[Reminder] Deadline for Desktop Summit Travel assistance applications is due on May 31

2011-05-30 Thread Bharath Acharya
Dear Hackers, The deadline for sending your Desktop Summit travel assistance application is due on May 31, 19:00 UTC, that is 34½ hours from now. The earlier announcement is at, http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2011-May/msg8.html The instructions are detailed at http://live.gno

Questions for candidates - board processes & significance

2011-05-30 Thread Dave Neary
Hi all, I was away last week travelling, so I'm coming late to the election campaign. I have almost decided who I would like to vote for, but there are still a few things which are important to me when considering a prospective board member. 1. If elected, will you seek a named position (ch

Re: Questions for candidates - board processes & significance

2011-05-30 Thread Lionel Dricot
Le lundi 30 mai 2011 à 16:11 +0200, Dave Neary a écrit : > Hi all, > > I was away last week travelling, so I'm coming late to the election > campaign. I have almost decided who I would like to vote for, but there > are still a few things which are important to me when considering a > prospectiv

Re: Questions for candidates - board processes & significance

2011-05-30 Thread Pockey Lam
On 05/30/2011 10:11 PM, Dave Neary wrote: Hi all, I was away last week travelling, so I'm coming late to the election campaign. I have almost decided who I would like to vote for, but there are still a few things which are important to me when considering a prospective board member. 1. If elect

Re: Questions for candidates - board processes & significance

2011-05-30 Thread Lionel Dricot
Le lundi 30 mai 2011 à 23:28 +0800, Pockey Lam a écrit : > On 05/30/2011 10:11 PM, Dave Neary wrote: > > > > 6. Board members are ambassadors for the foundation. I think it's > > important that board members be social, and be nice. Are you nice? > > It should be someone else to judge if I am nice

Re: Questions for candidates - board processes & significance

2011-05-30 Thread Shaun McCance
On Mon, 2011-05-30 at 16:11 +0200, Dave Neary wrote: > Hi all, > > I was away last week travelling, so I'm coming late to the election > campaign. I have almost decided who I would like to vote for, but there > are still a few things which are important to me when considering a > prospective bo

Re: Questions for candidates - board processes & significance

2011-05-30 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Shaun McCance wrote: > On Mon, 2011-05-30 at 16:11 +0200, Dave Neary wrote: >> 2. Board meetings are minuted, and these minutes are published >> regularly. However, the board also increasingly makes decisions on >> board-list with the Apache +1/0/-1 convention. Would you support the >> minu

Re: Question for candidates

2011-05-30 Thread Richard Stallman
On the practical terms, as others stated, we should make sure that GNOME is great software and has cool features that make people /want/ to use it. It's fine to do that, as much as we can. But if we only do that, we are competing with Apple on its home territory. We have no inherent

Re: Questions for candidates - board processes & significance

2011-05-30 Thread Andrea Veri
Il giorno 30/mag/2011, alle ore 16.11, Dave Neary ha scritto: > Hi all, Hey Dave! > I was away last week travelling, so I'm coming late to the election campaign. > I have almost decided who I would like to vote for, but there are still a few > things which are important to me when considerin

Re: Question for candidates

2011-05-30 Thread Diego Escalante Urrelo
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Richard Stallman wrote: >    On the practical terms, as others stated, we should make sure that >    GNOME is great software and has cool features that make people /want/ >    to use it. > > It's fine to do that, as much as we can.  But if we only do that, we > are

Re: Questions for candidates - board processes & significance

2011-05-30 Thread Diego Escalante Urrelo
Hey Dave, On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Dave Neary wrote: > Hi all, > > I was away last week travelling, so I'm coming late to the election > campaign. I have almost decided who I would like to vote for, but there are > still a few things which are important to me when considering a prospectiv

Re: GNOME Board of Directors Elections 2011 - Voting Instructions sent

2011-05-30 Thread Danielle Madeley
I just noticed the wording of the instructions on the voting webpage: You can vote for as few or as many candidates as you choose. Your vote will be counted for your first choice candidate as long as *HE* is still in the race, and when *HE* is eliminated, your vote

Re: Questions for candidates - board processes & significance

2011-05-30 Thread Stormy Peters
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 8:11 AM, Dave Neary wrote: > > 1. If elected, will you seek a named position > (chairman/treasurer/secretary) on the board? If so, why? > It will depend on who's elected and what they are interested in. I hope Brian remains secretary. :) I would do the job of chairman or

Re: Questions for candidates - board processes & significance

2011-05-30 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, On 05/31/11 01:12, Andrea Veri wrote: I wasn't aware of this bad situation so I can't provide a good and well-motivated comment, but I can tell you that I will do my best to fulfil my duties, I'll take care of critic situations where needed and I won't leave anything behind: what happened