REMINDER: GNOME Foundation Members Meeting
Hey all, Just a reminder that the GNOME Foundation Members meeting will be on at 5pm Monday 16th July (TODAY!). The board is going to present a year in review of what we've currently done, and what plans we have for the future. Soon after, we'll be opening it up for discussion on where we need to be as an organization and how we can help grow the project (or any other questions that come up). We'd love everyone at GUADEC to attend, regardless of whether you are or not a current GNOME Foundation member. Glynn ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Resigning from the board
Hi all, As some of you have noticed, I'm not at GUADEC this year. The reason is a happy one - Anne is going to be giving birth sometime over the next couple of weeks (I'll keep ye posted). The combination of the arrival of a third child, and a change in role at work over the past few weeks, have meant that I've reevaluated the committment I can make to the board of the foundation. In all honesty, I can't guarantee that I will be able to do justice to my position as board member for the second half of the year, a period when the board is usually more effective than during the first part. So I prefer to leave my place to someone with more energy ideas, and to leave the board at a time when I am still relatively happy with how I've done. I hereby resign my seat on the board. I have had a great two and a half years on the board, and I'd like to thank everyone with whom I've served - Owen Taylor, Luis Villa, Jody Goldberg, Daniel Veillard, Jonathan Blandford, Federico Mena-Quintero, Tim Ney, Miguel de Icaza, Murray Cumming, Christian Schaller, Jeff Waugh, Anne Oestergaard, Vincent Untz, Quim Gil, Glynn Foster, Behdad Esfahbod. Thanks also to everyone who has voted for me through the last 3 elections. I'd like to wish all the best to the board for the rest of the year, and good luck to the person who replaces me. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary GNOME Foundation member [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Resigning from the board
Congrats on becoming father third time! Thank you for all the hard work you put in as a Board member :) Does this also implies there is a going to be by-election (first one ever) :) ? -Ghee Dave Neary wrote: Hi all, As some of you have noticed, I'm not at GUADEC this year. The reason is a happy one - Anne is going to be giving birth sometime over the next couple of weeks (I'll keep ye posted). The combination of the arrival of a third child, and a change in role at work over the past few weeks, have meant that I've reevaluated the committment I can make to the board of the foundation. In all honesty, I can't guarantee that I will be able to do justice to my position as board member for the second half of the year, a period when the board is usually more effective than during the first part. So I prefer to leave my place to someone with more energy ideas, and to leave the board at a time when I am still relatively happy with how I've done. I hereby resign my seat on the board. I have had a great two and a half years on the board, and I'd like to thank everyone with whom I've served - Owen Taylor, Luis Villa, Jody Goldberg, Daniel Veillard, Jonathan Blandford, Federico Mena-Quintero, Tim Ney, Miguel de Icaza, Murray Cumming, Christian Schaller, Jeff Waugh, Anne Oestergaard, Vincent Untz, Quim Gil, Glynn Foster, Behdad Esfahbod. Thanks also to everyone who has voted for me through the last 3 elections. I'd like to wish all the best to the board for the rest of the year, and good luck to the person who replaces me. Cheers, Dave. ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Resigning from the board
quote who=Ghee Teo Does this also implies there is a going to be by-election (first one ever) :) ? No, according to the GNOME Foundation by-laws, the Board may appoint a new director in the case of a vacancy (which we did last year under the same circumstances). - Jeff -- GUADEC 2007 in Beautiful Birmingham http://www.guadec.org/ I came for the quality, but I stayed for the freedom. - Sean Neakums ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Resigning from the board
On Mon, 2007-07-16 at 13:22 +0100, Jeff Waugh wrote: No, according to the GNOME Foundation by-laws, the Board may appoint a new director in the case of a vacancy This is standard practice in the not-for-profit world (lest you be worried that this is somehow unusual or improper) AfC Birmingham signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Regarding OOXML and Microsoft patents
On Sat, 2007-07-14 at 17:50 -0400, Miguel de Icaza wrote: If a long standard is part of an attack, we can use that for our own purposes. In this case I suspect that the length of the standard is largely a consequence of the format being an XML serialization of the existing complex and wart-filled proprietary binary formats. I haven't read the specs to see how detailed and precise they are, though. Neither am I saying I think it's a good idea for anyone (except Microsoft) for people to use XML in this way, as little more than a memory dump of a proprietary format. Of course, the length doesn't make the spec easy to implement -- did Microsoft include any sort of test suite, and any clear conformance statements? Liam -- Liam Quin - XML Activity Lead, W3C, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/ Pictures from old books: http://fromoldbooks.org/ Ankh: irc.sorcery.net irc.gnome.org www.advogato.org Travel pictures: http://www.holoweb.net/~liam/pictures/ ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
