Hi, +1, I second Jeremy's nomination. We have met in some of the advisory board meetings and I'm confident Jeremy would be a great director for the GNOME Foundation board.
Cheers, Felipe. On Mon, Jun 6, 2022 at 10:44 AM Thibault Martin <m...@thibaultmart.in> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I second Jeremy’s nomination, as he seems to be very aligned with the vision > the board has been working on. > > Best, > > > On 1 Jun 2022, at 23:05, Jeremy Allison via foundation-announce > > <foundation-annou...@gnome.org> wrote: > > > > Hi all at the GNOME Foundation, > > > > I would respectfully like to submit my candidacy for the GNOME > > Foundation Board of Directors. I am the co-creator of the Samba Free > > Software Project, and am employed as Samba maintainer by Google's Open > > Source Programs Office. > > > > My vision for GNOME is the following. I often give talks at Free and > > Open Source software conferences looking out onto a sea of glowing > > Apple logos from MacOSX laptops. I'd really like to change that so > > that most of these attendees are using a desktop built with Free and > > Open Source Software technologies. I'd also like to see the same > > change take place in companies and governments using desktop > > technology. > > > > I believe that GNOME is the best chance for Free Software to make > > this change and provide truly democratizing technology, accessible for > > everyone. I have been a user of a Free Software desktop since the X > > Windows days (pre-Linux and GNOME) and all my personal (and work) > > machines run Linux desktops a full GNOME desktop, or a desktop based > > on GNOME technology (Unity). > > > > We should also be mindful of the fact that any use of Free and Open > > Source Software for users is better than none, and not be shy about > > promoting the use of other Free Software desktop technologies such as > > the KDE, or other Open Source desktops where it is clear that using GNOME > > is not going to be an option. > > > > I serve on the Board of Directors of the Software Freedom Conservancy > > (https://sfconservancy.org/) and on the Board of Directors of OASIS, a > > non-profit creating and maintaining worldwide IT standards > > (https://oasis-open.org). I am also on the GNOME Foundation advisory > > board and on the Document Foundation (creators of LibreOffce) advisory > > board. > > > > Whilst being a Google employee, I have a strong independent voice > > outside of my employer, and believe in standing up for what is right, > > not just what is convenient for corporate users of Free and Open > > Source Software. > > > > I believe the right way forward for GNOME is in partnership with our > > users, developers and financial backers to help create a strong > > independent Foundation that will focus on improving GNOME and > > advocating for the use of GNOME technologies everywhere that our > > technology will help serve the public good. > > > > I have a long experience dealing with the sometimes thorny politics of > > Free and Open Source Software, and would love to be able to use my > > expertise to help the GNOME Foundation. > > > > I'm happy to answer any questions Foundation members may have about my > > background and thoughts about the future of GNOME. > > > > Regards, > > > > Jeremy Allison, > > Samba Team, > > Google Open Source Programs Office. > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-announce mailing list > > foundation-annou...@gnome.org > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-announce > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-announce mailing list > foundation-annou...@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-announce _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
