Richard Stallman wrote:
I think that one requisite of a good board member is a visible
commitment to the goal of a world in which software is free.
I think the Gnome Foundation could make heavier emphasis on free and
open data / file formats too, as a marketing tool (and mission statement
On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 06:35:50PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote:
what you value about GNOME. To put it in a clunky but simple way, if GNOME
is People, vote for the people who are GNOME.
Dear god... I didn't know GNOME was made of old people who had assisted
death in order to make canned food! Quick,
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Jeff Waugh wrote:
Above all else, I hope you vote for people you know and trust to represent
what you value about GNOME. To put it in a clunky but simple way, if GNOME
is People, vote for the people who are GNOME.
That was what I guess I was
On Nov 7, 2007 10:00 AM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
There has to be a strong movement towards telling GNOME contributors
that there's no magical halo that entitles them to a place on the
Foundation other than the willingness to put in hours to make it a
better place for all.
What does magical
My 2 cents
That in effect perhaps raises the important question So who would be a
good member of the Board?.
- Avoid the 'popularity contest' syndrome. Popular contributors tend
to be busy and you don't want a board of busy members.
- Give a chance to newcomers. I'm planning to vote for
Le mercredi 07 novembre 2007, à 23:53 +0200, Quim Gil a écrit :
- Don't trust much the introduction written by the candidates when
running for election. It's not that they are lying, they just might be
too optimistic on that moment - and they are marketing themselves.
Trust their path in
I think that one requisite of a good board member is a visible
commitment to the goal of a world in which software is free.
GNOME's purpose is not merely to be a convenient desktop;
it is to provide the Free World with a convenient desktop.
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Also, people tend to forget what they wrote in their introduction after a
few months :-) Again, as Quim said, it's not because they're bad people.
It's just really easy to forget the original plan when many new things
have appeared in the meantime!
(I'm sure I'd be
quote who=Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
That in effect perhaps raises the important question So who would be a
good member of the Board?.
Above all else, I hope you vote for people you know and trust to represent
what you value about GNOME. To put it in a clunky but simple way, if GNOME
is People,
