Re: New GNOME Foundation employee - GTK+ Core Developer
On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 11:25 AM Neil McGovern wrote: > > On Sun, 2018-12-02 at 19:25 -0500, James wrote: > > One question: is Emmanuele given any particular tasks or direction > > for > > GTK+, eg: does the GNOME foundation have any specific priorities > > they'd like to address, or is it more self-directed? > > > > In general, the Foundation has the following high level goals: > * Increased user base > * Sustainable project and foundation > * Wider awareness and mindshare Any openness in improving our cross platform story? I understand that is a very large ask and may not be the best use of Foundation resources, but I do believe that this is something that would be beneficial for GTK+ as a project (vs the desktop) especially if we can make gains in growing sectors like automotive, healthcare and IoT. > As part of this, we're coming up with medium length (think: 5 year) > strategies and goals, and the GTK work will feed into this. So it's not > a free-for-all, but as with any employment, I expect a certain amount > of self-direction and a conversation about what any employee thinks > would be best to concentrate on. For sure! Thanks for the clarification. > > This will start to form in the next few weeks. We're already looking at > GTK team meetings, and a development plan. This is excellent. Please let the engagement team know how we can help with outreach/wider awareness/mindshare. Cheers, sri > > Neil > -- > Neil McGovern > Executive Director, The GNOME Foundation > > ___ > foundation-list mailing list > foundation-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: New GNOME Foundation employee - GTK+ Core Developer
On Sun, 2018-12-02 at 13:26 -0500, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: > On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 1:07 PM Christian Hergert < > christ...@hergert.me> wrote: > > On 12/2/18 9:51 AM, Neil McGovern wrote: > > > I'm sure you'll all give him a warm welcome in this new role! > > > > I couldn't be more happy to hear this news! Congrats Emmanuele, > > it's > > well deserved! > > I concur! Congratulations, Emmanuele! Super excited to see you in > this role! Congratulations Emmanuele! Yay! constraint layouts for Gtk! btw this reminds me we will have to talk about adding support in Glade for Emeus widgets if you plan to merge it upstream! :D greets JP ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: New GNOME Foundation employee - GTK+ Core Developer
On Sun, 2018-12-02 at 19:25 -0500, James wrote: > One question: is Emmanuele given any particular tasks or direction > for > GTK+, eg: does the GNOME foundation have any specific priorities > they'd like to address, or is it more self-directed? > In general, the Foundation has the following high level goals: * Increased user base * Sustainable project and foundation * Wider awareness and mindshare As part of this, we're coming up with medium length (think: 5 year) strategies and goals, and the GTK work will feed into this. So it's not a free-for-all, but as with any employment, I expect a certain amount of self-direction and a conversation about what any employee thinks would be best to concentrate on. This will start to form in the next few weeks. We're already looking at GTK team meetings, and a development plan. Neil -- Neil McGovern Executive Director, The GNOME Foundation ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: New GNOME Foundation employee - GTK+ Core Developer
On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 12:52 PM Neil McGovern wrote: > Dear Foundation members, > > After a long and robust recruitment process, I'm very pleased to > announce our first new staff member in a while. > Emmanuele Bassi will be joining us tomorrow (3rd December) to take on > the role of GTK+ Core Developer! > > Emmanuele has a long history of contributions to GTK, and has been a > Foundation member himself for over 12 years. > Previously working at Endless, Mozilla and Intel, where he contributed > to many components of the GNOME core development platform, I'm happy to > bring him on board to continue his commitment to the project. > > I'm sure you'll all give him a warm welcome in this new role! > > Thanks, > Neil This is awesome news, and I'm extremely glad to hear that: 1) money is going to fund an excellent project / cause (GTK+) 2) we have such a well-known and talented (AFAIK, since I'm not a GTK+ expert) person working on this! Yay Emmanuele!! As long as nobody minds, I think I'll mention what I'm sure everyone already knows: funding free software hackers, is probably one of the best ways to improve free software, so I'm happy that the foundation is leading by example! One question: is Emmanuele given any particular tasks or direction for GTK+, eg: does the GNOME foundation have any specific priorities they'd like to address, or is it more self-directed? Thanks again, and keep it up! Can't wait till there is a second developer on board. James ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: New GNOME Foundation employee - GTK+ Core Developer
On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 1:07 PM Christian Hergert wrote: > > On 12/2/18 9:51 AM, Neil McGovern wrote: > > I'm sure you'll all give him a warm welcome in this new role! > > I couldn't be more happy to hear this news! Congrats Emmanuele, it's > well deserved! I concur! Congratulations, Emmanuele! Super excited to see you in this role! sri > > -- Christian > ___ > foundation-list mailing list > foundation-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: New GNOME Foundation employee - GTK+ Core Developer
On 12/2/18 9:51 AM, Neil McGovern wrote: > I'm sure you'll all give him a warm welcome in this new role! I couldn't be more happy to hear this news! Congrats Emmanuele, it's well deserved! -- Christian ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
New GNOME Foundation employee - GTK+ Core Developer
Dear Foundation members, After a long and robust recruitment process, I'm very pleased to announce our first new staff member in a while. Emmanuele Bassi will be joining us tomorrow (3rd December) to take on the role of GTK+ Core Developer! Emmanuele has a long history of contributions to GTK, and has been a Foundation member himself for over 12 years. Previously working at Endless, Mozilla and Intel, where he contributed to many components of the GNOME core development platform, I'm happy to bring him on board to continue his commitment to the project. I'm sure you'll all give him a warm welcome in this new role! Thanks, Neil -- Neil McGovern Executive Director, The GNOME Foundation ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
