Hi :) Here are the faces representing the diversity of TDF and the LibreOffice community; https://owncloud.documentfoundation.org/public.php?service=files&t=38ba3c67a1100b50ba395f7c79a0a082
Regards from Tom :) On 27 November 2015 at 18:41, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi :) > Once again almost all candidates who have put themselves forwards to > be on the "Board of Directors" (BoD) of TDF look like white, male, > European. > > Only 2 of 12 so far are female, afaik. Yet many of the most committed > volunteers, who give an inordinate amount of their time and resources > to the project are women. We all know at least 1 here who is utterly > fantastic. I know at least a couple in "The Documentation Team" who > put in tons of voluntary work into this and a few on the User Support > mailing list. I'm sure you know many others too and many on this > mailing list could probably step forwards to help redress the current > gender imbalance. > > Again wrt Europeans there are a few already who are from other places, > such as Brasil - but LibreOffice is used world-wide and i'm sure there > are many people on this mailing list who could help people outside of > Europe identify with people on the BoD. > > I know i am asking a lot, especially since the IT industry is heavily > weighted against any kind of diversity, but we really do have a lot > more in LibreOffice than in any other IT project and it might help > encourage youngsters to become more involved if they could see more > people who looked more familiar, rather than just a sea of white male > faces. > > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > > On 2 November 2015 at 16:38, Charles-H. Schulz > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Dear candidates to the board of directors of the Document Foundation, >> >> I would first like to thank you for running as candidates for the board of >> directors. At this time, not every candidate has declared his or her >> candidacy. However, I would like to ask a few questions about your views and >> intentions regarding the Document Foundation and your plans as potential >> directors of the entity. I hope they will be helpful in englightening our >> membership and hopefully, all of you will be able to answer them. >> >> 1. Do you commit yourself to have enough time and the necessary >> technological tools in order to participate to the regularly scheduled board >> calls? >> >> >> 2. Do you commit yourself to follow up and work on (at least) the main items >> and actions you have volunteered to oversee or that have been attributed to >> you by the board? >> >> >> 3. What are your views on the foundation's budget? How should the money be >> spent, besides our fixed costs? >> >> >> 4. Should we work towards broadening our pool of contributors, both >> technical and non-technical? >> >> >> 5. Should the Foundation -as an entity distinct from the LibreOffice project >> or the Document Liberation project- engage into growing its influence and >> promoting and defending Free Software and Digital Freedom? It is, after all, >> an integral part of its mission per its very Statutes. If yes, do you have >> ideas on what should be done about this? >> >> >> 6. How do you view your (potential) role as a member of the board of >> directors, given that this position does not give you any specific >> functional role inside the LibreOffice or Document Liberation projects? >> >> >> 7. What is the biggest problem of the foundation in your opinion? What is >> its biggest opportunity? >> >> >> Thank you for your answers, >> >> Charles-H. Schulz. >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] >> Problems? >> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> deleted >> -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/l10n/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
