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Hi Ryan,
If any, in what direction would you change gnome after being elected?
Kind regards,
Philip
On 18/05/2015 22:43, Ryan Lortie wrote:
> karaj,
>
> I am announcing my candidacy for the board of directors.
>
> If elected, this would be my sec
karaj,
I am announcing my candidacy for the board of directors.
If elected, this would be my second time on the board.
I have been a GNOME developer during many years, mostly on lower-level
things.
I am currently affiliated with Canonical where I am in the desktop team,
mostly in context of wor
It is wise to leave most technical decisions to the people who will do
the technical work, but this is not a rule, just a good default.
These people will generally try to decide based on the practical
usefulness and popularity of the one project they are working on.
For most questions, that's the r
Le dimanche 22 mai 2011 à 20:00 -0400, Ryan Lortie a écrit :
> name: Ryan Lortie
> nick: desrt
> affiliation: Codethink Limited
>
> I am announcing my intention to run as a candidate in the upcoming
> election for the board of directors.
[snip]
Isn't your candidacy just a att
hi Andrew,
On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 17:16 +1000, Andrew Cowie wrote:
> Oracle unilaterally announced a new governing board mandating 3/5 of
> whom had nothing to do with the project and/or were from companies not
> contributing to the project. And then they started making technical
> pronouncements
Thanks for the responses, Ryan.
Ryan Lortie wrote:
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> hi Allan,
>
> On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 14:59 +0100, Allan Day wrote:
> > * Do you have any concrete ideas of what 'strong and coordinated
> > technical leadership' would involve? It sounds very nic
On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 14:39 -0400, john palmieri wrote:
> I appreciate that we are talking about the technical board as an "open
> question" but I fear it could be used as a political tool to override
> the decision making process that already exists in the meritocracy.
> By giving a board this pow
Hi Ryan,
Thanks for your answers. They were thoughtful, as you are.
On Mon 23 May 2011 22:38, Ryan Lortie writes:
> More generally, though, during the last cycle I've heard a lot of talk
> from many different people about many decisions that seemed to be made
> in an opaque way. The removal o
hi Andy,
On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 20:58 +0200, Andy Wingo wrote:
> > For a while the foundation board has largely taken a hands-off approach
> > when it comes to technical decisions. In my opinion this has allowed a
> > number of problems to develop.
>
> Can you mention some examples?
The most pr
Hi Ryan,
On Mon 23 May 2011 02:00, Ryan Lortie writes:
> For a while the foundation board has largely taken a hands-off approach
> when it comes to technical decisions. In my opinion this has allowed a
> number of problems to develop.
Can you mention some examples?
> I believe, however, that
I appreciate that we are talking about the technical board as an "open
question" but I fear it could be used as a political tool to override
the decision making process that already exists in the meritocracy.
By giving a board this power you basically allow people who may not
even be active in vari
On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 13:51 -0400, Ryan Lortie wrote:
> hi Philip,
>
> (keeping in mind that creating a technical board is very much an open
> question)
>
> On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 19:48 +0200, Philip Van Hoof wrote:
> > - Will all foundation members get a single vote?
>
> That was indeed my inte
On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 11:00 -0400, Ryan Lortie wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 14:59 +0100, Allan Day wrote:
> > * Do you have any concrete ideas of what 'strong and coordinated
> > technical leadership' would involve? It sounds very nice and all, but
> > I'd like to hear some specifics before I ca
hi Philip,
(keeping in mind that creating a technical board is very much an open
question)
On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 19:48 +0200, Philip Van Hoof wrote:
> - Will all foundation members get a single vote?
That was indeed my intention.
I think your other proposals are too difficult to implement and
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hi Allan,
On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 14:59 +0100, Allan Day wrote:
> * Do you have any concrete ideas of what 'strong and coordinated
> technical leadership' would involve? It sounds very nice and all, but
> I'd like to hear some specifics before I cast my
On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 14:59 +0100, Allan Day wrote:
> That said, some questions:
>
> * Do you have any concrete ideas of what 'strong and coordinated
> technical leadership' would involve? It sounds very nice and all, but
> I'd like to hear some specifics before I cast my vote. ;)
>
> * If you
Hi Ryan,
Ryan Lortie wrote:
> name: Ryan Lortie
> nick: desrt
> affiliation: Codethink Limited
>
> I am announcing my intention to run as a candidate in the upcoming
> election for the board of directors.
>
>
> (( me ))
>
> I've been around the GNOME project for a bit more
name: Ryan Lortie
nick: desrt
affiliation: Codethink Limited
I am announcing my intention to run as a candidate in the upcoming
election for the board of directors.
(( me ))
I've been around the GNOME project for a bit more than half a decade. I
started in some rather user-
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