Re: Question for candidates

2011-05-31 Thread Richard Stallman
> The one area where we have an inherent advantage is in treating the > users ethically.  Neither Apple nor Microsoft will ever match us in > this.  Shall we not make plans to utilize this advantage and increase > it? Yes, agree, it's a factor we should highlight. Highlighting

Re: Question to candidates: on-line services

2011-05-31 Thread Andre Klapper
On Fri, 2011-05-27 at 00:27 +0200, Gil Forcada wrote: > Everyday more and more services are offered on the cloud and there's > also initiatives powered by Free Software (tomboy on-line...). > > One of the main problems for Free Software projects providing cloud > services is the hardware/administr

Re: Questions for candidates - board processes & significance

2011-05-31 Thread Germán Póo-Caamaño
On Tue, 2011-05-31 at 07:59 -0600, Stormy Peters wrote: > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:48 AM, Dave Neary wrote: > [...] > > In the light of these continued difficulties, Louis (lead organiser > > for the past 5 years of LGM) proposed that the Quebecois LUG of > > which he's president could take ove

Re: Questions for candidates - board processes & significance

2011-05-31 Thread Germán Póo-Caamaño
On Tue, 2011-05-31 at 11:41 +0200, Dave Neary wrote: > Hi German, > > Germán Póo-Caamaño wrote: > > On Mon, 2011-05-30 at 16:11 +0200, Dave Neary wrote: > > Jeff Schroeder already did this question, my answer is here: > > https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2011-May/msg00147.html > >

Re: Question for candidates

2011-05-31 Thread Brian Cameron
RMS: * What do you think GNOME should do to help promote the ideals of free software, beyond being composed of free programs. GNOME is a free software project, so I do think it is important to work to promote the ideals of free software. I think GNOME does a great job doing this in many ways

Re: Questions for candidates - board processes & significance

2011-05-31 Thread Brian Cameron
Dave: I was away last week travelling, so I'm coming late to the election campaign. I have almost decided who I would like to vote for, but there are still a few things which are important to me when considering a prospective board member. 1. If elected, will you seek a named position (chairma

Re: Two Questions for the Board Candidates

2011-05-31 Thread Brian Cameron
On 05/26/11 12:38, Lefty wrote: I'd be interested to know what, if anything, candidates for the Board propose to do to address the ongoing waste of time and energy in the community over trivia like "Linux" versus "GNU/Linux", "free" versus "open source", and the like. This extends to things li

Re: Questions for candidates - board processes & significance

2011-05-31 Thread Stormy Peters
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:48 AM, Dave Neary wrote: > Since a number of candidates aren't aware of this situation, perhaps I > should give a few details. > > LGM has an annual budget which is pretty tiny - in the region of $20,000 to > $30,000 per year, including a big chunk going to sponsored tr

GNOME.Asia Summit 2012 Call for hosts

2011-05-31 Thread Pockey Lam
Dear all, The GNOME.Asia Committee is inviting proposals to host GNOME.Asia Summit during the 1st quarter of 2012. GNOME.Asia Summit is the yearly GNOME Users and Developers Conference in Asia. The event focuses primarily on the GNOME desktop, and also covers applications and the development

Re: Questions for candidates - board processes & significance

2011-05-31 Thread Dave Neary
Hi German, Germán Póo-Caamaño wrote: > On Mon, 2011-05-30 at 16:11 +0200, Dave Neary wrote: > Jeff Schroeder already did this question, my answer is here: > https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2011-May/msg00147.html Not *quite* the same thing - you talk about open meetings and recordi

Re: Questions for candidates - board processes & significance

2011-05-31 Thread Germán Póo-Caamaño
On Mon, 2011-05-30 at 16:11 +0200, Dave Neary wrote: > Hi all, > > I was away last week travelling, so I'm coming late to the election > campaign. I have almost decided who I would like to vote for, but there > are still a few things which are important to me when considering a > prospective bo

Re: Two Questions for the Board Candidates

2011-05-31 Thread Rodrigo Moya
On Thu, 2011-05-26 at 10:38 -0700, Lefty wrote: > First: Since the issue of "divisive attitude[s] such as Richard sometimes > seems to [promote?] when he talks about 'GNU/Linux'" came up, I'd be > interested to know what, if anything, candidates for the Board propose to do > to address the ongoi