Thanks to everyone for your answers. That was useful information.
Allan
On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 8:38 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna s...@ramkrishna.me wrote:
Sorry for my late response. I've been at a conference all of this week and
I was not able to focus on the question.
On Tue, May 21, 2013 at
Hi Allan
On 21 May 2013 11:12, Allan Day allanp...@gmail.com wrote:
[…]
It's also fantastic that we have so many fantastic new candidates this
time around, and I have a question for you. One thing I find myself
asking is: what do you think you will personally bring to the role if
you are
- Original Message -
From: Allan Day allanp...@gmail.com
To: foundation-list foundation-list@gnome.org
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 6:12:45 AM
Subject: A Question for New Candidates
Hi everyone,
Big thanks to everyone who has put themselves forward as a board
candidate. It's
On Sun, 2012-05-27 at 11:21 +0200, Gil Forcada wrote:
Hi all,
First of all thanks for running for this critical role on GNOME!
My question is about hardware and contacts:
The average user is not going to ever install its own operating system
by itself, for them hardware and software
Andy Wingo wi...@pobox.com wrote:
On Mon 28 May 2012 11:53, Allan Day allanp...@gmail.com writes:
I would personally like to see the board be a more proactive
organization, where the needs of the GNOME project are discussed, and
initiatives intended to benefit it are instigated and managed.
On 05/27/2012 11:21 AM, Gil Forcada wrote:
My question is about hardware and contacts: The average user is not
going to ever install its own operating system by itself, for them
hardware and software come together and they die together, so a new
version of Windows means a new laptop and so on,
On Mon 28 May 2012 11:53, Allan Day allanp...@gmail.com writes:
I would personally like to see the board be a more proactive
organization, where the needs of the GNOME project are discussed, and
initiatives intended to benefit it are instigated and managed. I'd
like there be less 'we need
Emmanuele:
On 05/28/12 12:06 AM, Emmanuele Bassi wrote:
[just a bit of backstory, here, also to help out eventual other
candidates in case I'm not elected] the meeting minutes are written
down during the meeting itself by using a collaborative editor, so
that everyone on the meeting can
hi Allan; thanks for the question.
On 25 May 2012 08:21, Allan Day allanp...@gmail.com wrote:
Sometimes it can feel like the Board of Directors is a bit divorced
from the rest of the GNOME project. Is this a problem, in your view?
If it is, what do you think can be done about it?
I think
[jumping into the thread at random]
Dave Neary dne...@free.fr wrote:
...
So I would try to have the minutes sent
around ASAP. But as far as I could see, nobody was suffering enough yet
to publicly ask whether it'd be possible to make things more (timely)
public.
I don't know if I count or not,
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Allan Day allanp...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
Thanks to all the candidates for stepping forward. It's fantastic that
you are interested in doing this important work.
A question for you:
Sometimes it can feel like the Board of Directors is a bit divorced
Hi Gil,
Perhaps this link is relevant:
http://makeplaylive.com/
I would add this questions to your thread:
Do you think a similar venture for GNOME would make sense?
How do you think this, or a similar project, can happen without
leaving us bankrupt?
Thanks! :-)
Diego
On Sun, May 27, 2012 at
2012/5/27 Gil Forcada gforc...@gnome.org:
Hi all,
First of all thanks for running for this critical role on GNOME!
My question is about hardware and contacts:
The average user is not going to ever install its own operating system
by itself, for them hardware and software come together and
I'm going to reply here, because I really don't know how to answer
the original email.
On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 18:33 +0100, Allan Day wrote:
Bastien Nocera had...@hadess.net wrote:
...
Sometimes it can feel like the Board of Directors is a bit divorced
from the rest of the GNOME project.
On Sun, 2012-05-27 at 11:21 +0200, Gil Forcada wrote:
Hi all,
First of all thanks for running for this critical role on GNOME!
My question is about hardware and contacts:
The average user is not going to ever install its own operating system
by itself, for them hardware and software
Bonjour :)
On 25.05.2012 09:21, Allan Day wrote:
Sometimes it can feel like the Board of Directors is a bit divorced
from the rest of the GNOME project. Is this a problem, in your view?
If it is, what do you think can be done about it?
I wouldn't say I see a divorce. I'd say it feels a bit
On 05/28/2012 05:59 AM, Shaun McCance wrote:
Unless we
had an interesting agenda item (e.g. future of the Desktop Summit),
people didn't attend. I assume it's because they didn't have anything
pressing to say.
I have made an effort to attend those meetings and my problems at the
times were
On 05/28/2012 07:29 AM, Tobias Mueller wrote:
ne doesn't know what is happening and thus
being able to take influence. So I would try to have the minutes sent
around ASAP. But as far as I could see, nobody was suffering enough yet
to publicly ask whether it'd be possible to make things more
I meant not getting board meeting MINUTES below. Sorry.
On 05/28/2012 11:44 AM, Frederic Muller wrote:
On 05/28/2012 05:59 AM, Shaun McCance wrote:
Unless we
had an interesting agenda item (e.g. future of the Desktop Summit),
people didn't attend. I assume it's because they didn't have
hi;
On 28 May 2012 05:03, Frederic Muller fr...@gnome.org wrote:
On 05/28/2012 07:29 AM, Tobias Mueller wrote:
ne doesn't know what is happening and thus
being able to take influence. So I would try to have the minutes sent
around ASAP. But as far as I could see, nobody was suffering
On Mon, 2012-05-28 at 06:06 +0100, Emmanuele Bassi wrote:
On 28 May 2012 05:03, Frederic Muller fr...@gnome.org wrote:
On 05/28/2012 07:29 AM, Tobias Mueller wrote:
ne doesn't know what is happening and thus
being able to take influence. So I would try to have the minutes
sent
around
On 05/25/2012 09:21 AM, Allan Day wrote:
Sometimes it can feel like the Board of Directors is a bit divorced
from the rest of the GNOME project. Is this a problem, in your view?
If it is, what do you think can be done about it?
Having been off the board for a year, I can definitely say it
On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 08:21 +0100, Allan Day wrote:
Hi all,
Thanks to all the candidates for stepping forward. It's fantastic that
you are interested in doing this important work.
A question for you:
Sometimes it can feel like the Board of Directors is a bit divorced
from the rest of
2012/5/25 Allan Day allanp...@gmail.com:
Hi all,
Thanks to all the candidates for stepping forward. It's fantastic that
you are interested in doing this important work.
Thank you.
A question for you:
Sometimes it can feel like the Board of Directors is a bit divorced
from the rest of the
Bastien Nocera had...@hadess.net wrote:
...
Sometimes it can feel like the Board of Directors is a bit divorced
from the rest of the GNOME project.
I don't quite understand the question. The Board is not where technical
decisions are made, it's not where applications or new dependencies are
On 2012-05-25 12:54, gnomeu...@gmail.com wrote:
2012/5/25 Allan Day allanp...@gmail.com:
Hi all,
Thanks to all the candidates for stepping forward. It's fantastic
that
you are interested in doing this important work.
Thank you.
A question for you:
Sometimes it can feel like the Board of
On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 18:33 +0100, Allan Day wrote:
Bastien Nocera had...@hadess.net wrote:
...
Sometimes it can feel like the Board of Directors is a bit divorced
from the rest of the GNOME project.
I don't quite understand the question. The Board is not where technical
decisions are
Hi,
On 05/25/2012 09:24 PM, Germán Póo-Caamaño wrote:
On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 18:33 +0100, Allan Day wrote:
Why do you think the Board of Directors is divorced from
the project?
I personally don't hear or see very much of what the board gets up to,
and I don't feel like Foundation membership
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