Re: News Item | Board of Directors Announcement

[Jim Hall]

I agree with Karen's edits. Also, we should make sure to update the
GNOME Foundation page at the same time:
https://www.gnome.org/Foundation/

I opened a bug with the webmasters on this a few weeks ago:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=768197


Jim


On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Nuritzi Sanchez
 wrote:
> Thanks, Karen! I'll see if I can work in some of your suggestions and send a
> 2nd attempt once complete. We have a Board meeting tomorrow, so I'll aim to
> get a quote from Shaun then :)
>
> In the meantime, @everyone else - more edits / suggestions are welcome, so
> please keep them coming!
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 2:06 PM, Karen Sandler  wrote:
>>
>> On 2016-07-11 16:58, Nuritzi Sanchez wrote:
>>
>>> It'd be great to post this on Wednesday, so please add your thoughts
>>> and edits before then. Thanks!
>>
>>
>> This looks good to me! A few suggestions:
>>
>> * maybe mention that the board are volunteers?
>> * specifically name the outgoing members and thank them for their time on
>> the board
>> * include a quote, perhaps from last year's president?
>> * perhaps mention the breadth of experience that the board has? Like: the
>> new board has experience that spans the GNOME project, from development to
>> design to usability... etc.
>>
>> karen
>
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Re: News Item | Board of Directors Announcement

[Nuritzi Sanchez]

+1 on updating the Foundation page.

Karen and Jim, I've updated the news post with Karen's recommendations, see
below. I'll see if we can work in a quote from Shaun, but I'm not sure
where to add it.

Anybody have specific edits for cutting it down or making it easier to
read? Add your edits here:
https://etherpad.gnome.org/p/July_2016_Social_Media

Thanks!

Best,
Nuritzi

News 

July 11, 2016
GNOME Board of Directors Announced

ORINDA, CA. The GNOME Foundation welcomes its new Board of Directors for
the upcoming 2016 – 2017 term:

   - Allan Day
   - Nuritzi Sanchez
   - Cosimo Cecchi
   - Meg Ford
   - Alexandre Franke
   - Shaun McCance
   - Jim Hall

Congratulations!

This year we had 253 registered voters, 142 of which sent in valid ballots.
Elections ran during the months of May and June, and the new Board was
officially
announced
 on
June 18, 2016.

The Board of Directors is a team of volunteers who are elected for a
one-year term by their peers. The Board is an important part of the GNOME
Foundation and ensures the health of the organization by working on
operational and legal items that help keep the Foundation in order. It also
helps to manage the relationship with the Advisory Board and promotes the
overall well-being of the GNOME Project. This year’s Board has experience
that spans the GNOME project including expertise in design, development,
usability, and communications.

Outbound members of the Board include Ekaterina Gerasimova, Jeff Fortin
Tam, and Andrea Veri. The GNOME Foundation thanks them for their time on
the Board, and for helping the Foundation navigate important matters during
their term, like the Groupon Trademark Infringement battle which became a
success and victory.

Since their official election in June, the new Board has been onboarded by
last year’s Board, and outbound members have begun to transition
responsibility to new members. The remaining responsibilities will be
handed over during the annual GUADEC conference in Karlsruhe, Germany this
August. At that time, the new Board will vote on the position of each
member.

You can find out more about the GNOME Board by visiting the Foundation page
 of our website, or you can contact the
Board by sending an email to bo...@gnome.org.

The GNOME Foundation encourages those active in the GNOME community to
apply for Foundation membership so that they can vote in upcoming elections.

Welcome to our new Board, and thanks again to everyone who participated
in this year’s Board of Directors elections!



On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 3:01 PM, Jim Hall  wrote:

> I agree with Karen's edits. Also, we should make sure to update the
> GNOME Foundation page at the same time:
> https://www.gnome.org/Foundation/
>
> I opened a bug with the webmasters on this a few weeks ago:
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=768197
>
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Nuritzi Sanchez
>  wrote:
> > Thanks, Karen! I'll see if I can work in some of your suggestions and
> send a
> > 2nd attempt once complete. We have a Board meeting tomorrow, so I'll aim
> to
> > get a quote from Shaun then :)
> >
> > In the meantime, @everyone else - more edits / suggestions are welcome,
> so
> > please keep them coming!
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 2:06 PM, Karen Sandler  wrote:
> >>
> >> On 2016-07-11 16:58, Nuritzi Sanchez wrote:
> >>
> >>> It'd be great to post this on Wednesday, so please add your thoughts
> >>> and edits before then. Thanks!
> >>
> >>
> >> This looks good to me! A few suggestions:
> >>
> >> * maybe mention that the board are volunteers?
> >> * specifically name the outgoing members and thank them for their time
> on
> >> the board
> >> * include a quote, perhaps from last year's president?
> >> * perhaps mention the breadth of experience that the board has? Like:
> the
> >> new board has experience that spans the GNOME project, from development
> to
> >> design to usability... etc.
> >>
> >> karen
> >
>



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News Item | Board of Directors Announcement

[Nuritzi Sanchez]

Hi All,

At the Social Media meeting today, we discussed wanting to post a news item
about our Board of Directors. It has been nearly a month after results -
but better late than never.

It seems like we haven't done this in the past, so this year's post can
serve as a template for future years. This is our chance to tell the larger
community about the election results, share what the purpose of the Board
is, and how people can get involved.

Please take a look at the post's content and let me know if you have any
edits or suggestions. The editable version is at the bottom of:
https://etherpad.gnome.org/p/July_2016_Social_Media, and on gnome.org's
news items queue
.

It'd be great to post this on Wednesday, so please add your thoughts and
edits before then. Thanks!

Best,
Nuritzi


News 

July 11, 2016
GNOME Board of Directors Announced

ORINDA, CA. The GNOME Foundation welcomes its new Board of Directors for
the upcoming 2016 – 2017 term:

   - Allan Day
   - Nuritzi Sanchez
   - Cosimo Cecchi
   - Meg Ford
   - Alexandre Franke
   - Shaun McCance
   - Jim Hall

Congratulations!

This year we had 253 registered voters, 142 of which sent in valid ballots.
Elections ran during the months of May and June, and the new Board was
officially
announced
 on
June 18, 2016.

Since their official election, the new Board has been onboarded by last
year’s Board, and outbound members have begun to transition responsibility
to new members. The remaining responsibilities will be handed over during
the annual GUADEC conference in Karlsruhe, Germany this August. At that
time, the new Board will vote on the position of each member.

The Board of Directors is an important part of the GNOME Foundation. It
ensures the health of the organization by working on operational and legal
items that help keep the Foundation in order. It also helps to manage the
relationship with the Advisory Board and to promote the overall well-being
of the GNOME Project. You can find out more about our Board by
visiting the Foundation
page  of our website, or you can contact
the Board by sending an email to bo...@gnome.org.

The GNOME Foundation encourages those active in the GNOME community to
apply for Foundation membership so that they can vote in upcoming elections.

Welcome to our new Board, and thanks again to everyone who participated
in this year’s Board of Directors elections!



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#Engagemenet | Meeting Notes July 8th, 2016

[Cassandra Sanchez]

Hi All,

Here are our meeting minutes from Friday, July 8th:
https://wiki.gnome.org/Engagement/TeamMeetings/8-JUL-2016. I'm also adding
them below. Thank you to those who joined!
We hope you'll join the next meeting, on Friday, July 15th @ 17:00 UTC, on
#engagement.

Thanks!
- Cassandra


---


   - *ANNUAL REPORT**- Adelia*


   -


   - - Final draft is complete. http://jeff.ecchi.ca/public/GAR2015-web.pdf


   -


   - *List of recipients:* We need to update this @Jeff has this


   -


   - *Printing:* We should start mailing by end of June. Jeff will print in
   Canada. Jeff still doesn't have a date with printer. Zana has some
   greeting cards we might be able to use. Will print using standard US letter
   size.



   - *Budget:* printing costs & postcards


   -


   - Action Items


   - - *@Cassandra* to message travel committee and suggest a reminder for
   licensing: travel-commit...@gnome.org


   - *- @Jeff *to print the report and send from Canada. Consider having
   others help write handwritten notes >> definitely have others prepping
   contents or handwritten notes


   - *@Adelia* - to populate a list of individuals who donated and get a
   quote from them. (1  2 people)


   -


   - *FUNDRAISING*


   - *Adopt a Hacker*


   - - Need to curate a list of hackers (about 10-15)


   - - Gonyere will email GNOME project leaders and ask for nominations


   - - Zana will bring blank postcards to GUADEC for them


   -


   - *Merchandise Page*


   - - Allan completed the page and it looks great *https://www.gnome.org/*
   merchandise
   */*
   


   -


   - *Friends of GNOME Redesign** - Allan & Zana *


   - Latest designs -
   
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-marketing/master/websites/friends-of-gnome/friends-of-gnome-2.png


   - - Patreon for Friends of GNOME? to bypass paypal; specify specific
   donations/donation levels. This is stagnant and pending on Steve's
   leadership.


   - - Friends of GNOME wesbite project is still moving forward.


   -


   - Action Items:


   - - *@Zana* to poke *@Andrea* and figure out where to add that donor on
   the website


   -


   - *OUTREACH*


   - We need to request a budget for GNOME engagement.


   -


   - *Engagement Blog*


   - - Might want to feature a community meetup (espcially when we have
   some slow months)


   -


   - Action Items


   - - *@Cassandra* will interview Julita regarding community events that
   she has planned in Peru. Article to be posted by 7/15.


   -


   - *Local events*


   -


   - *@Bastian* - has written a post for his blog:
   
https://blogs.gnome.org/bastian/2016/04/16/reflections-on-starting-a-local-foss-group/.
   We should blast it on social media.


   -


   - Action Items:


   - - *@Nuritzi* to estimate budget for t-shirts for GNOME SF, ask
   marketing list for budget requests


   - - *@Allan* to learn more about process for requesting marketing budget
   at next board meeting


   - - *@Nuritzi* send a request to Andreas and/or Allan - who can help us
   make stickers


   - -* @Zana* - will add Adelia to the community blog after Adelia becomes
   a member


   -


   - *Budget requests*


   - Consolidated requests:
   https://etherpad.gnome.org/p/Budget_Requests_May_2016


   - To figure out process for members to request collaterals - KIV this is
   a larger discussion


   -


   - *Conference Packs*


   - Encourage members to be self-sustaining. These packs will be given to
   "official groups"


   -


   - *- Shirts that they sell: *


   - - 2 to 3 free shirts for organizers, be open to special requests


   - - Standard: 5 small, 5 med, 5 large, 5 xl, 5 xxl


   - - open to other suggestions


   - *- Stickers*


   - - 100 - 200 stickers (whatever is easiest)


   - -* Other ideas *


   - - pens


   - - GNOME business cards / postcards?


   - - phone case for business cards (liv's idea)


   - - brochures (we would need to figure out what to put on them. maybe a
   friends of GNOME?)


   - -* Tablecloths*


   - - 6 foot long rectangular table (see what the standard size is)


   -


   - *Official Groups:* what does that even mean?


   - - submit an application


   - - list the official groups on a wiki or something (think about adding
   a section to the gnome.org website to create more visibility around
   local groups)


   - - should we


   - - have at least one event a year


   - - gnome release parties strongly encouraged


   -


   - *GNOME.org website*


   - How do we change things on there? What's the process and how can we
   better levergage it?


   -


   - *Photos*


   - Create a photo guideline plan - for conferences (nomination for
   @Cassandra to look into)


   -


   -


   - *Travel box (**https://wiki.gnome.org/Events/Box/NorthAmerica)*
   


   - Emily has it 

Re: Updating the adopt a hacker list

[Andreas Nilsson]

On 2016-07-08 17:36, Allan Day wrote:


The list hasn't been updated for some time. We should really make sure 
that it includes people who are prominent contributors at the moment. 
Would the Engagement Team like to select a list of possible candidates 
and approach them to see if they're willing?


I've been on the list for ages, so I'm happy to be rotated out.
- Andreas
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