<quote who="Tristan Van Berkom"> > >That is not what the board - or even the foundation - is for! Innovating > >the future of GNOME is a *COMMUNITY* responsibility, not an > >organisational one. > > My fear is that people who've been reluctant to run but have run anyway > will cripple the board from making decisions based on the assumption that > they ran with a conservative attitude: "I better run for director cause if > I dont; radical things will happen".
It's not about radical things happening, it's about untrustworthy people being elected. > I think we need people who a.) we can trust and b.) who have the time and > energy to consider making radical decisions as much as conservative ones. Which radical decisions need to be made? Why is that an important factor, beyond electing people we, as a community, can trust? > It is also my understanding that the petition for this referendum was > originaly proposed by David because its hard for the board to agree on > anything, like having this referendum. No, it has been hard for the board to come to and execute a decision. I know from my time on the board that in many cases there was broad agreement about a particular issue, but actually making it happen was hard (and that's not a matter of work, it's a matter of finality, responsibility and commitment). - Jeff -- Ubuntu USA & Europe Tour: Oct-Nov 2005 http://wiki.ubuntu.com/3BT ... *bounce*bounce*bounce* _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
