On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 5:27 AM, Dave Neary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I do have one question. I don't mean to be a shit-stirrer or anything,
yes you do. :) > but it's not clear from the minutes of the past few board meetings what, > if any, priorities the board is attacking systematically this year. Are > there any specific goals that the board has identified as things to > address in this term? > > I'm impressed with the way the advisory board's been getting more > attention, and with the preparation of the ad board meetings, but what > is the over-arching theme of the board this year, one year into its 18 > month term? Among others: * ad board (as you already noted) * increased delegation (mobile team, guadec team) * events (lots of bandwidth spent on gnome.asia, summit, and hackfests- pushing to still have more of these) * increased financial transparency (you don't see this in the minutes, but we get a regular report from Zana now detailing finances regularly, and we've been more proactive in budgeting and understanding our long-term financial picture) * hiring and management (management and advising of Stormy is taking up a /lot/ of our bandwidth, which is really a good thing- she's learning from us while she ramps up, and we're avoiding some of the problems we had with previous employees by being more hands-on. Like the previous, this is less than obvious from the minutes, since I don't bother to say 'received and discussed Stormy's status report' in every set of minutes. I can do that if it would make you feel better, Dave. ;) * getting our legal bits in order (this goes in cycles, depending on my bandwidth; hopefully it will be major focus next semester. Brian's insurance work also falls into this category.) And of course the normal miscellany of board life- pushing ahead on the DVCS survey, for example- lots of little things like that. Luis _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
