Re: Affiliation change and stepping down

2015-11-05 Thread Behdad Esfahbod
On 15-11-05 10:08 AM, Benjamin Berg wrote: > Actually, the way I read section 8.2.4 combined with 8.4.1 right now it > seems perfectly sane to argue that Christian could have finished his > term in office despite the change of affiliation. Would the board and Christian consider doing this, and

Re: Affiliation change and stepping down

2015-11-05 Thread Benjamin Berg
Hi, On Do, 2015-11-05 at 16:30 +0100, Tobias Mueller wrote: > On Tue, Nov 03, 2015 at 12:30:24PM +0100, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > > If I recall correctly, it's not a rule for the board to pick someone > > based on election results. > That's true and false. > > It's true in the sense that the

Re: Affiliation change and stepping down

2015-11-05 Thread Benjamin Berg
On Do, 2015-11-05 at 10:18 -0800, Behdad Esfahbod wrote: > On 15-11-05 10:08 AM, Benjamin Berg wrote: > > Actually, the way I read section 8.2.4 combined with 8.4.1 right now it > > seems perfectly sane to argue that Christian could have finished his > > term in office despite the change of

Re: Affiliation change and stepping down

2015-11-05 Thread Benjamin Berg
On Do, 2015-11-05 at 17:09 -0500, Shaun McCance wrote: > On Thu, 2015-11-05 at 19:08 +0100, Benjamin Berg wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Do, 2015-11-05 at 16:30 +0100, Tobias Mueller wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 03, 2015 at 12:30:24PM +0100, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > > > > If I recall correctly, it's not a

Re: Affiliation change and stepping down

2015-11-05 Thread Cosimo Cecchi
Hi Tobi, While I understand that you might have hoped for another resolution from the Board, now that our decision is public, I trust you understand that it was taken solely with the best interest of the electorate and the wider GNOME community in mind. Like others have mentioned already in this

Re: Affiliation change and stepping down

2015-11-05 Thread Shaun McCance
On Thu, 2015-11-05 at 19:08 +0100, Benjamin Berg wrote: > Hi, > > On Do, 2015-11-05 at 16:30 +0100, Tobias Mueller wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 03, 2015 at 12:30:24PM +0100, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > > > If I recall correctly, it's not a rule for the board to pick someone > > > based on election

Re: Affiliation change and stepping down

2015-11-05 Thread Tobias Mueller
Hi. On Tue, Nov 03, 2015 at 12:30:24PM +0100, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > If I recall correctly, it's not a rule for the board to pick someone > based on election results. That's true and false. It's true in the sense that the bylaws do not govern change of affiliation after the election results

Re: Affiliation change and stepping down

2015-11-03 Thread Andreas Nilsson
On 10/28/2015 09:22 AM, Tobias Mueller wrote: I take that as a "yes" to the question asked "Does the Board intend to follow a different strategy than to follow the membership's opinion expressed in the election results". Please correct me if I'm wrong, there. Since this also came up in a blog

Re: Affiliation change and stepping down

2015-11-03 Thread Behdad Esfahbod
On 15-11-03 03:30 AM, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > On 10/28/2015 09:22 AM, Tobias Mueller wrote: > >> I take that as a "yes" to the question asked "Does the Board intend to >> follow a different strategy than to follow the membership's opinion >> expressed in the election results". >> Please correct

Re: Affiliation change and stepping down

2015-10-28 Thread Tobias Mueller
Hi. On Mo, 2015-10-05 at 11:07 -0400, Ekaterina Gerasimova wrote: > On 5 October 2015 at 10:59, Tobias Mueller > wrote: > > Does the Board intend to follow a different strategy than to follow > > the membership's opinion expressed in the election results > >

Re: Affiliation change and stepping down

2015-10-05 Thread Oliver Propst
Glad you accepted the role at RedHat, its good news for GNOME (and of course the specific projects you will work on). -- -mvh Oliver Propst ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org

Re: Affiliation change and stepping down

2015-10-05 Thread Ekaterina Gerasimova
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

Re: Affiliation change and stepping down

2015-10-05 Thread Tobias Mueller
Hi! On Sun, Oct 04, 2015 at 10:16:29PM -0400, Christian Hergert wrote: > As of Oct 5th, I will be a RedHat employee. Congratulations! I hope you'll be able to continue your work on making GNOME development a refreshing experience. > The board was notified a couple of weeks ago and is in the

Affiliation change and stepping down

2015-10-04 Thread Christian Hergert
Friends, It is with both a sad heart and great excitement for the future that I'm notifying you of my decision to step down from the GNOME Board of Directors. As of Oct 5th, I will be a RedHat employee. There are already two wonderful board members who are also employed at RedHat (our limit