Le 27 novembre 2015 19:41:31 GMT+01:00, Tom Davies <[email protected]> a écrit : >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
Hello Tom, The elections are open to all members and advertised across the Foundation. We cannot force people to run for BoD based on their origin or their gender. I am however not clear on two things: - what is it you're asking - to whom are you asking it , as posting on the l10n list will not be read as a question to the board or the candidates. Elections run among Foundation's members and the process involves specific mailing lists such as the board-discuss one. Best, Charles (With my Membership Committee hat on). -- Envoyé de mon appareil Android avec K-9 Mail. Veuillez excuser ma brièveté. -- 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
