Re: [board-discuss] Diversity Is Key?

2019-12-02 Thread Franklin Weng
2019年12月3日 06:21:43 Sam Tuke : > Thanks Thorsten; that's very helpful context. The 48% chance you referenced > does indicate that the issue is still larger than this particular election. > It's also worth noting that Gabriele, Italo, and others did a great job of > reminding us of the

Re: [board-discuss] Diversity Is Key?

2019-12-02 Thread Simon Phipps
I favour having one or two seats reserved for appointment by the board rather than by election, so that missing skills or representations can be temporarily addressed. OSI just did this, for example. S On Mon, 2 Dec 2019, 23:22 Sam Tuke, wrote: > Thanks Thorsten; that's very helpful context.

Re: [board-discuss] Diversity Is Key?

2019-12-02 Thread Sam Tuke
Thanks Thorsten; that's very helpful context. The 48% chance you referenced does indicate that the issue is still larger than this particular election. It's also worth noting that Gabriele, Italo, and others did a great job of reminding us of the opportunity to stand, and the deadlines. As

Re: [board-discuss] Diversity Is Key?

2019-11-30 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi Sam, Sam Tuke wrote: > This is a problem which past Boards and Membership Committees have > no doubt worked on; perhaps those people can say more about their > efforts and challenges. > Right - it's been a topic for board and MC discussions at the very least since 2015 (if my memory serves

Re: [board-discuss] Diversity Is Key?

2019-11-30 Thread Andreas Mantke
Hi Michael, Am 29.11.19 um 10:59 schrieb Michael Meeks: > Hi Andreas, > > As you know, I'm a fan of you & your work on improving LibreOffice. thank you. I know that. But as you know there were some behaviors from key TDF members which throw me out of the project. I worked only voluntary

Re: [board-discuss] Diversity Is Key?

2019-11-29 Thread Sam Tuke
Hi Andreas, thanks for highlighting the lack of gender diversity. This is a problem which past Boards and Membership Committees have no doubt worked on; perhaps those people can say more about their efforts and challenges. I understand that contributors with non-technical backgrounds make up a

Re: [board-discuss] Diversity Is Key?

2019-11-29 Thread Michael Meeks
Hi Andreas, As you know, I'm a fan of you & your work on improving LibreOffice. What you write is (I assume) intended as humorous, but doesn't seem a terribly fair characterization from many angles. I'm rather encouraged that lots of board members want to make TDF a

[board-discuss] Diversity Is Key?

2019-11-28 Thread Andreas Mantke
Hello, there is the view that diversity is key for a successful community, leading body etc.  This counts for open source communities and their (leading) bodies too. I had a look into the applications for the next TDF board and found there the narration 'while our user base is amazingly diverse,