Thanks to everyone for your answers. That was useful information. Allan
On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 8:38 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna <s...@ramkrishna.me> wrote: > Sorry for my late response. I've been at a conference all of this week and > I was not able to focus on the question. > > > > On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 3:12 AM, Allan Day <allanp...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> Big thanks to everyone who has put themselves forward as a board >> candidate. It's really awesome that you are willing to spend time on >> the foundation. >> >> It's also fantastic that we have so many fantastic new candidates this >> time around, and I have a question for you. One thing I find myself >> asking is: what do you think you will personally bring to the role if >> you are elected? In other words: why do you think that you will be a >> good board member? >> > > > Every once of us brings their set of skills and experience that will make us > good members. For myself, I've been on the project for a long awhile as a > volunteer. I've never been a coder but satisfied myself as doing a lot of > non-coding related things like articles, bug reports and the like. The > GNOME Journal was one of the projects that I worked on for many years. The > years have also given me familiarity with everyone in the project as well as > outside. I'd like to think that people take me seriously when I weigh in on > an issue. When I do talk about an issue, I try to be careful in making sure > that my comments are carefully written and moves conversation forward while > continuing to be polite. I'm careful not to weigh in on things that I can't > make a positive contribution on. > > I have stellar reputation outside of GNOME coming from recent years of > advocacy on GNOME's behalf. In those times I have gained experience in > community management from countless hours of discussions in forums, mailing > lists, and social media. > > I've stated that I want to work on community management, and working with > external organizations. I feel these skills I have gained in the past > couple years will be valuable being on the board. > > > > >> I don't expect an essay here, btw. :) >> >> Thanks again, >> >> Allan >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-list mailing list >> foundation-list@gnome.org >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > > _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
