Hi, On 05/19/2014 04:31 AM, David King wrote: > Right now (taking into account the poor financial situation that the > Foundation is facing), I think that a candidate for the executive > director position would be someone who has experience of raising funds > for not-for-profit organisations. For GNOME, the board does not exert > strong control over the project, but tries to steer it in the right > direction by ensuring that funding is directed appropriately, making the > executive director role particularly challenging.
My follow-on question, then: raising money for what? > I do not think that > technical proficiency is an essential quality for an executive director, > if by that you mean ability to code. I meant "understanding of the technology, ability to explain it, and ability to be articulate about what the GNOME project needs to do to stay relevant". Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary, Lyon, France Email: dne...@gnome.org Jabber: nea...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
