About the coming election of new board members. It is time for reflection on whether you would like to run for election, for the next GNOME Board of Directors, for the next period of eighteen months.
In my view, it is important to have a variety of skills represented on the board. I do not personally believe in a "strong man" dominated board, but rather in a group of dedicated team players who always has the best interests of the GNOME Foundation, as well as the GNOME community at heart. I think that a well run organization, with a welcoming and helpful attitude towards new comers and beginners who would like to contribute to the project, would reflect in more cool, user friendly applications which will make us all happy. It would also be a good thing to have as global a representation on the board as possible. For the variety of cultures and the inspiration. We would welcome candidates from all over the globe. (It would be nice to see candidates from India and the US for example. As these countries are not represented at the moment. The GNOME Foundation is a US based legal entity, which means that we act under US legislation.) In case you are not able to put in the time it takes being a board member yourself, you could try to mail a friend you would like to see as a board member and convince him/her to become a candidate. We have had two votes on internal, organizational issues apart from the yearly elections. They have worked fine. So we might consider asking The GNOME Foundation Members to vote on important, fundamental issues where it is difficult to deduct what the opinion of the majority is from the debate. This idea might also make it even more important to you to be or become a GNOME Foundation Member. I am writing this on behalf of myself, and it reflects my personal experience, and views on being a board member for the past two years. Kind regards Anne _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
