On Dec 3, 2007 3:16 PM, John (J5) Palmieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Would one of you guys like to put together a proposal including venue,
> costs and dates?
What do you say Adam? Are you in NC? Want to grab a cup of coffee and chat?
Cheers,
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On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 12:46 -0500, Adam Schreiber wrote:
> On Dec 3, 2007 12:41 PM, Og Maciel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > How about North Carolina? We have a great place with big name
> > companies, schools and exciting people.
>
> Seconded.
>
> Adam Schreiber
> *cough*Clemson University, Cle
On Dec 3, 2007 12:41 PM, Og Maciel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How about North Carolina? We have a great place with big name
> companies, schools and exciting people.
Seconded.
Adam Schreiber
*cough*Clemson University, Clemson, SC*cough*
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I think it would add value to spend more on marketing and on
evangelical community building opportunities. For example, Windows
and MacOS have flashy "Welcome to the desktop" presentations.
Perhaps it is time for the GNOME community to find ways to better
advertise itself.
It
On Sun, 2007-12-02 at 14:53 +0100, Kjartan Maraas wrote:
>
> > Just a note... I can probably find some good space at the University of
> > Toronto (Canada) if it was ever required. It is generally easier for
> > folks in some countries (like China, and Russia) to get visas to come
> > here, and
on., 28.11.2007 kl. 16.00 -0500, skrev David Bolter:
> Hi Jeff, all,
>
> Jeff Waugh wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> 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.
> >>>
> >> B
> About the hiring, it really depends. At first sight, I would prefer to
> hire an executive director because it would have more impact on GNOME
> Foundation actions (marketing, business partnerships, conferences,
> etc). However, if we can't find a really good person for the position,
> I would p
On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 07:53 +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> Perhaps a roaming Columbus Day weekend conference (still
> in the USA) would be a good thing?
s/USA/North America/
Canada do exist. And in that case Columbus day is Thanksgiving in Canada
so it might be wise to move the date a bit.
Hub
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Hi Jeff, all,
Jeff Waugh wrote:
>
>
>
>>
>>
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>>> 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.
>>>
>> Because there's a critical mass of developers there -- most of both the
>> Red Ha
>
>
> > 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.
>
> Because there's a critical mass of developers there -- most of both the
> Red Hat and Novell desktop teams.
Dan Winship points out on IRC t
> 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.
Because there's a critical mass of developers there -- most of both the Red
Hat and Novell desktop teams.
- Jeff
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On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 17:44 +, Ghee Teo wrote:
> > 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
> 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 ho
On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 05:57 -0500, Behdad Esfahbod wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 12:46 -0500, John (J5) Palmieri wrote:
> > Even if not elected I am an available Boston resident and would
> > be more than happy to help out.
>
> I'm sure you do, and you alredy showed that by organizing the poub n
> But if you look, I asked for help about Boston Summit on the boston-social
> list as early as June:
>
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/boston-social/2007-June/msg0.html
>
> and got no reply. I mailed at least three Boston residents directly and
> got no reply either. And I gave up and J
On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 12:46 -0500, John (J5) Palmieri wrote:
> Even if not elected I am an available Boston resident and would
> be more than happy to help out.
I'm sure you do, and you alredy showed that by organizing the poub night
this year. Thanks for that. But if you look, I asked for help
Questions have been asked from a few people. I will respond to them in
one email rather than clutter your mailbox...
### Dave Neary asks:
> What do you see as the best way to spend this money? In terms of
> hiring, do you prefer hiring a sysadmin, or an executive director?
> What other prior
> Well one week point is the board seems almost foreign to the every day
> GNOME contributor. People vote and pretty much forget about the inner
> workings until Slashdot gets a hold on some sensationalized story and a
> press release is put out and still to the outside world the role of the
> f
On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 18:11 +0100, Dave Neary wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I did send these to the membership committee, but voting's nearly open,
> and I think they're important, so I guess I'll just ask...
>
> The foundation's role is essentially to facilitate the enthusiasm of the
> GNOME project, as And
On Nov 22, 2007 12:11 PM, Dave Neary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> What do you see as the best way to spend this money? In terms of hiring,
> do you prefer hiring a sysadmin, or an executive director? What other
> priorities do you have for expenditure this year, outside of our usual
> cost center
Hi,
2007/11/23, Vincent Untz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Le vendredi 23 novembre 2007, à 14:42 +0100, Murray Cumming a écrit :
> > On Fri, 2007-11-23 at 01:18 +0100, Vincent Untz wrote:
> > [snip]
> > > Taking too much time to decide: it sometimes happen that we wait for a
> > > meeting or for another
Hi,
Jeff Waugh wrote:
>
>
>> This is generally caused by the habit of only making decisions in
>> meetings, instead of making decisions on the mailing list. And a tendency
>> to think that all decisions must be unanimous.
>
> A majority of the decisions this year were made on the mailing list,
Le vendredi 23 novembre 2007, à 14:42 +0100, Murray Cumming a écrit :
> On Fri, 2007-11-23 at 01:18 +0100, Vincent Untz wrote:
> [snip]
> > Taking too much time to decide: it sometimes happen that we wait for a
> > meeting or for another event to take a decision, while the decision is
> > pretty tr
> What do you see as the best way to spend this money? In terms of hiring,
> do you prefer hiring a sysadmin, or an executive director? What other
> priorities do you have for expenditure this year, outside of our usual
> cost centers (GUADEC + salaries + travel sponsorship)?
As many of the other
> This is generally caused by the habit of only making decisions in
> meetings, instead of making decisions on the mailing list. And a tendency
> to think that all decisions must be unanimous.
A majority of the decisions this year were made on the mailing list, with a
quorum consensus rather tha
On Fri, 2007-11-23 at 01:18 +0100, Vincent Untz wrote:
[snip]
> Taking too much time to decide: it sometimes happen that we wait for a
> meeting or for another event to take a decision, while the decision is
> pretty trivial. It might be related to my first item, since pinging
> people so they say
> (also I'm not sure why you mention GTK+ developers never requested a GTK+
> summit: it seems to me they did)
It's sort of in the middle -- they wanted to do one, but never really came
to the Board for support. We've always been 100% behind helping though! I'm
going to spend some time putting t
Le vendredi 23 novembre 2007, à 11:58 +0100, Dave Neary a écrit :
> For example, the board has included in the published budget a grant for
> a GTK+ summit, which GTK+ developers have never requested. Perhaps
> people expect the board to organise the thing as well as spend the
> money? Similarly, t
Hi,
Lucas Rocha wrote:
>> After two years without a full-time employee, the foundation's finances
>> are in a decent state, with $150K cash and $50K receivables [2].
...
> I think the best way to spend this money in 2008/2009 is:
> - To support (presential) activities that will facilitate contr
Hi Dave,
> I did send these to the membership committee, but voting's nearly open,
> and I think they're important, so I guess I'll just ask...
Ok.
> The foundation's role is essentially to facilitate the enthusiasm of the
> GNOME project, as Andrew Cowie blogged earlier [1]. This consists of tw
On Fri, 2007-11-23 at 02:10 -0300, Germán Poó-Caamaño wrote:
>
> This is new to me. I thought this was the way the board was trying to
> delegate.
Well, more recently it has been. But for most things that are brought
up to board, it's either not possible or not feasible to ask for help
publicly.
On Fri, 2007-11-23 at 01:18 +0100, Vincent Untz wrote:
> Le jeudi 22 novembre 2007, à 18:11 +0100, Dave Neary a écrit :
> [...]
> > A second question to all candidates: what do you see as the weak points
> > of the current board, and how do you propose addressing those weak points?
>
> [it's proba
Hi,
Le jeudi 22 novembre 2007, à 18:11 +0100, Dave Neary a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> I did send these to the membership committee, but voting's nearly open,
> and I think they're important, so I guess I'll just ask...
>
> The foundation's role is essentially to facilitate the enthusiasm of the
> GNOME p
> What do you see as the best way to spend this money?
Getting GNOME contributors together, face-to-face, to nut out the difficult
problems that are tough to solve in a distributed fashion.
> In terms of hiring, do you prefer hiring a sysadmin, or an executive
> director?
We must have a full t
Hi,
On 11/22/07, Dave Neary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I did send these to the membership committee, but voting's nearly open,
> and I think they're important, so I guess I'll just ask...
>
> The foundation's role is essentially to facilitate the enthusiasm of the
> GNOME project, as A
Hi,
I did send these to the membership committee, but voting's nearly open,
and I think they're important, so I guess I'll just ask...
The foundation's role is essentially to facilitate the enthusiasm of the
GNOME project, as Andrew Cowie blogged earlier [1]. This consists of two
major elements
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