GNU hackers meeting GUADEC 2011 colocation?

2010-01-25 Thread Andy Wingo
Hi all, At November's GNU Hackers Meeting in Gothenburg, there was some interest expressed in increasing communication between GNU hackers and GNOME hackers. Co-locating a GNU Hackers Meeting with GUADEC would be a great way to do this. GHM events have in the past been pretty small -- about 25

Re: GNOME Foundation and CEO Goals

2010-01-25 Thread Og Maciel
Thank you for your reply John.   The bonuses both reflect pie in the sky, you are probably never going to get this done items to more mundane items which none the less, contribute to the growth of the foundation. I just felt that goals such as: $500 - Improving relations with the

Re: GNOME Foundation and CEO Goals

2010-01-25 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Og Maciel wrote: I just felt that goals such as: $500 - Improving relations with the advisory board, starting regular 1-on-1 meetings with them, etc. For this one, the starting point is worth bearing in mind. If I understand your argument, you're saying that anyone

Re: GNOME Foundation and CEO Goals

2010-01-25 Thread Og Maciel
Hi Dave! On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Dave Neary dne...@gnome.org wrote:      $500 - Improving relations with the advisory board, starting             regular 1-on-1 meetings with them, etc. For this one, the starting point is worth bearing in mind. If I understand your argument, you're

Re: GNOME Foundation and CEO Goals

2010-01-25 Thread Brian Cameron
Og: The bonuses both reflect pie in the sky, you are probably never going to get this done items to more mundane items which none the less, contribute to the growth of the foundation. I just felt that goals such as: $500 - Improving relations with the advisory board, starting

Re: GNOME Foundation and CEO Goals

2010-01-25 Thread Og Maciel
Thank you Brian for a great email and probably the best answer I got (no offense to John or Dave). It became a whole lot clear to me the reason behind the milestones I was questioning... it also became apparent that my concerns *do* apply for the next 'iteration' as some of these now more mundane

Stormy's Update: Week of January 18th

2010-01-25 Thread Stormy Peters
** http://blogs.gnome.org/foundation/2010/01/25/stormys-update-week-of-january-18th/ Finally wrapped up the very long thread on the Foundation list and most of the side conversations. Met with a couple of advisory board members (via phone, email and IRC) to discuss funding and GUADEC. We are

Re: GNOME Foundation and CEO Goals

2010-01-25 Thread Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
On 01/25/2010 01:44 PM, Og Maciel wrote: get more feedback and constructive criticism. I'd love to see milestones related to getting localization and accessibility teams on the roadmap for 2010 and holding sprints/what-not with members of these teams to see how to make GNOME more accessible to

Re: GNOME Foundation and CEO Goals

2010-01-25 Thread Brian Cameron
Og: I think there is more value in suggesting ways that the CEO goals should be refocused. However, there has been little discussion about that so far. How would you suggest improving the goals and metrics to ensure that concerns that you have are better addressed moving forward? For

Re: GNOME Foundation and CEO Goals

2010-01-25 Thread Og Maciel
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak m...@avtechpulse.com wrote: Those are great goals for gnome overall, but I don't think they have much to do with Stormy's actual duties. Do they? Applying them probably not, but getting the right people together and soliciting funds to