How does the board work?
Hi, Two days ago, I wondered: what is the daily job of the board?. I was not wondering what the board is doing, but how it works: is there a lot of mails on the board mailing list? What's the frequency of the meetings? (one per month? more?) Are the meetings done by phone, on IRC? etc. Right now, we only have this documentation: http://foundation.gnome.org/elections/overview.html (and maybe it could do with some update, btw) I can probably guess some of the answers. But it'd be nice if one of the current or previous board members could write a quick summary of all of this. I believe it could help people know if they want to run for the elections. Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Beginning of the 2005 GNOME Foundation elections
Hi, Le vendredi 11 novembre 2005 à 12:05 +0100, Quim Gil a écrit : Being a candidate - If you are a member of the GNOME Foundation and are interested in running for election, you may (...) before November 14th 2005 (23:59 UTC). This is my first election period in the GNOME Foundation, so I'm surprised by the lack of candidates few days before the deadline. :) Is it always like this? Yes. Have people found a electoral strategy that shows better results if presenting candidacy right before the deadline? I don't think so. But maybe we should study the results of previous elections ;-) Are the vets waiting for the last minute? Are the newbies too shy to throw themselves on the dance floor before it's strictly needed? Is it real that a percentage of the board is integrated by people that had to become candidates because of the lack of candidates? Well, maybe we could ask this question to the candidates who will nominate themselves at the last minute :-) Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Beginning of the 2005 GNOME Foundation elections
On 11/11/05, Quim Gil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Being a candidate - If you are a member of the GNOME Foundation and are interested in running for election, you may (...) before November 14th 2005 (23:59 UTC). This is my first election period in the GNOME Foundation, so I'm surprised by the lack of candidates few days before the deadline. :) Is it always like this? Yes, it's precisely why I voted yes on reducing the number of directors. I felt the other side had a lot of strong arguments for voting no, but I don't think it makes any sense given that only a few people care much about being on the board anyway as this obviously demonstrates. I thought things might change this time because of the huge discussion (in particular, Jeff's emails) and so I was a little hesitant to vote the way I did, but now I'm feeling very satisfied that I voted correctly. BTW, speaking as just an individual, I STRONGLY encourage everyone to give special consideration to voting FOR those who nominated themselves early. I personally feel that these people are those who really want to be on the board and make it better. According to my quick rescanning of the archives (someone please correct me if I'm wrong), this list includes: Quim Gil Dave Neary I'll be voting for both and will likely include any that send in their candidacy *soon*. I may still vote for those that nominate at the last minute, but I will count it as a mark against them. I personally encourage others to do likewise. Just my $0.02, Elijah ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Beginning of the 2005 GNOME Foundation elections
quote who=Quim Gil This is my first election period in the GNOME Foundation, so I'm surprised by the lack of candidates few days before the deadline. :) So, I'm planning to run again this year, but I'm all caught up in the middle of the BadgerBadgerBadger tour, so haven't had time to sit down and write my candidacy mail. Just for some context. :-) - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2006: Dunedin, New Zealand http://linux.conf.au/ Free software never simply picks up its marbles and goes home. - Jonathan Corbet, LWN ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Beginning of the 2005 GNOME Foundation elections
En/na Jeff Waugh ha escrit: So, I'm planning to run again this year, but I'm all caught up in the middle of the BadgerBadgerBadger tour, so haven't had time to sit down and write my candidacy mail. Just for some context. :-) Thanks! Three lines written in a rush like these help *a lot* to the election process and the democratic health of the Foundation. I encourage anyone having in mind to run for election to drop a couple of lines announcing the intention as soon as possible. Then you will have time to write the proper introduction (I understand this, it took me a while to write mine). -- Quim Gil http://interactors.coop | http://desdeamericaconamor.org signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Producing open source software
Hadn't realized this was available on the web. Thanks for passing it along, Dave. Luis On 11/8/05, Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, http://producingoss.com/html-chunk/index.html Karl Fogel wrote a book on producing free and open source software, which discusses everything from technical and social infrastructure to handling money and managing colunteers. It's an interesting read, so far. It's particularly interesting in the context of our recent reduction in the size of the board, which will require us to better manage delegation of foundation tasks. Cheers, Dave. -- David Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
