GNOME has plenty of money, will you if elected vote

Re: Money spending, questions for the candidates

2007-12-01 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Diego Escalante Urrelo wrote: I still don't think Foundation should get involved into saying place X is an approbed training center, I fear that would go beyond its scope. But the foundation could publish a syllabus and some sample exams, and then licence training institutes and companies

Re: Question for the candidates [Was: Re: Money spending, questions for the candidates]

2007-12-01 Thread Behdad Esfahbod
On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 18:42 -0700, Elijah Newren wrote: Hi, As warned about earlier in this election (by someone with better foresight than I have), when there isn't an organized call for questions people will fire off zillions of them at random. This puts an unreasonable burden on not

Re: Money spending, questions for the candidates

2007-12-01 Thread Diego Escalante Urrelo
On 12/1/07, Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Diego Escalante Urrelo wrote: I still don't think Foundation should get involved into saying place X is an approbed training center, I fear that would go beyond its scope. But the foundation could publish a syllabus and some sample

Re: Money spending, questions for the candidates

2007-12-01 Thread Philip Van Hoof
On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 10:18 +, Diego Escalante Urrelo wrote: On 12/1/07, Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doing that quality control could eat some (human) resources. Also as John says this could easily lead to an unintentioned favouritism. Unintentioned favouritism is a cheap reason

Re: Money spending, questions for the candidates

2007-12-01 Thread Alan Cox
On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 10:11:15 +0100 Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alan Cox wrote: I just want to put this in perspective: the foundation has $200,000 in the bank, with guaranteed income of $100,000 a year approx. One employee costs at least $70,000 per year, and depending on the role

Re: Money spending, questions for the candidates

2007-12-01 Thread Diego Escalante Urrelo
On 12/1/07, Philip Van Hoof [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 10:18 +, Diego Escalante Urrelo wrote: On 12/1/07, Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doing that quality control could eat some (human) resources. Also as John says this could easily lead to an unintentioned

Re: Money spending, questions for the candidates

2007-11-30 Thread Diego Escalante Urrelo
Hey On 11/30/07, Bastian, Waldo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: o. What is your opinion on an examination that could carry the title: GNOME Mobile certified software developer exam If the examination is offered by a third party, then I would say they are violating the trademark

Re: Money spending, questions for the candidates

2007-11-30 Thread John (J5) Palmieri
On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 20:28 +, Diego Escalante Urrelo wrote: Hey On 11/30/07, Bastian, Waldo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: o. What is your opinion on an examination that could carry the title: GNOME Mobile certified software developer exam If the examination is offered

Re: Question for the candidates [Was: Re: Money spending, questions for the candidates]

2007-11-30 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Elijah Newren What will you as a candidate do to make sure we avoid this mess in the future? Work with the Membership Committee to document their practices and make sure they perform them more consistently in future years. During the current term, I have already made that you won't

Re: Question for the candidates [Was: Re: Money spending, questions for the candidates]

2007-11-30 Thread Diego Escalante Urrelo
Hey On 11/30/07, Elijah Newren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, (...) What will you as a candidate do to make sure we avoid this mess in the future? I can only think of asking for question much sooner or proposing some topics under which to fill questions. But honestly, I don't know if anything

Question for the candidates [Was: Re: Money spending, questions for the candidates]

2007-11-30 Thread Elijah Newren
Hi, As warned about earlier in this election (by someone with better foresight than I have), when there isn't an organized call for questions people will fire off zillions of them at random. This puts an unreasonable burden on not only the candidates who feel obligated to spend time responding

Re: Question for the candidates [Was: Re: Money spending, questions for the candidates]

2007-11-30 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Jeff Waugh Work with the Membership Committee to document their practices and make sure they perform them more consistently in future years. Miss one word and it changes the entire tone... and help make sure. They have done a great job this year, though as a result of numerous

RE: Money spending, questions for the candidates

2007-11-30 Thread Behdad Esfahbod
On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 20:30 +0100, Philip Van Hoof wrote: I think the foundation could setup (orchestrate) meetings (or interops or however you want to call them) with the different teams. Gather the right people and put them together from time to times. The foundation tries to do that, and

Re: Money spending, questions for the candidates

2007-11-30 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Philip Van Hoof wrote: o. Given that the Foundation of GNOME has plenty of money, will you if elected vote to spend this money on important projects? I just want to put this in perspective: the foundation has $200,000 in the bank, with guaranteed income of $100,000 a year approx. One

RE: Money spending, questions for the candidates

2007-11-30 Thread Philip Van Hoof
On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 00:43 -0800, Bastian, Waldo wrote: o. What is your opinion on an examination that could carry the title: GNOME Mobile certified software developer exam If the examination is offered by a third party, then I would say they are violating the trademark

Re: Money spending, questions for the candidates

2007-11-30 Thread John (J5) Palmieri
On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 02:51 +0100, Philip Van Hoof wrote: Hi there, The questions: o. Given that the Foundation of GNOME has plenty of money, will you if elected vote to spend this money on important projects? Being mostly interested in mobile targets and GNOME Mobile, I could

RE: Money spending, questions for the candidates

2007-11-30 Thread John (J5) Palmieri
On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 00:43 -0800, Bastian, Waldo wrote: o. What is your opinion on an examination that could carry the title: GNOME Mobile certified software developer exam If the examination is offered by a third party, then I would say they are violating the trademark

Money spending, questions for the candidates

2007-11-29 Thread Philip Van Hoof
Hi there, The questions: o. Given that the Foundation of GNOME has plenty of money, will you if elected vote to spend this money on important projects? Being mostly interested in mobile targets and GNOME Mobile, I could certainly come up with some projects that might both increase

Re: Questions to the candidates

2007-11-27 Thread John (J5) Palmieri
On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 16:31 +0100, Anne Østergaard wrote: On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 09:48 -0500, John (J5) Palmieri wrote: On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 23:52 +0100, Anne Østergaard wrote: Questions to the candidates: Will you apply for the position as new Executive Director for GNOME

Re: Questions to the candidates

2007-11-26 Thread John (J5) Palmieri
On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 23:52 +0100, Anne Østergaard wrote: Questions to the candidates: Will you apply for the position as new Executive Director for GNOME? No Will you apply for any paid position within GNOME while serving as board member? No Will you attend at least 90% of the board

Re: Questions to the candidates

2007-11-26 Thread Anne Østergaard
On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 09:48 -0500, John (J5) Palmieri wrote: On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 23:52 +0100, Anne Østergaard wrote: Questions to the candidates: Will you apply for the position as new Executive Director for GNOME? No Will you apply for any paid position within GNOME while

Re: Questions to the candidates

2007-11-23 Thread Luis Villa
On Nov 22, 2007 5:52 PM, Anne Østergaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Questions to the candidates: Will you apply for the position as new Executive Director for GNOME? Will you apply for any paid position within GNOME while serving as board member? For those who don't know, before going to law

Re: Questions to the candidates

2007-11-23 Thread Og Maciel
Will you apply for the position as new Executive Director for GNOME? If elected to the Board, this will be my first time to learn the intricacies of the job and get acquainted with what such a role really implies. So it is fairly safe to say that I would not run for such position yet. :) Will

Re: Questions to the candidates

2007-11-22 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Anne Østergaard Will you apply for the position as new Executive Director for GNOME? Will you apply for any paid position within GNOME while serving as board member? Unlikely, although I have considered it in the past. It would be foolish to rule anything out. Enough people have

Re: Questions to the candidates

2007-11-22 Thread Vincent Untz
Hi, Le jeudi 22 novembre 2007, à 23:52 +0100, Anne Østergaard a écrit : Questions to the candidates: Will you apply for the position as new Executive Director for GNOME? No. Will you apply for any paid position within GNOME while serving as board member? I'd say it's highly unlikely

Re: Questions to the candidates

2007-11-22 Thread Diego Escalante Urrelo
Hello :) On 11/22/07, Anne Østergaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Questions to the candidates: Will you apply for the position as new Executive Director for GNOME? No, I don't think so. Will you apply for any paid position within GNOME while serving as board member? No, if I'm elected

Re: Questions for the candidates - let's start the discussion(s)

2006-11-28 Thread Sara Khalatbari
[1] What are your plans to answer the question put forward at the last GUADEC about Why should one become a member of the GNOME Foundation ? I don't think we should be trying to sell foundation membership. I became a member of the foundation because that makes me feel part of the project and

Re: Questions for the candidates - let's start the discussion(s)

2006-11-27 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay [1] What are your plans to answer the question put forward at the last GUADEC about Why should one become a member of the GNOME Foundation ? Would you be in a position to elaborate on your plans/projects to make membership more interesting for the GNOME

Re: Questions for the candidates - let's start the discussion(s)

2006-11-26 Thread Murray Cumming
On Sat, 2006-11-25 at 17:00 +, Joachim Noreiko wrote: I notice that most recent minutes on the website are December 2005. Do you want to fix that and ask me again? ;) Could the board just ask the foundation's administration assistant to keep that list of meeting minutes updated, please?

Re: Questions for the candidates - let's start the discussion(s)

2006-11-26 Thread Behdad Esfahbod
On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 12:53 +0530, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay wrote: [1] What are your plans to answer the question put forward at the last GUADEC about Why should one become a member of the GNOME Foundation ? I think the current offerings: being able to vote for elections and to get a @gnome.org

Re: Questions for the candidates - let's start the discussion(s)

2006-11-25 Thread Joachim Noreiko
--- Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Board does not directly get involved in the technicalities I'd actually like to stop there and ask: why not? Certainly getting involved with the board shouldn't require technical knowledge. But there is a need to plan the development

Re: Questions for the candidates - let's start the discussion(s)

2006-11-22 Thread Wayne Schuller
oh dear please keep the candidate discussion OFF foundation-announce thanks, Wayne On 11/22/06, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, The list of candidates for the elections are available here: http://foundation.gnome.org/elections/2006/candidates.html With this mail, one

Questions for the candidates - let's start the discussion(s)

2006-11-21 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
Hi, The list of candidates for the elections are available here: http://foundation.gnome.org/elections/2006/candidates.html With this mail, one hopes to start off the series of discussions amongst the candidates in the fray for the Board. The underlying vein in the series of questions is that

Re: Questions to the candidates

2005-11-25 Thread Behdad Esfahbod
1. How much time can you dedicate to the board each week? I can spend a total of 5 hours easily. 4. Explain how you expect to meet you goals. If we manage to make the board more open, which seems to be agreed as a most by almost all candidates, then I don't see the baord work much

Re: Questions to the candidates

2005-11-24 Thread Quim Gil
Hi there, En/na Curtis Hovey ha escrit: 1. How much time can you dedicate to the board each week? In the first half of 2006 I will be part time dedicated to GUADEC coordination - http://desdeamericaconamor.org/blog/node/164 . Part of this time can drop easily to board related tasks. 2. How

Re: Questions to the candidates

2005-11-23 Thread Jeff Waugh
Questions 1, 2, 3 and 5 answered in previous mail. 4. Explain how you expect to meet you goals. * I will more effectively communicate the role and scope of the Board among the directors, Foundation members and Advisory Board. * I will encourage the adoption of an elected executive as part

Re: Questions to the candidates

2005-11-23 Thread Vincent Untz
Hi, On sam, 2005-11-19 at 09:04 -0500, Curtis Hovey wrote: 1. How much time can you dedicate to the board each week? My time is quite flexible. But I think I can give ~1 hour per day. There are obviously some days where I won't be able to have time for the board, and some other where I'll have

Re: Questions to the candidates

2005-11-22 Thread Bastien Nocera
Hey Curtis, Funny that people are answering an e-mail sent after yours, before yours ;) Anyway, here's my answers. On Sat, 2005-11-19 at 09:04 -0500, Curtis Hovey wrote: 1. How much time can you dedicate to the board each week? About 5 hours, obviously, a bit more flexible than that in

Re: Questions to the candidates

2005-11-22 Thread Germán Poó Caamaño
El sáb, 19-11-2005 a las 09:04 -0500, Curtis Hovey escribió: 1. How much time can you dedicate to the board each week? 5 or 6 hours a week. I'm thinking 1 hour each day and a extra hour any time is needed. According to Glynn Foster[1] between 4 or 5 hours a week should be needed. 2. How

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