Yes, thanks for the correction Karen. Not being a lawyer means I'm often not very precise about these things (I'm very precise about my technical terminology instead :-).
Yes, I checked with Google to make sure they had no objections and I was encouraged to apply for the position. I hope people who know me well know I'm fiercely independent and quite capable of acting against the interests of my employer if I personally think it's the right thing to do. Jeremy. On Sat, Jun 1, 2019, 6:51 PM Karen Sandler <ka...@gnome.org> wrote: > On 2019-05-31 19:34, Jeremy Allison via foundation-list wrote: > > Name: Jeremy Allison > > Email: j...@google.com, j...@samba.org > > Affiliation: Google > > IRC: Don't use it - I'm too old so I use email instead :-). > > Hi Jeremy! I'm so excited to see you running for the GF board! > > > > I'd like to run for the Gnome Foundation Board of Directors > > on behalf of Google. > > Because GF is a 501c3 and a charitable organization, board members serve > in an individual capacity and not on behalf of any company. I know you > were probably just being casual with your wording choice when you wrote > this, but I felt I should double check that you probably mean that you'd > like to run for the GF board on your own behalf but bring with you the > perspective of being a Googler... is that right? > > > > > I've used Gnome for as long as it has been available > > as a GNU/Linux desktop. > > > > I don't currently contribute other than helping the > > gnome-vfs maintainers use one of the libraries (libsmbclient) of > > my primary project, Samba to access SMB1/2/3 servers. > > > > I have a long (25+ years) experience with Free and Open > > Source Software, mostly to do with my primary project > > Samba. > > > > I am on the Board of Directors of the Software Freedom > > Conservancy, and on the Advisory Board of the Document > > Foundation (LibreOffice). > > > We've very much appreciated your contributions over the years on > Conservancy's board! > > > I perform my board duties diligently as required. > > > > I'd like to help support Gnome and promote it as a > > desktop environment within Google and outside of > > Google. > > > > I've had my differences with some of the design > > decisions in the past (as Karen Sandler can attest :-), > > but I would really like to help add my experience > > and enthusiasm for Free and Open Source Software > > to the project. > > :D > > karen >
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