Re: New GNOME Foundation & Emeritus Members

[Christian Hergert]

On 9/1/20 9:12 AM, Andrea Veri wrote:
Please welcome and thank them for their great and valuable contributions 
over the GNOME Foundation!


 1. Samson Goddy (GNOME African Engagement Team)
 2. Onuoha Maryann Chiamaka (GNOME African Engagement Team)
 3. Alex Angelou (GNOME Engagement via dedicated events talks)
 4. Ayooluwa Olosunde Adetunmise (GNOME African Engagement Team)
 5. Adebola Ogunyemi (GNOME African Engagement Team)
 6. Thibault Martin (Translator, Newcomers support)
 7. Manuel Genovés Monzó (Maintainer of Apostrophe, writer of the
twilight calculator for GNOME Clocks)


Welcome!

I'm excited to see so many newcomers and look forward to contributing 
with you!


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Re: New GNOME Foundation employee - GTK+ Core Developer

[Christian Hergert]

On 12/2/18 9:51 AM, Neil McGovern wrote:
> I'm sure you'll all give him a warm welcome in this new role!

I couldn't be more happy to hear this news! Congrats Emmanuele, it's
well deserved!

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Re: GNOME 3.26 Release Parties

[Christian Hergert]

On 09/15/2017 02:07 PM, Richard Stallman wrote:

2. Would you like to check whether a person can use Transferwise
without the person's running nonfree software?  I am concerned
that its web site may send nonfree software to the user's browder
and require the user to run it.


It's difficult and time-consuming to audit a code-base received via a 
web-browser. It can also very from client to client. Do you have a tool 
that can tell us if a website contains non-free JavaScript? Perhaps a 
browser plugin?


It would significantly reduce the amount of time we spend doing research 
for you via this mailing list.


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Re: [Builder] Developer experience (DX) hackfest 2016

[Christian Hergert]

On 12/29/2015 10:14 PM, Richard Stallman wrote:
> We don't know how similar or dissimilar they are, but you can find out
> quickly by writing to Mallory Knodel .

I did contact her yesterday and the answer was jitsi. It seems
reasonable, but I haven't had a chance to test it out yet.

https://jitsi.org/

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Re: [Builder] Developer experience (DX) hackfest 2016

[Christian Hergert]

On 12/27/2015 07:57 PM, Richard Stallman wrote:
> Google Hangouts requires nonfree software.  Please don't ask people to
> run a nonfree program in order to view something.
> 
> It is easy to do streaming with free software, in a way that lets
> everyone watch with free software, and I know people who would be glad
> to help you do this.  When you want to do streaming, please write to me
> and I will put you in touch with them.

Best to get in touch now. Things like this take planning and FOSDEM is
coming up quick.

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Re: [Builder] Developer experience (DX) hackfest 2016

[Christian Hergert]

On 12/24/2015 11:17 AM, philip.chime...@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> I'm really interested in participating but circumstances prevent me from
> attending in person. I just signed up as the first remote participant.
> My purpose with this e-mail is to encourage other remotees to sign up;
> and to ask for some ideas about how remotees can meaningfully participate.

This is great, and something I'd like to see more of, given what travel
does to our environment.

What can we do to make sure you feel enabled to participate?

Assuming you'll be in Vancouver, -9 hours from Belgium, this is going to
be quite a sacrifice for you. We usually get started between 09:00 and
10:00, so midnight to sunrise for you.

Alternatively, if we're good about having work items on a public board,
you could work on things while we sleep, in true F/OSS fashion.

So I guess that brings me back to my question, what can we do?

 * Remote video? (assuming participants are comfortable with that)
 * More IRC conversations, or dedicated stenographer?
 * Etherpad for notes/conversations?

I think one thing that would help is for remote participants to prepare
a list of topics they'd like to ensure are discussed, since we usually
start by white-boarding topics for the 3-day session.

Cheers,

-- Christian

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Affiliation change and stepping down

[Christian Hergert]

Friends,

It is with both a sad heart and great excitement for the future that I'm 
notifying you of my decision to step down from the GNOME Board of Directors.


As of Oct 5th, I will be a RedHat employee. There are already two 
wonderful board members who are also employed at RedHat (our limit 
according to the bylaws).


The board was notified a couple of weeks ago and is in the process of 
replacing my seat. Please bare with them while they figure out the 
details. This board, like many before them, are deeply passionate and I 
have no doubt they will succeed without me.


I look forward to serving you on a future board!

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Re: Looking for speakers for hacknight in Gothenburg on Aug 11th

[Christian Hergert]

On 07/20/2015 12:41 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote:
 I would love to see this happen.  I wonder if I can volunteer people.
 :-)  I can also present on their behalf as well.   But I would like
 someone to talk about:
 
 1) xdg-app
 2) changes in GTK+ - maybe the CSS
 3) gnome-builder

I'll probably be sounding like a parrot by that time. At least with
regards to Builder. But I'm sure we can recycle some content if there is
interest.

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Re: More questions for Board candidates

[Christian Hergert]

Hi,

On 05/21/2015 02:25 PM, Karen Sandler wrote:
 I have a few questions for the candidates too. I agree with what has
 been said by Jeff and Josh that it's important that people on the board
 have a diverse skillset, so I wouldn't expect all board members to
 answer yes on these, but I think it's good to know if at least a few
 people on the board have some background in these areas...

 Have you ever done any fundraising?

Yes. I've been a technical resource during both fund-raising and
acquisition stages of multiple start-ups. I've also done deep dives with
potential investors. Determining what technology to focus on can be
crucial to fund-raising.

I do not have experience sourcing new income (with the exception of the
Builder crowd-funding), however this is something I'm increasingly
interested in.

 Are you comfortable asking sponsors for money?

I am. I'm comfortable discovering the reasons it is in their best
interest to do so. It's not always obvious how important our stack is to
various current and potential sponsors.

 Have you ever been in a manager role?

I have not, other than my time as a maintainer of various projects.
While these are different roles, encouragement and fostering growth are
key to the success of either.

 Do you have any experience talking to reporters?

To a degree. My experience has been with ensuring they have the
information necessary to write articles and less about press releases.

 Have you ever talked to a group of people about why software freedom is
 important?

I regularly take part in both Free and Open Source software outreach in
the San Francisco area. I've spoken to small (a couple people) and large
(100+ people) and am comfortable with both.

Thanks!

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Board of Directors Elections 2015 - Candidacy - Christian Hergert

[Christian Hergert]

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Foundation Members,

Over the years, I have watched our Board of Directors knowing that
someday I wanted to contribute on that level. This past year has been
an incredible experience for me and I owe that to all of you. I want
to continue by serving as a board member on your behalf.

I've been quite satisfied with our Board of Directors over the years.
Keeping momentum is not an easy task. I think I can help bring this to
our Board and to our Community at large.

Therefore, I am both humbled and excited to announce my candidacy for
the Board of Directors.

Peace, Love, GNOME!

- -- Christian

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Re: foundation application..

[Christian Hergert]

On 02/12/2015 07:33 PM, Cosimo Cecchi wrote:
I think you bring up an interesting point, but I also like the idea 
that foundation membership is not a badge you earn if you contribute 
enough, but hints to a deeper involvement with the community inner 
workings.
I argue that a 3-months contribution from someone fresh to the project 
might or might not be enough to grant membership regardless of how 
they have been involved with the project, and I'm curious whether the 
case you are bringing up is theoretical or if there have been cases of 
interns interested in foundation membership dismissed solely on the 
supposed intern clause. Of course I do support any initiative that 
aims to make the foundation a more welcoming place!


I think the point here is that if our current bylaws claim one thing, we 
should adhere to that for the time being. If we don't agree with the 
bylaws, then they should be altered, which is a different process.


-- Christian

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Re: GNOME support for fixmydocument.eu

[Christian Hergert]

On 02/04/2015 06:28 AM, Inge Wallin wrote:
 As a great proponent of ODF, I think it would be interesting to know what 
 Gnome actually does for ODF?  I mean aside thinking that it's a good idea in 
 general...

If I'm not mistaken, both AbiWord and Gnumeric support ODFs. Gnumeric is
actually developed on git.gnome.org.

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Re: Minutes of the Board Meeting of January, 23th, 2015

[Christian Hergert]

On 02/04/2015 08:25 AM, Michael Catanzaro wrote:
 I'm not sure what it rhymes with but that caught my eye as well. The
 current name might be more effective.

Let's not trivialize this into a discussion of a name.

Good luck with the move Marina, Karen, and others. Let me know if I can
help with anything.

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Re: Linking to non-free websites from gnome.org

[Christian Hergert]

On 01/06/2015 02:54 PM, Magdalen Berns wrote:
 The stigma related to bitcoin is just the media doing their thing to try
 and discredit it, in my humble view. A lot of people do not buy into that
 stuff. With that said, it is reasonable for anyone to be uncomfortable with
 something and not be made to feel pressured so yeah, I think people should
 be willing to accept that this is how you feel.
 
 It's usually possible to generate any number of addresses so it is
 plausible to generate a new one dedicated for a single specific purpose, if
 that helps.

I made no claim as to whether or not I use bitcoin. Simply about whether
or not I share that publicly.

Email me with a donation over bitcoin to find out ;)

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Re: Linking to non-free websites from gnome.org

[Christian Hergert]

On 01/05/2015 03:44 PM, Magdalen Berns wrote:
 To elaborate on the point about fundraisers a little further: Also
 though I have to wonder whether future fundraisers could maybe be
 handled in the same way as the groupon fundraiser was managed.
 http://www.gnome.org/groupon/ since that did not seem to be too
 controversial at the time. If that sort of thing would mean more work
 but ultimately lower fees, then perhaps GNOME could also take an
 administrative cut off the top for managing the donations on behalf of
 the relevant project developers? It might also be worthwhile for us to
 set up a dedicated wiki page guide explaining what alternative
 fundraising platforms GNOME want projects to use and compile a list of
 links on there and have some recommendations for standard practices. It
 might also be handy for those wishing to fund their projects if we
 compiled and outline the logical steps a project manager and/or project
 developer might take to get set up and seek permission and support with
 launch etc. 

If crowdfunding was a service that the GNOME foundation offered it's
members, I would be in favor of that. However, as it stands today, I
believe this would cause undue burden on the board.

Additionally, I'm against a policy on external links based on their
JavaScript, full stop. (However, I'm willing to entertain a policy based
on other guidelines).

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Re: Linking to non-free websites from gnome.org

[Christian Hergert]

On 01/03/2015 07:48 AM, Richard Stallman wrote:
 That's because the several crowdfunding sites I had investigated all
 had the same unethical practice of requiring donors to run nonfree
 software.  There was not one that we could use without contradicting
 the principles of the free software movement.  This is a serious
 problem and I've been looking for a solution for more than a year.
 
 Didn't I tell you this at the time?
 
 Since then, I have come across one site, crowdsupply.com, which offers
 a way to send money bypassing the nonfree JS code.  That makes it
 better than the others.  I urge people to choose crowdsupply.com for
 future campaigns.

The problem is that it takes *months* to prepare a proper crowdfunding
campaign. So if you didn't suggest crowdsupply to me back at the
hackfest, it was simply *too late* to be reasonably actionable (despite
that I might agree it would be a good idea).

I hadn't realized others had used indiegogo to crowdfund for your travel
though. Were there lessons learned from that we should know about?

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/richard-stallman-s-air-ticket-to-speak-in-south-africa/x/8947753

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Re: Looking for community managers or enthusiasts!

[Christian Hergert]

On 11/19/2012 08:57 AM, Stéphane Raimbault wrote:
 If we need a marketing director to convince people to use GNOME, we failed.

This is a cute statement, but is it really true?

The people that could most benefit from our choice to build a simple to
use system are those that are least likely to discover it on their own.

As engineers, we often have a visceral reaction to the term marketing.
That doesn't need to be the case.

-- Christian

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