Re: [guadec-list] Registration for GUADEC 2019 is now open!

On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 7:33 AM, Bastien Nocera wrote: I also noticed that the "free" registration option went away. Is that on purpose? In previous years, the registration fee was structured as a donation rather than a mandatory purchase. Rumor has it this was to avoid a repeat of the tax

Re: Minutes of the board meeting of June 24, 2019

On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 10:42 AM, meg ford wrote: Yeah, I’m wondering why LAS is going to be in Europe. Is it being co-hosted with a KDE event? Will it be held with GINA? I’m happy it won’t be in the US because travel here, etc, is not good right now. But it’s also too bad that we’ll lose our

Re: Minutes of the board meeting of June 24, 2019

On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 5:33 PM, Philip Chimento via foundation-list wrote: Suggested dates are November 19–21 Any later than Aug 14-19 will lose US university students, for the second year in a row (most schools here will start on the 26th next year). It's also very very late for GSoC

Re: Announcing Board of Directors Elections 2019: revamped timeline

On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 7:12 AM, Andrea Veri wrote: I didn't express myself clearly enough: I really meant we haven't received enough candidacies for the elections and the voting phase to begin, thus the need to extend the timelines. We currently collected a total of 5 candidates, 2 to go for

Re: Minutes of the board meeting of April 29, 2019

On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 4:35 AM, Tobias Mueller wrote: I guess these plans are news to most members. I had suggested a similar change a couple years ago. My intention had nothing to do with the operations of the board; I just want to make our elections more meaningful and competitive. When

Re: Minutes of the Foundation Board, 19th June

On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 10:04 AM, Allan Day wrote: * URGENT - LuNel/Odoo development cost (Neil) * This has been on the agenda for a few weeks and has become urgent. Neil - GnuCash is difficult to use and loses our financial data. We've been trialing Odoo. It has an enterprise/community

Re: Board of Directors Elections 2018 - Candidacy - Allan Day

On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 3:58 PM, Allan Day wrote: * Foundation expansion. The big news is that, thanks to the amazing support of an anonymous donor, the Foundation will soon be in a position to expand its operations. This will be a major shift for both the Foundation and the GNOME project. My

Re: Minutes of the Foundation Board, 22nd May

On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 2:24 PM, Benjamin Berg wrote: Will you make such an offer? If not, is there any reason to not make this offer in the future and in this case? Benjamin There is a good reason not to allow this: it would be sabotague of project history. In a

Re: Minutes of the Foundation Board, 27th February

On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 5:56 AM, Allan Day wrote: * VOTE: allocate $18,000 from restricted funds for two privacy internships - passed unanimously Yay! Thanks for putting these funds to good use. Is there any plan for the remaining $2000?