Memberships needing renewal (2017-6)
Hi, as per point 1.3 of [1], here it comes a list of members in need of a renew in case they didn't receive their individual e-mail: First name Last name, (Last renewed on) Philip Withnall, 2015-05-17 Marina Zhurakhinskaya, 2015-05-21 Sebastien Granjoux, 2015-05-17 Bertrand Lorentz, 2015-05-17 Nikhar Agrawal, 2015-05-17 Daiki Ueno, 2015-05-17 Benjamin Berg, 2015-05-21 The Renewal form can be found at [2]. Cheers, GNOME Membership and Elections Committee [1] https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2011-November/msg0.html [2] http://www.gnome.org/foundation/membership/apply/ ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Minutes of the Board meeting of June, 6th, 2017
Hi. On Mi, 2017-06-14 at 14:06 +0100, Allan Day wrote: > There are two issues here: the practicalities of transitioning between > boards, and what we are required to do by the bylaws. Sure. And I'd be surprised if the new board members wouldn't see it similarly. But the way the minutes are written makes it sound less distinct and more like that the old board can decide when the new board starts coming into power. > As for the second issue, as far as I can see, the bylaws don't say > exactly when new board members should take office. (Let me know if > I've missed something.) The bylaws say for how long the directors shall hold office, i.e. they are elected for a certain term. The duration of the term of the current board is one year (unless, e.g. no new board has been elected, or it had been decided to make the term longer; see below). The current term started July 2016. It thus ends at the end of June 2017. > However, there are statements which suggest > that the AGM is the time. For example, clause 8.2.1 states: "The > Directors shall fix their number at an annual meeting." This is not related as it's about changing the number of directors. > Looking at this, it seems that we haven't been as clear as we should > be regarding the length of each term. Because there is no need to. The provision you cited¹ defines the term to be one year. Unless it's been decided otherwise for an upcoming election. As that was not the case, the term is indeed one year. 1: https://people.gnome.org/~tobiasmue/bylaws2012/bylaws.html#election-and-term-of-office-of-directors Cheers, Tobi ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Preliminary Results - GNOME Foundation Board of Directors Elections 2017
I think we have to analyze why there are so few before trying to get more without knowing the problem. I have few ideas why this happens based on discussions with some other members that doesn't feel like proposing to be on the board, although they are more than capable time and skill wise. It's a discussion perfect for GUADEC. Are you coming Richard? Best, Carlos Soriano Original Message Subject: Re: Preliminary Results - GNOME Foundation Board of Directors Elections 2017 Local Time: June 15, 2017 3:51 AM UTC Time: June 15, 2017 1:51 AM From: r...@gnu.org To: foundation-list@gnome.org [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden"s example. ]]] > This year we had 225 registered voters, 110 of which sent in valid > ballots. I am not surprised that so few voted. Can anyone think of a way to encourage more candidates? -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org) Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html. ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
