Re: Resigning from the Board
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Lucas Rocha wrote: > Hi all, Hey, Lucas! > I've been thinking a lot about what to do about my participation on > GNOME Foundation's Board of Directors in face of the fact that my wife > and I are expecting our first baby in February. After careful > consideration, I decided to resign. I want to be fully focused on my > family (especially in the first few months) without feeling bad for > doing Board stuff while I could be with my family or not doing Board > stuff while I'm spending time with my family. You're a great example for our community! Thanks for all the work you've done! Unfortunately we lost the Brazilian guy on the board! That's the right decision, I think. Welcome to the team. My daughter is 4 months old now and these times were incredible! "Não basta ser pai, tem que participar!" (in our secret language, pt_BR - somebody will ask about it) is the rule! > So, considering my priorities now, I feel that I would be more useful > to the Board by stepping down and letting another person with a lot of > energy to take my position on Board for the rest of this mandate. The > Board has decided to appoint Jorge Castro to replace me. He's highly > motivated and I'm sure he'll give good contributions as a member of > the Board. I don't personally know (yet) Jorge Castro, just bothered him with some mails, but I see that he is rocking on our community. So, I want to say: Congrats, Jorge! I tried to find where you've born without success, but considering your name and surname, I think that the Latin America Complot (http://www.mail-archive.com/foundation-list@gnome.org/msg03288.html) is in the road! > I've had a great time in my two and a half years on Foundation Board. > It was a great way to support the community in several ways and to > work with some very nice people. The GNOME Foundation is getting > better everyday and I feel very proud to be part of it. Good luck, my friend! And enjoy your "pre-father" and "fresh-father" times! Is there any decision about the baby's name? Cheers! Bruno ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Resigning from the Board
2010/2/17 Behdad Esfahbod : > On 02/17/2010 12:36 PM, Alberto Ruiz wrote: >> I hope we can find someone as cheerful and dedicated as you are. > > Alberto! Looks like you didn't read his email completely. We already found > someone as cheerful and dedicated: Jorge Castro :). My bad! More good news then! Jorge, I bet you'll rock on > behdad > -- Un saludo, Alberto Ruiz ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Resigning from the Board
On 02/17/2010 12:36 PM, Alberto Ruiz wrote: > I hope we can find someone as cheerful and dedicated as you are. Alberto! Looks like you didn't read his email completely. We already found someone as cheerful and dedicated: Jorge Castro :). behdad ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Resigning from the Board
2010/2/17 Lucas Rocha : > Hi all, > > I've been thinking a lot about what to do about my participation on > GNOME Foundation's Board of Directors in face of the fact that my wife > and I are expecting our first baby in February. After careful > consideration, I decided to resign. I want to be fully focused on my > family (especially in the first few months) without feeling bad for > doing Board stuff while I could be with my family or not doing Board > stuff while I'm spending time with my family. Lucas, that is a wonderful reason to resign the board! Congrats! I'd like to thank you for your years of dedications to the board and I hope we can find someone as cheerful and dedicated as you are. Best of luck with your new adventure! -- Un saludo, Alberto Ruiz ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Resigning from the Board
Hi all, I've been thinking a lot about what to do about my participation on GNOME Foundation's Board of Directors in face of the fact that my wife and I are expecting our first baby in February. After careful consideration, I decided to resign. I want to be fully focused on my family (especially in the first few months) without feeling bad for doing Board stuff while I could be with my family or not doing Board stuff while I'm spending time with my family. So, considering my priorities now, I feel that I would be more useful to the Board by stepping down and letting another person with a lot of energy to take my position on Board for the rest of this mandate. The Board has decided to appoint Jorge Castro to replace me. He's highly motivated and I'm sure he'll give good contributions as a member of the Board. I've had a great time in my two and a half years on Foundation Board. It was a great way to support the community in several ways and to work with some very nice people. The GNOME Foundation is getting better everyday and I feel very proud to be part of it. Cheers! --lucasr ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Resigning from the board
Andrew Cowie wrote: > On Mon, 2007-07-16 at 13:22 +0100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > >> No, according to the GNOME Foundation by-laws, the Board may appoint a >> new director in the case of a vacancy >> > > This is standard practice in the not-for-profit world (lest you be > worried that this is somehow unusual or improper) > No. I am perfectly happy with this by-law :). I have all the confidence in the judgement of the existing directors on this. -Ghee > AfC > Birmingham > > > > ___ > 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: Resigning from the board
On Mon, 2007-07-16 at 13:22 +0100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > No, according to the GNOME Foundation by-laws, the Board may appoint a > new director in the case of a vacancy This is standard practice in the not-for-profit world (lest you be worried that this is somehow unusual or improper) AfC Birmingham signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Resigning from the board
> Does this also implies there is a going to be by-election (first one > ever) :) ? No, according to the GNOME Foundation by-laws, the Board may appoint a new director in the case of a vacancy (which we did last year under the same circumstances). - Jeff -- GUADEC 2007 in Beautiful Birmingham http://www.guadec.org/ "I came for the quality, but I stayed for the freedom." - Sean Neakums ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Resigning from the board
Congrats on becoming father third time! Thank you for all the hard work you put in as a Board member :) Does this also implies there is a going to be by-election (first one ever) :) ? -Ghee Dave Neary wrote: > Hi all, > > As some of you have noticed, I'm not at GUADEC this year. The reason is > a happy one - Anne is going to be giving birth sometime over the next > couple of weeks (I'll keep ye posted). > > The combination of the arrival of a third child, and a change in role at > work over the past few weeks, have meant that I've reevaluated the > committment I can make to the board of the foundation. In all honesty, I > can't guarantee that I will be able to do justice to my position as > board member for the second half of the year, a period when the board is > usually more effective than during the first part. > > So I prefer to leave my place to someone with more energy & ideas, and > to leave the board at a time when I am still relatively happy with how > I've done. I hereby resign my seat on the board. > > I have had a great two and a half years on the board, and I'd like to > thank everyone with whom I've served - Owen Taylor, Luis Villa, Jody > Goldberg, Daniel Veillard, Jonathan Blandford, Federico Mena-Quintero, > Tim Ney, Miguel de Icaza, Murray Cumming, Christian Schaller, Jeff > Waugh, Anne Oestergaard, Vincent Untz, Quim Gil, Glynn Foster, Behdad > Esfahbod. Thanks also to everyone who has voted for me through the last > 3 elections. > > I'd like to wish all the best to the board for the rest of the year, and > good luck to the person who replaces me. > > Cheers, > Dave. > > ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Resigning from the board
Hi all, As some of you have noticed, I'm not at GUADEC this year. The reason is a happy one - Anne is going to be giving birth sometime over the next couple of weeks (I'll keep ye posted). The combination of the arrival of a third child, and a change in role at work over the past few weeks, have meant that I've reevaluated the committment I can make to the board of the foundation. In all honesty, I can't guarantee that I will be able to do justice to my position as board member for the second half of the year, a period when the board is usually more effective than during the first part. So I prefer to leave my place to someone with more energy & ideas, and to leave the board at a time when I am still relatively happy with how I've done. I hereby resign my seat on the board. I have had a great two and a half years on the board, and I'd like to thank everyone with whom I've served - Owen Taylor, Luis Villa, Jody Goldberg, Daniel Veillard, Jonathan Blandford, Federico Mena-Quintero, Tim Ney, Miguel de Icaza, Murray Cumming, Christian Schaller, Jeff Waugh, Anne Oestergaard, Vincent Untz, Quim Gil, Glynn Foster, Behdad Esfahbod. Thanks also to everyone who has voted for me through the last 3 elections. I'd like to wish all the best to the board for the rest of the year, and good luck to the person who replaces me. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary GNOME Foundation member [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
