On Wed, 2009-08-12 at 10:36 +0530, Srinivasa Ragavan wrote:
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Philip Van Hoofpvanh...@gnome.org wrote:
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You can see that in all configurations the majority want to co-locate
next year. Even if it means not having a profit.
Can you elaborate why the
[taking foundation-announce out of the cc: fields]
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Srinivasa Ragavansraga...@gnome.org wrote:
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The main, and most important, reason for not wanting to co-locate
next year is because the GNOME community needs to focus on GNOME 3.0,
and next year's
On Wed, 2009-08-12 at 17:05 +0530, Srinivasa Ragavan wrote:
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Philip Van Hoofpvanh...@gnome.org wrote:
It was a hard decision because, there is real interest in making KDE
and GNOME work well together. While this is also an important goal,
but we don't need
On 08/12/2009 09:22 AM, Philip Van Hoof wrote:
Maybe if the foundation's board would more clearly articulate why
exactly we can't do a co-located event*next* year, they'll convince the
community about their decision? Why didn't they?
My personal view as a board member:
Individual board
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Quim Gilquim...@gmail.com wrote:
Actually many GNOME people that was not enthusiastic about a second
joint summit mentioned that one of the problems was that the agenda
didn't help meeting peers with similar interests from the other side.
Something that could
On 08/12/2009 04:08 PM, Quim Gil wrote:
Speaking clearly, I wonder what weight in people's opinions (in the
polls and the board meembers) had the Qt branding in badge, towel,
roll-up ad in the main entrance, etc. Many GNOME people said they
didn't felt 'at home' in such context. But that is
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Quim Gil quim...@gmail.com wrote:
So I guess there is no way back.
Speaking clearly, I wonder what weight in people's opinions (in the
polls and the board meembers) had the Qt branding in badge, towel,
roll-up ad in the main entrance, etc. Many GNOME people
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 6:31 PM, john
palmierijohn.j5.palmi...@gmail.com wrote:
[snipping out parts of an well thought out response]
To sum it all up - fools rush in. We really need to take a step back and
really try to understand what we wish to accomplish in another co-located
event given
I interviewed 21 advisory board members representing 15 organizations in
June 2009. Each conversation took 30-60 minutes. My full notes were sent to
the GNOME Board of Directors.
During these interviews, I was specifically asking for feedback. While most
of the people I talked to were positive
