Re: A few questions for the candidates
On 06/01/2010 02:30 PM, Vincent Untz wrote: Hi, I originally wanted to have some questions included in the list of questions sent by the membership committee, but I feel like waiting for Friday while the voting period is already opened is waiting a long time and I'm not being patient here :-) I apologize because some of those questions are most likely a bit easier to answer for people who are already on the board... 1) I've read with interest the mails from the candidates announcing they're running, and most (if not all -- I didn't double-check) include some motivations with examples of what they'd be interested in working on. Why are those tasks/ideas things you cannot work on while not being on the board? When you asked me this previous years, I've ended up not running. However, as I want to focus on upstream and downstream relationship this year, talking with advisory board partners while on the board as part of that will be what I'll do. 2) What are your non-usual (ie, not code, not translations, not documentation, etc.) contributions as a GNOME Foundation member? (organizing events, pushing people to do things, finding sponsors, etc. are all possible answers) I've helped organize release parties in the Gothenburg area for GNOME and Ubuntu in order to bring more excitement around those projects and connect local free software people. I've also been trying to push GNOME marketing stuff, and at other times, others have pushed me. 3) What is your opinion on the co-location of Akademy and GUADEC in 2011? And if you think it was not the best choice, will you still be able to help it happen? What I found it difficult with the GCDS conference was that even though they were co-localized, from my experience, interaction between the teams were not as common as it could have been. KDE people went to KDE talks, GNOME people went to GNOME talks... And people are lazy and hang out with their old buddies anyway. Do I still think it's worth another shot and are willing to help it happen? Sure, but we need to make sure to keep those social bits in mind. 4) How much free time per week do you think you will be able to allocate for the board? (I'm very well aware that this could be 0 for some weeks, and 100% of your time for other weeks; I'm just asking in general) 10 hours per week. 5) Are you okay giving up some of your current GNOME responsabilities/activities to join the board? (give up a maintainer hat, or hack less, or participate less in a specific team) Or do you think it won't be necessary and why? (I know it's a bit related to the previous question :-)) I would give up some of the GNOME website hacking if we got new, kickass contributors so I could lean back and just point in the air. ;) 6) Will you be interested in being treasurer, president or secretary if elected? If yes, which role and why? For president, I don't have enough experience, and know others I would like to see fill that role. Treasurer means I would need to keep good track of cash, so no. Secretary, yes, if needed. 7) What do you think of the current GNOME Foundation budget? Had you read it at least once before reading this mail? (it's okay if you didn't look at it before, btw) Being frank here. No, I did not read it before (it is slightly tricky to find). 8) What do you think our next fundraising campaign should be about? (I'd love to not read 11 times the same answer, thanks :-)) We need a sysadmin next year too, so I would say that. However, in the long run, it would probably be better to have enough breathing room to fund that through other means. Asking for help with funding for printed material (including t-shirts) for local events and events box is a good idea I think. 9) Will you be at GUADEC this year? (there's a board meeting and an advisory board meeting there) Of course. 10) Make or break question: what's your favorite french expression? Le français est la langue des dieux [1] 1. http://translate.google.com/#en|fr|French%20is%20the%20language%20of%20gods - Andreas ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: A few questions for the candidates
On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 23:30 +0200, Vincent Untz wrote: Hi, I originally wanted to have some questions included in the list of questions sent by the membership committee, but I feel like waiting for Friday while the voting period is already opened is waiting a long time and I'm not being patient here :-) I apologize because some of those questions are most likely a bit easier to answer for people who are already on the board... 1) I've read with interest the mails from the candidates announcing they're running, and most (if not all -- I didn't double-check) include some motivations with examples of what they'd be interested in working on. Why are those tasks/ideas things you cannot work on while not being on the board? It's mostly the responsabilities associated with the position (insert Spiderman quote). When in contact with corporation, I usually list my credentials (GNOME developer, developer at Red Hat), even when contacting companies on behalf of my GNOME projects. The reason is simple, it adds more weight to my arguments. I would probably be able to get to the same type of answers from the people I discuss with, but would also be able to present them more readily on behalf of the Foundation. 2) What are your non-usual (ie, not code, not translations, not documentation, etc.) contributions as a GNOME Foundation member? (organizing events, pushing people to do things, finding sponsors, etc. are all possible answers) Helped in the organisation of the GUADEC in Birmingham (wettest GUADEC ever, and it poured for 4 days when we were in Sevilla), and organising the FreeFA tournament on a couple of occasions. 3) What is your opinion on the co-location of Akademy and GUADEC in 2011? And if you think it was not the best choice, will you still be able to help it happen? I wasn't too fond of the clique aspect at GCDS, but if commitments are already made, then we'll make sure it happens. We'd still need to discuss the repercussions (financial, social and technical) from GCDS before diving into another co-hosting in the future. 4) How much free time per week do you think you will be able to allocate for the board? (I'm very well aware that this could be 0 for some weeks, and 100% of your time for other weeks; I'm just asking in general) I would expect to be able to give it a day of work a week. 5) Are you okay giving up some of your current GNOME responsabilities/activities to join the board? (give up a maintainer hat, or hack less, or participate less in a specific team) Or do you think it won't be necessary and why? (I know it's a bit related to the previous question :-)) I don't think you have to be on the board to do that (thanks Ross!), and I hope it won't be necessary for my case. And I really don't mind people implementing my ideas for me. Delegating is what a maintainer should do :) 6) Will you be interested in being treasurer, president or secretary if elected? If yes, which role and why? I already have ideas on who I'd like to be president, if we are both elected. And accounting isn't my forte :) 7) What do you think of the current GNOME Foundation budget? Had you read it at least once before reading this mail? (it's okay if you didn't look at it before, btw) As I mentioned in my candidacy, I think we have margin for growth through partnerships with other companies (that might not even have Free Software, or GNOME relations). I did not look at the breakdown of the budget beyond that. 8) What do you think our next fundraising campaign should be about? (I'd love to not read 11 times the same answer, thanks :-)) See 7), and my candidacy. 9) Will you be at GUADEC this year? (there's a board meeting and an advisory board meeting there) Yes. I wanted to make a joke about visiting the museum of torture on the Sunday, but realised it was an Amsterdam attraction :) 10) Make or break question: what's your favorite french expression? Allez les Bleus! :) Cheers ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: A few questions for the candidates
Vincent, Those are very good questions. See my reply in lines. 2010/6/2 Vincent Untz vu...@gnome.org Hi, I originally wanted to have some questions included in the list of questions sent by the membership committee, but I feel like waiting for Friday while the voting period is already opened is waiting a long time and I'm not being patient here :-) I apologize because some of those questions are most likely a bit easier to answer for people who are already on the board... 1) I've read with interest the mails from the candidates announcing they're running, and most (if not all -- I didn't double-check) include some motivations with examples of what they'd be interested in working on. Why are those tasks/ideas things you cannot work on while not being on the board? I will continue doing what I am doing now to contribute to GNOME, continue grow the GNOME in Asian countries and local Beijing GNOME Users Group, even I am not in the board. Join the board means more responsibility and higher view of how to run the GNOME Foundation. Spread the latest news to my areas as well as provide feedback to board at the first time. 2) What are your non-usual (ie, not code, not translations, not documentation, etc.) contributions as a GNOME Foundation member? (organizing events, pushing people to do things, finding sponsors, etc. are all possible answers) - Bring the GNOME to Asia. Start to build GNOME.Asia Summit, from Beijing to HoChiMinh, this year go to Taiwan. - Build local GNOME community, like Beijing GNOME Users Group. - Encourage students to work on GNOME projects under Gsoc - Find sponsors for GNOME.Asia 3) What is your opinion on the co-location of Akademy and GUADEC in 2011? And if you think it was not the best choice, will you still be able to help it happen? From the event organizing perspective, that's good to share the sponsors and cost, get all the people with the same interests together. Form the project and platform's perspective, that's helpful for both KDE and GNOME's future road map. 4) How much free time per week do you think you will be able to allocate for the board? (I'm very well aware that this could be 0 for some weeks, and 100% of your time for other weeks; I'm just asking in general) I can work 20% of the working hour with my manager's support. Also, I can use my spare time if needed. Currently, I work 10 hours on GNOME.Asia and Beijing GNOME Users Group each week. I can expect that I will spend more time if was able to join the board. 5) Are you okay giving up some of your current GNOME responsabilities/activities to join the board? (give up a maintainer hat, or hack less, or participate less in a specific team) Or do you think it won't be necessary and why? (I know it's a bit related to the previous question :-)) I don't know if I will give up some responsibilities, but I am sure I will give up some of my spare time. 6) Will you be interested in being treasurer, president or secretary if elected? If yes, which role and why? I am OK with any role which is needed. 7) What do you think of the current GNOME Foundation budget? Had you read it at least once before reading this mail? (it's okay if you didn't look at it before, btw) Yes, I read it several times. I think It is very transparent and well documented. I like the way to run the Foundation. 8) What do you think our next fundraising campaign should be about? (I'd love to not read 11 times the same answer, thanks :-)) I am thinking about GNOME store. I am planning to bring GNOME store in Asian countries. We can start from China, put GNOME store on line and on the third party online shopping website like Taobao, ebay etc. I am currently still thinking about the detail of implement this idea. 9) Will you be at GUADEC this year? (there's a board meeting and an advisory board meeting there) Yes, I plan to go GUADEC. Plus I have submit a talk in GUADEC. 10) Make or break question: what's your favorite french expression? Ha, I need Google translate's help to answer this question: Bonjour Thanks, Emily Thanks, Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. ___ 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: A few questions for the candidates
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 11:30 PM, Vincent Untz vu...@gnome.org wrote: Hi, I originally wanted to have some questions included in the list of questions sent by the membership committee, but I feel like waiting for Friday while the voting period is already opened is waiting a long time and I'm not being patient here :-) I apologize because some of those questions are most likely a bit easier to answer for people who are already on the board... 1) I've read with interest the mails from the candidates announcing they're running, and most (if not all -- I didn't double-check) include some motivations with examples of what they'd be interested in working on. Why are those tasks/ideas things you cannot work on while not being on the board? Some of my points can be worked on without the board yet I missing the overview in some areas and some others need official representatives from companies or organizations. Being on board will ease the planning and and organizing these meetings with set parties. 2) What are your non-usual (ie, not code, not translations, not documentation, etc.) contributions as a GNOME Foundation member? (organizing events, pushing people to do things, finding sponsors, etc. are all possible answers) If being a mentor for GSoC counts then yes. Else I only did coding. (Does allowing Vincent to beat me in Mario Kart to boost his ego count?) 3) What is your opinion on the co-location of Akademy and GUADEC in 2011? And if you think it was not the best choice, will you still be able to help it happen? I am actually for it since it motivates and pushes for cross-desktop development and communication. 4) How much free time per week do you think you will be able to allocate for the board? (I'm very well aware that this could be 0 for some weeks, and 100% of your time for other weeks; I'm just asking in general) to be very honest i think 10 - 20 hours per week at maximum... 5) Are you okay giving up some of your current GNOME responsabilities/activities to join the board? (give up a maintainer hat, or hack less, or participate less in a specific team) Or do you think it won't be necessary and why? (I know it's a bit related to the previous question :-)) I don't think I will be giving away responsibilities or activities since most of the work I did or do is caught up by my team and maintained by them... So my role with them is more or less organizational than coding. I just chip in now and then with some prototypes and bugs for them to look at and take in if they like. I plan to do the same thing if elected for board, by motivating community members to take actions and drive them into solving issues. 6) Will you be interested in being treasurer, president or secretary if elected? If yes, which role and why? No not really, since I would rather observe people taking over these roles first and learn from their experience 7) What do you think of the current GNOME Foundation budget? Had you read it at least once before reading this mail? (it's okay if you didn't look at it before, btw) I read it a week ago before deciding to run for candidacy (someone tipped me to do so) and while I am very surprised by the income and outcome, there should be a security buffer of 20% at least... This is a point I think should be discussed by the board and community. 8) What do you think our next fundraising campaign should be about? (I'd love to not read 11 times the same answer, thanks :-)) Help your app: By donating money to your favorite app you get your name mentioned in a new Thank you tab in the About dialog of an app. 9) Will you be at GUADEC this year? (there's a board meeting and an advisory board meeting there) Yes 10) Make or break question: what's your favorite french expresision? The french bits of the Les Poissons song from the Little Mermaid Thanks, Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list Je vous en prie, Seif ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: A few questions for the candidates
2010/6/2 Seif Lotfy s...@lotfy.com: I read it a week ago before deciding to run for candidacy (someone tipped me to do so) and while I am very surprised by the income and outcome, there should be a security buffer of 20% at least... This is a point I think should be discussed by the board and community. I'm not sure what you mean by a 20% security buffer. We do have money in the bank that would get us through a difficult time period. (How much time depends on whether we kept running as usual or whether we scaled back.) Given that buffer, our goal is to use the money we bring in every year in activities that support our mission. (Thanks to Vincent for asking this question, I hope it prompts lots more people to read to read the GNOME Foundation budget and goals and give feedback.) Stormy ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: A few questions for the candidates
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Vincent Untz vu...@gnome.org wrote: 1) I've read with interest the mails from the candidates announcing they're running, and most (if not all -- I didn't double-check) include some motivations with examples of what they'd be interested in working on. Why are those tasks/ideas things you cannot work on while not being on the board? I guess it's one of those scenarios where if you're not fully committed to an idea/project then it is hard for you to make it a priority. I mean, anyone should be able to lend a helping hand to the Board, but when people have other things happening in their lives, no matter how well intentioned they may be, things they are not directly involved with sort fall by the way side. I feel that once I'm 100% involved with the Board duties, I will be able to work on the those ideas and get feedback from the other Board members. 2) What are your non-usual (ie, not code, not translations, not documentation, etc.) contributions as a GNOME Foundation member? (organizing events, pushing people to do things, finding sponsors, etc. are all possible answers) In my case it would be advocacy. I happen to live in an area with a very rich open source environment, with lots of companies (Red Hat, rPath, to name a few) doing some direct work to bring this technology to the world. There are several local user groups covering pretty much all the popular environments and programming languages, who meet at regular dates throughout the year. I try to attend some of them and when I do, I always make sure to wear my GNOME hat. So I get to talk to a lot of people and tell them about the GNOME project, what it stands for, and point them to the area that they may be interested in helping, etc. 3) What is your opinion on the co-location of Akademy and GUADEC in 2011? And if you think it was not the best choice, will you still be able to help it happen? I was there when the first one took place and I felt that it was a great step toward bring the 2 communities closer together! I feel that we have so much to offer to one another and by holding co-located events we can shorten the gap between us. I'd also love to see Xfce and LXDE people join us and maybe have a series of discussion boards where we could hear what other developers/hackers are working on and see if there's anything in common that we can work together and avoid redundancy. Obviously, there's a balance that we have to keep in mind so that community specific sessions are scheduled to avoid making a co-located event too generic. After all, one of the main points of Akademy and GUADEC is to present and have discussions about the future of each project. 4) How much free time per week do you think you will be able to allocate for the board? (I'm very well aware that this could be 0 for some weeks, and 100% of your time for other weeks; I'm just asking in general) I should be able to spend an average of 12-14 hours/week 5) Are you okay giving up some of your current GNOME responsabilities/activities to join the board? (give up a maintainer hat, or hack less, or participate less in a specific team) Or do you think it won't be necessary and why? (I know it's a bit related to the previous question :-)) When I decided to run for the board I made a commitment to the GNOME community. If I am elected I will most definitely pass the torch of some of the other projects I'm currently involved with so that I can completely focus on being a good member and do a good job together with my fellow Board members. Short answer: yes, I am ok with passing on some of my responsibilities to join the board! 6) Will you be interested in being treasurer, president or secretary if elected? If yes, which role and why? I would be very interested in serving as the secretary. I feel that this role allows for a very clear and complete view of how the board operates! Some people may see some of the tasks as tedious (taking notes, writing minutes, etc) but I see it as a great opportunity to learn the ins and outs of how the Board and the entire community works! 7) What do you think of the current GNOME Foundation budget? Had you read it at least once before reading this mail? (it's okay if you didn't look at it before, btw) I have read the last 2 budgets and the first thing I have to say is that it is a very clear and well documented piece of document, so I tip my hat to the treasurer for a great job! One thing that comes to mind is: couldn't we have sponsored more local hackfests? Would it be possible to have more of them in different parts of the globe? It is my goal to learn everything about out budget so that I can better understand the overall financial situation of the entire project and hopefully be able to contribute with any insight I may come across to the marketing team! 8) What do you think our next fundraising campaign should be about? (I'd love to not read 11
Re: A few questions for the candidates
Em Ter, 2010-06-01 às 23:30 +0200, Vincent Untz escreveu: Hi, Hi Vincent, hi all. 1) I've read with interest the mails from the candidates announcing they're running, and most (if not all -- I didn't double-check) include some motivations with examples of what they'd be interested in working on. Why are those tasks/ideas things you cannot work on while not being on the board? Indeed I can help GNOME even not being in the board. That's what I already do. The point is that I think I can help *more* by being part of it. Why? Because I'd discuss directly in a small team that can actually get things done (that's why that team exists btw). 2) What are your non-usual (ie, not code, not translations, not documentation, etc.) contributions as a GNOME Foundation member? (organizing events, pushing people to do things, finding sponsors, etc. are all possible answers) This is already answered in my candidacy ;) I'll paste here: I contribute to GNOME in - code, translation - spreading GNOME: I'm always giving talks in Brazil about GNOME and how to contribute. - kind of coordinate GNOME Brazil: motivating users, managing Planet, managing mailing lists, etc - now that you mentioned it, I remembered: I'm also trying to find a way to Brazilian people donate money to the Foundation in a 'more brazilian way'. 3) What is your opinion on the co-location of Akademy and GUADEC in 2011? And if you think it was not the best choice, will you still be able to help it happen? Personally, I'm not a big fan of this. Of course, I can live with that. I think if we need to work together with other teams, we could do that in a hackfest for example. GUADEC is the GNOME event, it's kind weird to meet people around wearing kde shirts :) 4) How much free time per week do you think you will be able to allocate for the board? (I'm very well aware that this could be 0 for some weeks, and 100% of your time for other weeks; I'm just asking in general) I think 10h-15h a week. 5) Are you okay giving up some of your current GNOME responsabilities/activities to join the board? (give up a maintainer hat, or hack less, or participate less in a specific team) Or do you think it won't be necessary and why? (I know it's a bit related to the previous question :-)) I'm aware of this, for sure. The area I could leave is translation, once Brazilian team currently has great man power. 6) Will you be interested in being treasurer, president or secretary if elected? If yes, which role and why? I'd prefer not to pick any of these positions right now. As I'd be a new director, I think I need first to learn how things work in these areas. I'd be happy to work in general activities, like to be close to the Marketing team. 7) What do you think of the current GNOME Foundation budget? Had you read it at least once before reading this mail? (it's okay if you didn't look at it before, btw) I think it's a bit confusing. Perhaps with GNUCash effort going on things become easier to read and understand. 8) What do you think our next fundraising campaign should be about? (I'd love to not read 11 times the same answer, thanks :-)) Maybe not answering directly your question, but: I think we should be more aggressive asking for donations directly in the desktop. gnome-about should do this job for us. This is related to a thread started yesterday in marketing list (which I've replied). 9) Will you be at GUADEC this year? (there's a board meeting and an advisory board meeting there) Yes! 10) Make or break question: what's your favorite french expression? I pass... :( Thanks, Vincent Cheers, -- Jonh Wendell http://www.bani.com.br ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
A few questions for the candidates
Hi, I originally wanted to have some questions included in the list of questions sent by the membership committee, but I feel like waiting for Friday while the voting period is already opened is waiting a long time and I'm not being patient here :-) I apologize because some of those questions are most likely a bit easier to answer for people who are already on the board... 1) I've read with interest the mails from the candidates announcing they're running, and most (if not all -- I didn't double-check) include some motivations with examples of what they'd be interested in working on. Why are those tasks/ideas things you cannot work on while not being on the board? 2) What are your non-usual (ie, not code, not translations, not documentation, etc.) contributions as a GNOME Foundation member? (organizing events, pushing people to do things, finding sponsors, etc. are all possible answers) 3) What is your opinion on the co-location of Akademy and GUADEC in 2011? And if you think it was not the best choice, will you still be able to help it happen? 4) How much free time per week do you think you will be able to allocate for the board? (I'm very well aware that this could be 0 for some weeks, and 100% of your time for other weeks; I'm just asking in general) 5) Are you okay giving up some of your current GNOME responsabilities/activities to join the board? (give up a maintainer hat, or hack less, or participate less in a specific team) Or do you think it won't be necessary and why? (I know it's a bit related to the previous question :-)) 6) Will you be interested in being treasurer, president or secretary if elected? If yes, which role and why? 7) What do you think of the current GNOME Foundation budget? Had you read it at least once before reading this mail? (it's okay if you didn't look at it before, btw) 8) What do you think our next fundraising campaign should be about? (I'd love to not read 11 times the same answer, thanks :-)) 9) Will you be at GUADEC this year? (there's a board meeting and an advisory board meeting there) 10) Make or break question: what's your favorite french expression? Thanks, Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: A few questions for the candidates
Vincent: 1) I've read with interest the mails from the candidates announcing they're running, and most (if not all -- I didn't double-check) include some motivations with examples of what they'd be interested in working on. Why are those tasks/ideas things you cannot work on while not being on the board? Several tasks that I work on for the board are, in fact, things I could do if I weren't on the board. If I am not elected, I anticipate that I would continue participating on GNOME marketing, legal, and other areas. As a board member I act as Stormy's manager and as secretary. I would unlikely be in a position to continue providing these sorts of services to the board if I were not a board member. 2) What are your non-usual (ie, not code, not translations, not documentation, etc.) contributions as a GNOME Foundation member? (organizing events, pushing people to do things, finding sponsors, etc. are all possible answers) I have organized or helped to organize several GNOME events including the GNOME Usability hackfest and GNOME.Asia (3 years running). I also tend to be involved with getting things done on the GNOME Marketing, Usability, legal, and the new developing world mailing lists. 3) What is your opinion on the co-location of Akademy and GUADEC in 2011? And if you think it was not the best choice, will you still be able to help it happen? I think that free software communities should work together to battle our true competition, those proprietary desktops. I think co-located events helps with fostering this attitude and cross-platform solutions. 4) How much free time per week do you think you will be able to allocate for the board? (I'm very well aware that this could be 0 for some weeks, and 100% of your time for other weeks; I'm just asking in general) I currently spend about 8-12 hours per week working on Foundation activities. I anticipate this will continue. 5) Are you okay giving up some of your current GNOME responsabilities/activities to join the board? (give up a maintainer hat, or hack less, or participate less in a specific team) Or do you think it won't be necessary and why? (I know it's a bit related to the previous question :-)) I have found that I hack less since serving on the board, but I still find time to co-maintain GDM, work on multimedia, and work in other areas on the desktop. 6) Will you be interested in being treasurer, president or secretary if elected? If yes, which role and why? If elected, I anticipate I will serve as secretary again. Though I would consider a different position if someone else really wants to be secretary. 7) What do you think of the current GNOME Foundation budget? Had you read it at least once before reading this mail? (it's okay if you didn't look at it before, btw) Last year there was a real concern about the budget and how The GNOME Foundation would be able to continue covering costs associated with having Stormy as an employee. I think the work done over the past year to raise funds by doubling the advisory board fees, improving Friends of GNOME, and the great work done to find sponsors for various events and projects has put The GNOME Foundation in a good position moving forward. 8) What do you think our next fundraising campaign should be about? (I'd love to not read 11 times the same answer, thanks :-)) I think The GNOME Foundation should do a Friends of GNOME outreach program to GNOME users. Statistics show that most people who donate are users, not developers. However, we have never effectively done a marketing campaign directed towards our usres. 9) Will you be at GUADEC this year? (there's a board meeting and an advisory board meeting there) Yes, I plan to be there. 10) Make or break question: what's your favorite french expression? Tu n'as rien de mieux à faire? Brian ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: A few questions for the candidates
On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 23:30 +0200, Vincent Untz wrote: Hi, I originally wanted to have some questions included in the list of questions sent by the membership committee, but I feel like waiting for Friday while the voting period is already opened is waiting a long time and I'm not being patient here :-) I apologize because some of those questions are most likely a bit easier to answer for people who are already on the board... Hi Vincent, 10 questions is more than a few, I'm glad you were not treasurer this year! I just wanted to reply quick that I am traveling on business in Taiwan and about to head out for the day and may not have an opportunity to respond right away as I fly back first ting tomorrow as well. As soon as I can I will be happy to respond to your questions. Thank you. Paul ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
