Em Ter, 2010-06-01 às 23:30 +0200, Vincent Untz escreveu: > Hi, Hi Vincent, hi all.
> 1) I've read with interest the mails from the candidates announcing > they're running, and most (if not all -- I didn't double-check) > include some motivations with examples of what they'd be interested > in working on. > Why are those tasks/ideas things you cannot work on while not being > on the board? Indeed I can help GNOME even not being in the board. That's what I already do. The point is that I think I can help *more* by being part of it. Why? Because I'd discuss directly in a small team that can actually get things done (that's why that team exists btw). > 2) What are your non-usual (ie, not code, not translations, not > documentation, etc.) contributions as a GNOME Foundation member? > (organizing events, pushing people to do things, finding sponsors, > etc. are all possible answers) This is already answered in my candidacy ;) I'll paste here: I contribute to GNOME in - code, translation - spreading GNOME: I'm always giving talks in Brazil about GNOME and how to contribute. - kind of coordinate GNOME Brazil: motivating users, managing Planet, managing mailing lists, etc - now that you mentioned it, I remembered: I'm also trying to find a way to Brazilian people donate money to the Foundation in a 'more brazilian way'. > 3) What is your opinion on the co-location of Akademy and GUADEC in > 2011? And if you think it was not the best choice, will you still be > able to help it happen? Personally, I'm not a big fan of this. Of course, I can live with that. I think if we need to work together with other teams, we could do that in a hackfest for example. GUADEC is the GNOME event, it's kind weird to meet people around wearing kde shirts :) > 4) How much free time per week do you think you will be able to allocate > for the board? (I'm very well aware that this could be 0 for some > weeks, and 100% of your time for other weeks; I'm just asking in > general) I think 10h-15h a week. > 5) Are you okay giving up some of your current GNOME > responsabilities/activities to join the board? (give up a maintainer > hat, or hack less, or participate less in a specific team) Or do you > think it won't be necessary and why? > (I know it's a bit related to the previous question :-)) I'm aware of this, for sure. The area I could leave is translation, once Brazilian team currently has great man power. > 6) Will you be interested in being treasurer, president or secretary if > elected? If yes, which role and why? I'd prefer not to pick any of these positions right now. As I'd be a new director, I think I need first to learn how things work in these areas. I'd be happy to work in general activities, like to be close to the Marketing team. > 7) What do you think of the current GNOME Foundation budget? Had you > read it at least once before reading this mail? > (it's okay if you didn't look at it before, btw) I think it's a bit confusing. Perhaps with GNUCash effort going on things become easier to read and understand. > 8) What do you think our next fundraising campaign should be about? > (I'd love to not read 11 times the same answer, thanks :-)) Maybe not answering directly your question, but: I think we should be more aggressive asking for donations directly in the desktop. gnome-about should do this job for us. This is related to a thread started yesterday in marketing list (which I've replied). > 9) Will you be at GUADEC this year? (there's a board meeting and an > advisory board meeting there) Yes! > 10) Make or break question: what's your favorite french expression? I pass... :( > Thanks, > > Vincent Cheers, -- Jonh Wendell http://www.bani.com.br _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list