Re: GNOME Foundation Elections - Call for Questions

[sankarshan]

2009/5/26 BJörn Lindqvist :
> Last year (1.5 years to be exact) people just posted their questions
> to foundation-list and most (or all) candidates answered diligently
> and dutifully at length. Is a more complicated system needed this
> year?

A wiki page on live.gnome.org should be a fine way to [i] collect the
questions [ii] sift, select and collate them [iii] present a final set
of questions for t

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Re: GNOME Foundation Elections - Call for Questions

[Susana Pereira]

Hello,

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Dave Neary  wrote:
(...)
> Is this the "blessed" method of gathering questions? If so, we should
> publicise it some (desktop notes, pgo at least). I have added some questions
> to start it off.
>

Sounds great! Thank you for adding your questions, I will add the ones
I received via email.

I submitted a news topic to gnomedesktop.org but it not shown yet,
probably needs to be approved. Can somebody post to pgo? Thanks!

Cheers,

Susana



> I've added a few questions that attempt to be "STAR" type questions -
> hopefully others will like the technique as much as me & come up with even
> better ones.
>
> For some idea of what I'm talking about, the idea of STAR is to evaluate
> people based on actual past behaviour. Rather than phrasing questions "how
> would you...", you phrase them as "the last time you were in a similar
> situation, what did you...". You try to set up Situations or Tasks, get the
> Action which the person did in that situation, and evaluate the Result of
> the action (thus "STAR").
>
> Here are a couple of links:
> http://www.quintcareers.com/STAR_interviewing.html
> http://www.asne.org/index.cfm?ID=1215
>
> Since I consider people skills, diplomacy and experience in non-profit type
> structures the most important skills, those are the questions I asked.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave.
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Re: GNOME Foundation Elections - Call for Questions

[Dave Neary]

Hi Lionel,

Lionel Dricot wrote:

I believe that a wiki page is a lot more efficient.

Please post your questions here :
http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Elections2009/ProposedQuestions


Is this the "blessed" method of gathering questions? If so, we should 
publicise it some (desktop notes, pgo at least). I have added some 
questions to start it off.


I've added a few questions that attempt to be "STAR" type questions - 
hopefully others will like the technique as much as me & come up with 
even better ones.


For some idea of what I'm talking about, the idea of STAR is to evaluate 
people based on actual past behaviour. Rather than phrasing questions 
"how would you...", you phrase them as "the last time you were in a 
similar situation, what did you...". You try to set up Situations or 
Tasks, get the Action which the person did in that situation, and 
evaluate the Result of the action (thus "STAR").


Here are a couple of links:
http://www.quintcareers.com/STAR_interviewing.html
http://www.asne.org/index.cfm?ID=1215

Since I consider people skills, diplomacy and experience in non-profit 
type structures the most important skills, those are the questions I asked.


Cheers,
Dave.

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Re: GNOME Foundation Elections - Call for Questions

[Paul Cutler]

A quick note from the sysadmin team:  We're aware of the issues with lgo,
and we are working on it.  Apache was just restarted and it seems to be
helping, though saving a page on lgo still is taking longer than expected.

Just a fyi for those who might be adding and saving questions and answers
for the candidates this week.

Paul


Unfortunatly, it looks like my network doesn't want me to access
> live.gnome anymore. I was in the process of creating the page but cannot
> save it so please start without me and copy/paste those rules on it.
>
>
> (reading it, I see that my mail sounds a bit autoritative which is not
> intended as it'i more a proposition to make the job of everybody easier)
>
> Thanks, :-)
>
> Lionel (lazyman from the membership-committee)
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Re: GNOME Foundation Elections - Call for Questions

[Lionel Dricot]

>> Traditionally, the questions are collection from interested parties
>> and, an individual from the Membership and Elections Committee posts
>> it in public so as to allow the candidates to frame responses and,
>> respond.
>>
>> A wiki page could form the basis of a collection, sorting, sifting and
>> finalizing of questions I guess.
>
> Right; I didn't mean to second-guess the elections team (who have done
> a great job as usual) but just to suggest an alternative that has
> worked for other groups.
>

I believe that a wiki page is a lot more efficient.

Please post your questions here :
http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Elections2009/ProposedQuestions

1) Read existing questions and complete/rephrase them instead of just
adding a new question.

2) Each question should have an unique number (positive integer in the
arab notation, for the sake of simplicity). If a question has subquestion,
use a), b),…

3) Don't change the number of a question, even if you delete a previous
question.


Unfortunatly, it looks like my network doesn't want me to access
live.gnome anymore. I was in the process of creating the page but cannot
save it so please start without me and copy/paste those rules on it.


(reading it, I see that my mail sounds a bit autoritative which is not
intended as it'i more a proposition to make the job of everybody easier)

Thanks, :-)

Lionel (lazyman from the membership-committee)

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Re: GNOME Foundation Elections - Call for Questions

[Behdad Esfahbod]

On 05/26/2009 08:51 AM, BJörn Lindqvist wrote:

Last year (1.5 years to be exact) people just posted their questions
to foundation-list and most (or all) candidates answered diligently
and dutifully at length. Is a more complicated system needed this
year?


It was quite painful replying to three or four lists of similar but slightly 
different questions actually.  One list please :).


behdad
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Re: GNOME Foundation Elections - Call for Questions

[BJörn Lindqvist]

Last year (1.5 years to be exact) people just posted their questions
to foundation-list and most (or all) candidates answered diligently
and dutifully at length. Is a more complicated system needed this
year?

2009/5/26 Dave Neary :
> Hi,
>
> sankarshan wrote:
>>
>> Traditionally, the questions are collection from interested parties
>> and, an individual from the Membership and Elections Committee posts
>> it in public so as to allow the candidates to frame responses and,
>> respond.
>>
>> A wiki page could form the basis of a collection, sorting, sifting and
>> finalizing of questions I guess.
>
> Yes, this is what I was getting at - there should definitely be a
> collection, sifting and selection, but it would be IMHO great to have a
> public way to gather questions.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave.
>
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Re: GNOME Foundation Elections - Call for Questions

[sankarshan]

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Dave Neary  wrote:

> Yes, this is what I was getting at - there should definitely be a
> collection, sifting and selection, but it would be IMHO great to have a
> public way to gather questions.

For example, 


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Re: GNOME Foundation Elections - Call for Questions

[Dave Neary]

Hi,

sankarshan wrote:

Traditionally, the questions are collection from interested parties
and, an individual from the Membership and Elections Committee posts
it in public so as to allow the candidates to frame responses and,
respond.

A wiki page could form the basis of a collection, sorting, sifting and
finalizing of questions I guess.


Yes, this is what I was getting at - there should definitely be a 
collection, sifting and selection, but it would be IMHO great to have a 
public way to gather questions.


Cheers,
Dave.

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Re: GNOME Foundation Elections - Call for Questions

[Luis Villa]

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 7:06 AM, sankarshan  wrote:
> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Luis Villa  wrote:
>> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 2:40 AM, Dave Neary  wrote:
 Please send your questions to membership-committee gnome org until the
 27th of May.
>>>
>>> Would it be possible to have this process be public, for example on this
>>> mailing list or on Desktop Notes? Knowing what questions others want to ask
>>> (or seeing that no-one has asked the thing they're interested in yet) may
>>> jolt people into action.
>>
>> Fedora uses a wiki page for this, I believe, which seems like a good idea.
>
> Traditionally, the questions are collection from interested parties
> and, an individual from the Membership and Elections Committee posts
> it in public so as to allow the candidates to frame responses and,
> respond.
>
> A wiki page could form the basis of a collection, sorting, sifting and
> finalizing of questions I guess.

Right; I didn't mean to second-guess the elections team (who have done
a great job as usual) but just to suggest an alternative that has
worked for other groups.

Luis
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Re: GNOME Foundation Elections - Call for Questions

[sankarshan]

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Luis Villa  wrote:
> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 2:40 AM, Dave Neary  wrote:
>>> Please send your questions to membership-committee gnome org until the
>>> 27th of May.
>>
>> Would it be possible to have this process be public, for example on this
>> mailing list or on Desktop Notes? Knowing what questions others want to ask
>> (or seeing that no-one has asked the thing they're interested in yet) may
>> jolt people into action.
>
> Fedora uses a wiki page for this, I believe, which seems like a good idea.

Traditionally, the questions are collection from interested parties
and, an individual from the Membership and Elections Committee posts
it in public so as to allow the candidates to frame responses and,
respond.

A wiki page could form the basis of a collection, sorting, sifting and
finalizing of questions I guess.
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Re: GNOME Foundation Elections - Call for Questions

[Luis Villa]

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 2:40 AM, Dave Neary  wrote:
>> Please send your questions to membership-committee gnome org until the
>> 27th of May.
>
> Would it be possible to have this process be public, for example on this
> mailing list or on Desktop Notes? Knowing what questions others want to ask
> (or seeing that no-one has asked the thing they're interested in yet) may
> jolt people into action.

Fedora uses a wiki page for this, I believe, which seems like a good idea.

Luis
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Re: GNOME Foundation Elections - Call for Questions

[Dave Neary]

Hi,

Susana Pereira wrote:

With the final list of candidates announced[1], it's time to submit
questions about the GNOME Foundation and the GNOME Project to this years
prospective Board of Directors. 


I guess I should read all my email before hitting reply, eh? ;)


Please send your questions to membership-committee gnome org until the
27th of May.


Would it be possible to have this process be public, for example on this 
mailing list or on Desktop Notes? Knowing what questions others want to 
ask (or seeing that no-one has asked the thing they're interested in 
yet) may jolt people into action.


Cheers,
Dave.

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GNOME Foundation Elections - Call for Questions

[Susana Pereira]

The GNOME Foundation 2009 elections will begin next week.

With the final list of candidates announced[1], it's time to submit
questions about the GNOME Foundation and the GNOME Project to this years
prospective Board of Directors. 

Please send your questions to membership-committee gnome org until the
27th of May.

A list of questions will then be put to the candidates on the
foundation-list. Feel free to participate in the debate.

Before asking your questions, please keep in mind that the GNOME
Foundation is not a technical entity and the Board of Directors do not
participate directly in the technical decisions of the developer
community. See the Foundation website[2] to learn more about the role of
the GNOME Foundation and its Board of Directors.


[1]
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2009-May/msg00037.html
[2] http://foundation.gnome.org/


The GNOME Foundation Membership Committee



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