Re: SFC, GNOME Foundation (WAS Re: Meeting Minutes Published - February 1st, 2011)

2011-02-22 Thread Paul Cutler
Hi all, Thanks for the feedback and I apologize for not responding sooner. We are currently looking into possible solutions - personally, I agree with Dave and Stormy's comments that GNOME should offer these services. We are looking into what the legal liability protection requirements are. Bra

Re: SFC, GNOME Foundation (WAS Re: Meeting Minutes Published - February 1st, 2011)

2011-02-21 Thread vasile
Bradley Kuhn can probably speak to this better than I can, but I want to note that to do the Conservancy right is a lot of work, depending on how active your member projects are. If GNOME decides to go down this path, I highly recommend you take Bradley out to dinner (he can be bribed with burrito

Re: Meeting Minutes Published - February 1st, 2011

2011-02-21 Thread Lefty
On Feb 18, 2011, at 12:12 PM, Dave Neary wrote: > Lefty wrote: >> On Feb 17, 2011, at 6:50 AM, Andrew Savory wrote: >>> By chance is the desktop environment for the Motorola Atrix laptop accessory based on LiMo? The desktop seems to have a strong resemblance to a GNOME desktop. >

Re: Meeting Minutes Published - February 1st, 2011

2011-02-18 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Lefty wrote: > On Feb 17, 2011, at 6:50 AM, Andrew Savory wrote: >> >>> By chance is the desktop environment for the Motorola Atrix laptop >>> accessory based on LiMo? The desktop seems to have a strong resemblance to >>> a GNOME desktop. >> It may be GNOME, but it's not LiMo that I'm aware

Re: SFC, GNOME Foundation (WAS Re: Meeting Minutes Published - February 1st, 2011)

2011-02-18 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Vincent Untz wrote: > Le vendredi 18 février 2011, à 10:24 -0700, Stormy Peters a écrit : >> I think we should be willing to do for GNOME projects what the SFC does for >> their projects. > > Big +1. That's one of the goals of the Foundation, imho; and as Stormy > points out, we already do th

Re: Meeting Minutes Published - February 1st, 2011

2011-02-18 Thread Lefty
On Feb 17, 2011, at 6:50 AM, Andrew Savory wrote: > > >> By chance is the desktop environment for the Motorola Atrix laptop accessory >> based on LiMo? The desktop seems to have a strong resemblance to a GNOME >> desktop. > > It may be GNOME, but it's not LiMo that I'm aware of. Whatever it'

Re: Meeting Minutes Published - February 1st, 2011

2011-02-18 Thread Juanjo Marin
On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 08:50 -0600, Andrew Savory wrote: > Hi, > > On 16 Feb 2011, at 22:09, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Dave Neary wrote: > > > >> LiMo uses GNOME technology. They continue to support the foundation's > >> activities on a case-by-case basis, b

Re: SFC, GNOME Foundation (WAS Re: Meeting Minutes Published - February 1st, 2011)

2011-02-18 Thread Vincent Untz
Le vendredi 18 février 2011, à 10:24 -0700, Stormy Peters a écrit : > I think we should be willing to do for GNOME projects what the SFC does for > their projects. Big +1. That's one of the goals of the Foundation, imho; and as Stormy points out, we already do that for some projects. Vincent --

SFC, GNOME Foundation (WAS Re: Meeting Minutes Published - February 1st, 2011)

2011-02-18 Thread Stormy Peters
Thanks, Brian, for the additional detail. On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Brian Cameron wrote: > > > * Orca / Software Freedom Conservancy >> o Discussions underway. The SFC is working to determine if it >>is possible for GNOME projects to join the SFC. >>

GNOME mobile and Limo Foundation - was (Re: Meeting Minutes Published - February 1st, 2011)

2011-02-18 Thread Frederic Muller
On 02/17/2011 10:50 PM, Andrew Savory wrote: That's a good summary. I worked hard to help prepare the business case to justify continuing involvement, but I was not involved in the final decision making process. I'm personally sorry that our involvement with GNOME was so brief and that we did

Re: Meeting Minutes Published - February 1st, 2011

2011-02-17 Thread Andrew Savory
Hi, On 16 Feb 2011, at 22:09, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Dave Neary wrote: > >> LiMo uses GNOME technology. They continue to support the foundation's >> activities on a case-by-case basis, but their executive director did not >> consider that the advisory board

Re: Meeting Minutes Published - February 1st, 2011

2011-02-17 Thread Stormy Peters
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Brian Cameron wrote: > >* Review past action items. >* Did each person with action items send their status reports to > the board list before the meeting? > Has this been happening? Some of the action items have been there for a long time. Some have

Re: Meeting Minutes Published - February 1st, 2011

2011-02-16 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Dave Neary wrote: > Hi, > > Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Gregory Leblanc > > > > Any details on this? Are they leaving for financial reasons, or > > philosophical ones? There's still a big banner on their website > >

Re: Meeting Minutes Published - February 1st, 2011

2011-02-16 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Gregory Leblanc > > Any details on this? Are they leaving for financial reasons, or > philosophical ones? There's still a big banner on their website > regarding the partnership with Gnome. Did they not just join the

Re: Meeting Minutes Published - February 1st, 2011

2011-02-16 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Gregory Leblanc < headmaster.albus.dumbled...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Brian Cameron > wrote: > >* LiMo is leaving the GNOME Advisory Board. > > Any details on this? Are they leaving for financial reasons, or > philosophical ones?

Re: Meeting Minutes Published - February 1st, 2011

2011-02-16 Thread Og Maciel
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Brian Cameron wrote: > Looking on the board mailing list archives, you did send regrets to the > list on February 1st.  So I think you did not attend. Thanks Brian. Fixed wiki appropriately. -- Og B. Maciel GNOME Foundation Board of Directors omac...@foresightli

Re: Meeting Minutes Published - February 1st, 2011

2011-02-16 Thread Brian Cameron
Og: Looking on the board mailing list archives, you did send regrets to the list on February 1st. So I think you did not attend. Brian On 02/16/11 03:07 PM, Og Maciel wrote: On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Stormy Peters wrote: You represent GNOME. You are a director on the Board of Direc

Re: Meeting Minutes Published - February 1st, 2011

2011-02-16 Thread Brian Cameron
Stormy: On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Brian Cameron mailto:brian.came...@oracle.com>> wrote: * Review past action items. * Did each person with action items send their status reports to the board list before the meeting? Has this been happening? Some of the actio

Re: Meeting Minutes Published - February 1st, 2011

2011-02-16 Thread Stormy Peters
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Og Maciel wrote: > > Understood. I hope you'll accept my word that I am fully committed to > the work I do for the GNOME Foundation and that the fact I was > confused about being present at said meeting was by no means lack of > my interest or commitment. I have b

Re: Meeting Minutes Published - February 1st, 2011

2011-02-16 Thread Og Maciel
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Stormy Peters wrote: > You represent GNOME. You are a director on the Board of Directors. You > represent me and everyone of the GNOME Foundation members. If my > congressman/woman could not remember if they participated in important > discussions, I'd be equally c

Re: Meeting Minutes Published - February 1st, 2011

2011-02-16 Thread Stormy Peters
Og, On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Og Maciel wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Stormy Peters > wrote: > > Can you please take a look at the minutes and decide whether or not you > > participated? > > With all due respect too, I would not have said what I did if I hadn't > checked th

Re: Meeting Minutes Published - February 1st, 2011

2011-02-16 Thread Og Maciel
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Stormy Peters wrote: > With all due respect, you should know whether you were there or not since it > looks like there was a lot of discussion. Not sure why you sent me something in private and then one here but ok... > Can you please take a look at the minutes a

Re: Meeting Minutes Published - February 1st, 2011

2011-02-16 Thread Stormy Peters
Og, With all due respect, you should know whether you were there or not since it looks like there was a lot of discussion. Can you please take a look at the minutes and decide whether or not you participated? Thanks, Stormy On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Og Maciel wrote: > On Wed, Feb 16,

Re: Meeting Minutes Published - February 1st, 2011

2011-02-16 Thread Og Maciel
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Brian Cameron wrote: > Can you fix the Wiki if it is in error? Not a matter of "if" as I could not be present and absent at the same time. I honestly don't remember if I was present or not, so I'll edit it to say I was. -- Og B. Maciel GNOME Foundation Board of D

Re: Meeting Minutes Published - February 1st, 2011

2011-02-16 Thread Stormy Peters
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Brian Cameron wrote: > >* Review past action items. >* Did each person with action items send their status reports to > the board list before the meeting? > Has this been happening? Some of the action items have been there for a long time. Some have

Re: Meeting Minutes Published - February 1st, 2011

2011-02-16 Thread Brian Cameron
Og: On 02/16/11 02:16 PM, Og Maciel wrote: On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Brian Cameron wrote: Attending * Andreas Nilsson * Bastien Nocera * Brian Cameron * Emily Chen * Germán Póo-Caamaño * Og Maciel * Paul Cutler * Rosanna Yuen Regrets * Og Maciel

Re: Meeting Minutes Published - February 1st, 2011

2011-02-16 Thread Og Maciel
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Brian Cameron wrote: > Attending > >    * Andreas Nilsson >    * Bastien Nocera >    * Brian Cameron >    * Emily Chen >    * Germán Póo-Caamaño >    * Og Maciel >    * Paul Cutler >    * Rosanna Yuen > > Regrets > >    * Og Maciel Was I there or not? :) -- Og B.

Re: Meeting Minutes Published - February 1st, 2011

2011-02-16 Thread Gregory Leblanc
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Brian Cameron wrote: >    * LiMo is leaving the GNOME Advisory Board. Any details on this? Are they leaving for financial reasons, or philosophical ones? There's still a big banner on their website regarding the partnership with Gnome. Did they not just join th

Meeting Minutes Published - February 1st, 2011

2011-02-16 Thread Brian Cameron
The meeting minutes for the February 1st GNOME Foundation board meeting is now published. Refer here: http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Minutes/20110201 Other past board meetings are archived here: http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Minutes -- text of the lat