Re: Question to candidates: Best use of Trademark Fundraiser money?

2015-05-27 Thread Liam R. E. Quin
On Sun, 2015-05-24 at 21:52 +0100, Magdalen Berns wrote: > Hi Andreas, > > I think most of us haven't seen latest the accounts yet, but I think > it's > probably fair to assume that a war chest of ~$100,000 is probably a > wee bit > excessive. ;-) It doesn't sound like a lot of money to me. It'

Re: Question to candidates: Best use of Trademark Fundraiser money?

2015-05-26 Thread Shaun McCance
On Sun, 2015-05-24 at 19:23 +0200, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > Dear candidates. Thank you all for running! > > As part of the GNOME Trademark Fundraiser [1], the Foundation raised > $102 608 USD. > Since the trademark claims from the other part in the issue was > withdrawn, it was never taken to co

Re: Question to candidates: Best use of Trademark Fundraiser money?

2015-05-26 Thread Allan Day
Hey Andreas, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > Dear candidates. Thank you all for running! > > As part of the GNOME Trademark Fundraiser [1], the Foundation raised $102 > 608 USD. > > Since the trademark claims from the other part in the issue was withdrawn, > it was never taken to court and the money was

Re: Question to candidates: Best use of Trademark Fundraiser money?

2015-05-25 Thread Josh Triplett
On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 07:23:01PM +0200, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > As part of the GNOME Trademark Fundraiser [1], the Foundation raised $102 > 608 USD. > Since the trademark claims from the other part in the issue was withdrawn, > it was never taken to court and the money was never spent on that. >

Re: Question to candidates: Best use of Trademark Fundraiser money?

2015-05-25 Thread Andrea Veri
2015-05-24 19:23 GMT+02:00 Andreas Nilsson : > Since the trademark claims from the other part in the issue was withdrawn, > it was never taken to court and the money was never spent on that. > What, in your mind, is the best use of these funds now? Kept as a War Chest > [2] or spent on something s

Re: Question to candidates: Best use of Trademark Fundraiser money?

2015-05-25 Thread Carlos Soriano Sanchez
Hi Andreas, One of the things is an ED, I think everyone agrees here... On the other hand, I have specific items in mind, but I really don't know the drawbacks of them, since I don't know why we didn't do it before. So it needs discussion. I think we have to fix the "where is the money I gave t

Re: Question to candidates: Best use of Trademark Fundraiser money?

2015-05-25 Thread Alexandre Franke
Hi, On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 7:23 PM, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > As part of the GNOME Trademark Fundraiser [1], the Foundation raised $102 > 608 USD. > Since the trademark claims from the other part in the issue was withdrawn, > it was never taken to court and the money was never spent on that. > Wh

Re: Question to candidates: Best use of Trademark Fundraiser money?

2015-05-24 Thread Magdalen Berns
Hi Liam, On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 12:09 AM, Liam R. E. Quin wrote: > On Sun, 2015-05-24 at 21:52 +0100, Magdalen Berns wrote: > > Hi Andreas, > > > > I think most of us haven't seen latest the accounts yet, but I think > > it's > > probably fair to assume that a war chest of ~$100,000 is probably

Re: Question to candidates: Best use of Trademark Fundraiser money?

2015-05-24 Thread Cosimo Cecchi
Hi Andreas, On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 10:23 AM, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > As part of the GNOME Trademark Fundraiser [1], the Foundation raised $102 > 608 USD. > Since the trademark claims from the other part in the issue was withdrawn, > it was never taken to court and the money was never spent on

Re: Question to candidates: Best use of Trademark Fundraiser money?

2015-05-24 Thread Magdalen Berns
Hi Andreas, Thanks for your question! On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 6:44 PM, Tobias Mueller wrote: > Hi! > > On So, 2015-05-24 at 19:23 +0200, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > > What, in your mind, is the best use of these funds now? Kept as a War > > Chest [2] or spent on something specific? > I don't have

Re: Question to candidates: Best use of Trademark Fundraiser money?

2015-05-24 Thread Tobias Mueller
Hi! On So, 2015-05-24 at 19:23 +0200, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > What, in your mind, is the best use of these funds now? Kept as a War > Chest [2] or spent on something specific? I don't have a particular idea for those funds (as opposed to the funds earmarked for Security and Privacy), so I am ope

Question to candidates: Best use of Trademark Fundraiser money?

2015-05-24 Thread Andreas Nilsson
Dear candidates. Thank you all for running! As part of the GNOME Trademark Fundraiser [1], the Foundation raised $102 608 USD. Since the trademark claims from the other part in the issue was withdrawn, it was never taken to court and the money was never spent on that. What, in your mind, is th