Hey Anne :) On 11/6/07, Anne Østergaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. >
Totally agree, I remember we had the chance to chat in GUADEC about how a different point of view is very important for any group, sometimes "the outsider look" opens your eyes. The outsider being either a people from outside or a people from inside but with a different set of ideas or way of thinking. > 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.) > Aha, don't worry, the evil latino plan to take over the board is in process (what do you think Lucas is doing there? muahaha!! >:D) (that's a joke, laugh now) > 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. > While reading this, I remembered this mail by Federico: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2006-November/msg00014.html It cleared a lot of my doubts with regards to being on the board. I recommend it to anyone wanting to know more about the board (no matter they run or not for it). > 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. > And it's nice to hear about the people who has already being through the experience, I would encourage other board members to comment about their experience on the board, the good and bad of it. greetings! Diego _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list