Re: GNOME Foundation Elections 2007. Let's start the debate!

2007-11-26 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Vincent Untz Jeff is right: it's not all rollercoasters and martinis. There's ice cream too. I heartily endorse this strategy. /quimby http://www.flickr.com/photos/garrett/858313114/ - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2008: Melbourne, Australiahttp://lca2008.linux.org.au/

Re: GNOME Foundation Elections 2007. Let's start the debate!

2007-11-26 Thread Anne Østergaard
On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 10:23 +0100, Vincent Untz wrote: Le lundi 26 novembre 2007, à 20:17 +1100, Jeff Waugh a écrit : quote who=George Kraft [6] Some of the tasks of a Board Member are mundane administrative tasks, are you comfortable taking on such tasks as opposed to being

Re: Questions to the candidates

2007-11-26 Thread John (J5) Palmieri
On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 23:52 +0100, Anne Østergaard wrote: Questions to the candidates: Will you apply for the position as new Executive Director for GNOME? No Will you apply for any paid position within GNOME while serving as board member? No Will you attend at least 90% of the board

Re: GNOME Foundation Statement on ECMA TC45-M Participation

2007-11-26 Thread Gregory Leblanc
On Nov 25, 2007 12:39 PM, jamie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 2007-11-25 at 12:18 -0500, Jody Goldberg wrote: On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 12:56:09PM +, jamie wrote: Office 2007 has less than 10% of all office versions (50m out of 500m) Which is already comperable to the OO.o

two questions for candidates

2007-11-26 Thread Richard Stallman
1. Would you change anything in the GNOME Foundation statement about OOXML? 2. How do you think the GNOME Foundation should support the Free Software Movement in general? ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org

Re: Questions to the candidates

2007-11-26 Thread Anne Østergaard
On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 09:48 -0500, John (J5) Palmieri wrote: On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 23:52 +0100, Anne Østergaard wrote: Questions to the candidates: Will you apply for the position as new Executive Director for GNOME? No Will you apply for any paid position within GNOME while

Re: two questions for candidates

2007-11-26 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Richard Stallman 1. Would you change anything in the GNOME Foundation statement about OOXML? I'd probably include a message about not fighting OOXML on political grounds because they have no impact on the ISO standardisation process. To succeed, we need to fight OOXML under the terms

Re: A question to candidates

2007-11-26 Thread John (J5) Palmieri
On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 18:11 +0100, Dave Neary wrote: Hi, I did send these to the membership committee, but voting's nearly open, and I think they're important, so I guess I'll just ask... The foundation's role is essentially to facilitate the enthusiasm of the GNOME project, as Andrew

Re: GNOME Foundation Elections 2007. Let's start the debate!

2007-11-26 Thread Behdad Esfahbod
On Sun, 2007-11-25 at 18:50 -0600, George Kraft wrote: We should then back that up by only providing a oneway OOXML to ODF converter. Doesn't that lock our users in? Isn't that bad by principle? Or is it just bad when our competitors do it? -- behdad http://behdad.org/ Those who would

Re: two questions for candidates

2007-11-26 Thread Diego Escalante Urrelo
Hey, On 11/26/07, Richard Stallman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. Would you change anything in the GNOME Foundation statement about OOXML? Mmmm, I would have included a line in all-caps saying GNOME Foundation doesn't like OOXML, we have someone in the committee because standard or not Ms is

Re: two questions for candidates

2007-11-26 Thread Luis Villa
On Nov 26, 2007 10:28 AM, Richard Stallman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. Would you change anything in the GNOME Foundation statement about OOXML? I wish it were more explicit about how the Foundation feels that the ODF folks have been undermining the standards process. It isn't obvious to

Re: GNOME Foundation Statement on ECMA TC45-M Participation

2007-11-26 Thread Richard Stallman
The sell here for Microsoft is very very easy. The small businesses that I do consulting for here in the US all use Microsoft operating systems and office products. Do you talk to them about moving to free software? ___ foundation-list

Re: two questions for candidates

2007-11-26 Thread Lucas Rocha
Hi, 2007/11/26, Richard Stallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 1. Would you change anything in the GNOME Foundation statement about OOXML? I would change the date it was released. :-) I think the most serious problem about GNOME Foundation participation on ECMA TC45-M was that it wasn't properly

Re: A question to candidates

2007-11-26 Thread Brian Cameron
Questions have been asked from a few people. I will respond to them in one email rather than clutter your mailbox... ### Dave Neary asks: What do you see as the best way to spend this money? In terms of hiring, do you prefer hiring a sysadmin, or an executive director? What other