Re: Code of conduct (bis)

2006-12-04 Thread Philip Van Hoof
On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 20:04 +0100, Murray Cumming wrote: On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 19:43 +0100, Danilo Šegan wrote: Today at 18:44, Murray Cumming wrote: But yes, I'll try the endorsement strategy if I have to. I prefer Adrian Custer's suggestion. Tell me where to sign! :) Let's

Re: Code of conduct (bis)

2006-12-04 Thread Olav Vitters
On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 05:50:53PM +0100, Philip Van Hoof wrote: On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 20:04 +0100, Murray Cumming wrote: On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 19:43 +0100, Danilo Šegan wrote: Today at 18:44, Murray Cumming wrote: But yes, I'll try the endorsement strategy if I have to. I

Re: Code of conduct (bis)

2006-12-04 Thread Philip Van Hoof
On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 18:53 +0100, Olav Vitters wrote: I signed the code of conduct under the strict condition that there is no official enforcement of these principles, and that it should not be interpreted like a legal document. s/condition/assumption/ ? No. It's a condition that I

Re: Code of conduct (bis)

2006-12-04 Thread Olav Vitters
On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 07:27:27PM +0100, Philip Van Hoof wrote: On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 18:53 +0100, Olav Vitters wrote: I signed the code of conduct under the strict condition that there is no official enforcement of these principles, and that it should not be interpreted like a legal

Re: Code of conduct (bis)

2006-12-04 Thread Murray Cumming
This seems wildly tangential. There's a loss of perspective. The code of conduct is rather unlikely to become the tool of a fascist regime. If you think that is a significant risk then just don't sign the thing. It already has clear language saying that it's not a legal document and there's no

New set of ballots have been sent

2006-12-04 Thread Baris Cicek
Dear Foundation Members; New set of ballots for those renewed after voting start sent yesterday. 84 people renewed their membership last week and all of them (including members who has changed their e-mail addresses last week) should have recevied their ballots and can vote before 16st of

Re: Code of conduct (bis)

2006-12-04 Thread Philip Van Hoof
On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 20:45 +0100, Murray Cumming wrote: This seems wildly tangential. There's a loss of perspective. The code of conduct is rather unlikely to become the tool of a fascist regime. If you think that is a significant risk then just don't sign the thing. I agree and I too think

Re: Code of conduct (bis)

2006-12-04 Thread Andrew Sobala
Olav Vitters wrote: On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 07:27:27PM +0100, Philip Van Hoof wrote: On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 18:53 +0100, Olav Vitters wrote: I signed the code of conduct under the strict condition that there is no official enforcement of these principles, and that it should not be

Re: Code of conduct (bis)

2006-12-04 Thread Elijah Newren
On 12/4/06, Andrew Sobala [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It has 82 signatures. Last year 169 members could be bothered to vote for the board. It sounds like we've pretty much got community adoption now, or will in a couple of days ;-) Additionally, the mailing list consensus is that no top-down

membership

2006-12-04 Thread Andreas J. Guelzow
Hi, the membership page at http://foundation.gnome.org/membership/ unfortunately does not indicate the procedure to follow to cease being a foundation member. Could anybody indicate to me please how to do that? Thanks Andreas -- Andreas J. Guelzow

Endorsement

2006-12-04 Thread Richard Stallman
I endorse the candidacy of Dave Neary and Anne Oestergaard, because of their strong support for free software and its freedoms. Most practical improvements to GNOME will advance the Free Software Movement--but there are exceptions. There are also specific things the GNOME Foundation can do to