Re: New GNOME Foundation Members
On 04/09/09 01:03, Bruno Boaventura wrote: Hello everybody! The GNOME Foundation Membership Committee is pleased to present the new members: - Andrew Stormont - Jonny Lamb - Li Yuan Welcome on board Yuan! :) - Martin Picek If your name is on the list above, you're welcome!!! Feel embraced! Being part of GNOME Foundation you're contributing more with GNOME. If you aren't on the list, and you are close of one of them, please say Welcome to GNOME Foundation and embrace them. At your service, GNOME Foundation Membership Committee ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Call for hackfest ideas
While this may not be a hot topic on everyone mind, but that fit the criteria that Luis and many others have raised: - Integrated Printer Management across different print systems via DBUS interfaces thus allow different printer management tools to function in across distros and platforms (KDE/GNOME). Ideally maintainers for each of the existing printer management tools should come together to agree on some standard interfaces and develop a tool that GNOME can bless. Just my 2 cents, -Ghee Vincent Untz wrote: Hi, I guess most people have read various blog posts about how the GTK+ hackfest went, and I've heard there'll be a small report about it too. But the general feeling seems to be that it was really useful. One of the things the Board wants to see happen this year is hackfests, and the fact that the GTK+ one was a success is a good sign that we should do this :-) But to make this happen, we need help from the community to come up with ideas of hackfests and we also need help from volunteers to lead this effort. So if you can think of a topic that would be suitable for a hackfest, please talk about it with a few people and share your idea. For budget reasons, it'd be better to keep the hackfests small (ie, not too many people). Note that a good hackfest is not just a good topic: you need to have the right people and a good agenda so that things actually get done. Thanks, Vincent ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: On Boston Summit organization and delegation [was Re: A question to candidates]
Part of the issue is the Boston Summit is always in Boston where as GUADEC can always get fresh enthusiastic teams to help out. This is because in order to become a host city for GUADEC you already have to have a team assembled to make and sell a bid. This is helped by the fact that host cities and organizers often see prestige in hosting GUADEC. Have the board paused and thought why the Summit has to be Boston? Is it because most hackers work around Boston? May be it was the case. Is it still true now? Are there other locations that substantial number of hackers are around? Just some thoughts :) -Ghee ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Resigning from the board
Congrats on becoming father third time! Thank you for all the hard work you put in as a Board member :) Does this also implies there is a going to be by-election (first one ever) :) ? -Ghee Dave Neary wrote: Hi all, As some of you have noticed, I'm not at GUADEC this year. The reason is a happy one - Anne is going to be giving birth sometime over the next couple of weeks (I'll keep ye posted). The combination of the arrival of a third child, and a change in role at work over the past few weeks, have meant that I've reevaluated the committment I can make to the board of the foundation. In all honesty, I can't guarantee that I will be able to do justice to my position as board member for the second half of the year, a period when the board is usually more effective than during the first part. So I prefer to leave my place to someone with more energy ideas, and to leave the board at a time when I am still relatively happy with how I've done. I hereby resign my seat on the board. I have had a great two and a half years on the board, and I'd like to thank everyone with whom I've served - Owen Taylor, Luis Villa, Jody Goldberg, Daniel Veillard, Jonathan Blandford, Federico Mena-Quintero, Tim Ney, Miguel de Icaza, Murray Cumming, Christian Schaller, Jeff Waugh, Anne Oestergaard, Vincent Untz, Quim Gil, Glynn Foster, Behdad Esfahbod. Thanks also to everyone who has voted for me through the last 3 elections. I'd like to wish all the best to the board for the rest of the year, and good luck to the person who replaces me. Cheers, Dave. ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Candidacy :: Glynn Foster
Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Federico Mena Quintero On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 11:26 +1300, Glynn Foster wrote: I don't want to be a rock star, I just want to help. If more suitable candidates are running, I'm happy to cheer them from the sidelines. Too late, Glynn, you *are* already a rock star :) I feel there is a subtle distinction missing in the semantics of ROCK: We have people who are rockstars, and we have people who rock. These are not mutually exclusive. :-) So what are you Jeff, one who rocks or a rockstar? I am waiting for your submission of candidacy! (After reading your blog about where your heart really lies, what excuse do you give for not putting your name forwards :). -Ghee P.S. I think you are a Rock Star - Jeff ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Plans for GUADEC 2007, yes 2007
Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Rodrigo Moya whatever distro is being used/promoted in Lithuania, I myself would be really happy to see GUADEC there. Once we conquer Eastern Europe, Russia and Asia are very close :) And we won't even need elephants! :-) Of course the most challenging task then is to come up with proper way to pronouce GUADWC :) -Ghee - Jeff ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Distribution branding of GNOME
Alan Cox wrote: On Mer, 2005-03-09 at 15:43, Calum Benson wrote: they're "Based on the OpenOffice.org project". No joy as yet unfortunately, but we do at least retain the "About GNOME" dialog and the contributor list. This is actually one issue that has come up with requests for the GPL revisions - to have equivalent text for the credits dialog/page as for the standard out console message prohibiting its removal. Interesting suggestion. Could GPL revisions eventually evolved in such a way that it loses the 'Free' as in freedom :) -Ghee ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
