Minor change to Board practice

2007-08-07 Thread Jeff Waugh
Hi all, Another administrative issue the Board needs to deal with, but vastly less interesting or controversial than the one raised in my last email. :-) The Board is planning to fix a minor but institutionalised problem with the practice of selecting and current state of Foundation Board

Re: Minor change to Board practice

2007-08-07 Thread Curtis Hovey
On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 22:46 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: [...] Cutting out the context to change the implied meaning. 1. Request a letter of resignation from Miguel (as that is the only way for the office of President to become vacant) Still president after all these years? Well done Miguel!

Re: Foundation and Source Code Copyright

2007-08-07 Thread Luis Villa
On 8/6/07, Havoc Pennington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kjartan Maraas wrote: Is there a rule of thumb as to how much code is contributed before this applies? I've always assumed that writing new code gives you the right to add yourself, but fixing bugs in existing code is a different matter?

Re: Proposal: Shift election cycle back six months

2007-08-07 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Jeff Waugh wrote: So here's the proposal: I'd like to suggest we shift the election cycle back six months, landing the process in May and June [1]. More controversially, I reckon the best way to achieve this without a lot of pain would be to extend the current Board's term by six months.

Re: Minor change to Board practice

2007-08-07 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Jeff Waugh wrote: We'd like the officers of the GNOME Foundation to reflect the current state and practice of the Board, and recommend this as best practice for future Boards, so here is what we're going to do: 1. Request a letter of resignation from Miguel (as that is the only way

p.g.o. policy

2007-08-07 Thread Valek Filippov
Hello, Could somebody point me to the p.g.o. policy, please? For about 8 months I'm asking to add my blog to p.g.o. with no response. I would like to know in which part my blog, me and/or http://gnome.org.ru do not satisfy with any published policy. -- Thanks you in advance, Valek

Re: Minor change to Board practice

2007-08-07 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Dave Neary I think there's value in having a figurehead president divorced from the day-to-day running of things Unfortunately, that is not how the position is defined in the bylaws. Over the past few years, what we have called the Chairman (for touchy-feely reaosns) has for all

Re: Proposal: Shift election cycle back six months

2007-08-07 Thread Kalle Vahlman
2007/8/7, Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, Jeff Waugh wrote: So here's the proposal: I'd like to suggest we shift the election cycle back six months, landing the process in May and June [1]. More controversially, I reckon the best way to achieve this without a lot of pain would be to