If you're attending GUADEC 2015, make sure to register.
Hi Foundation, Just a quick reminder that, if you're planning to come to Gothenburg to attend GUADEC, you should make sure to register at https://registration.guadec.org/ as soon as possible. The venue can accommodate a certain amount of people, and we need to make sure we don't go over that limit. Besides that, we'd really appreciate if you're able donate a registration fee to help make GUADEC happen. Thanks so much! And see you all in Sweden. Fabiana ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Final Results - GNOME Foundation Board of Directors Elections 2015
Hello Foundation! The preliminary results for this year's elections were not challenged. This means, in the next term, our Board of Directors will be composed of the following Foundation members: Allan Day Andrea Veri Christian Hergert Cosimo Cecchi Ekaterina Gerasimova Jeff Fortin Shaun McCance Congratulations! And many, many thanks to all Foundation members who participated and voted. I hope the engagement and excitement we saw during the elections remain active for the year :) Cheers, Fabiana - on behalf of the GNOME Foundation Membership Elections Committee ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Preliminary Results - GNOME Board of Directors Elections 2015
Hello, Foundation! We're happy to announce the preliminary results for this year's Board of Directors elections: Allan Day Andrea Veri Christian Hergert Cosimo Cecchi Ekaterina Gerasimova Jeff Fortin Tam Shaun McCance (details at http://vote.gnome.org/vote/results.php?election_id=23) If you'd like to challenge these results, please send an e-mail to membership-committee gnome org You can challenge them until Tuesday, 2015-06-17, 23:59 UTC. Please note these results should not be considered final until all challenges have been resolved. This year we had 273 registered voters, 149 of which sent in valid ballots. We encourage everyone to check the list of all votes to verify their ballot: https://vote.gnome.org/votes.php?election_id=23 Cheers, Fabiana - on behalf of the GNOME Foundation Membership Elections Committee ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Question for candidates: transparency and accountability
Hi everyone, I'd like to hear your thoughts on implementing transparency and accountability on the Board. How transparent the work of the Board should be to Foundation members? What should be communicated and when? Do you think we have been transparent enough in the last term? If not, how can we improve things and how high in your priorities would be to do so? In terms of accountability, it's been unclear to me since joining the Foundation how much different Board members contribute to the Board's goals and tasks. Do you think the meeting notes provide enough visibility and context to the work being done? By the end of a term, how can the Foundation have a fair understanding of one's contributions to the Board? Thanks, Fabiana ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
GNOME Board of Directors Foundation Elections 2015 - Candidates
Hello Foundation Members, It's that time of the year again! I'm happy to announce the following candidates for this year's Board of Directors elections: * Alexandre Franke https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2015-May/msg00010.html * Allan Day https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2015-May/msg00011.html * Andrea Veri https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2015-May/msg9.html * Carlos Soriano https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2015-may/msg00016.html * Christian Hergert https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2015-May/msg5.html * Cosimo Cecchi https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2015-May/msg6.html * Ekaterina Gerasimova https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2015-May/msg00015.html * Jeff Fortin Tam https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2015-May/msg00012.html * Josh Triplett https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2015-May/msg8.html * Magdalen Berns https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2015-May/msg7.html * Ryan Lortie https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2015-May/msg00019.html * Shaun McCance https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2015-May/msg00018.html * Tobias Muller https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2015-May/msg4.html Please see https://vote.gnome.org/2015/candidates.html for more details. Foundation Members are welcome to ask questions to the candidates on foundation-list. Please try to avoid duplicates, and bear in mind candidates invest a lot of time in answering questions. If you have any questions about the elections process itself, drop us a line at membership-committee at gnome.org. Cheers, Fabiana - on behalf of the GNOME Foundation Membership Elections Committee ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
GNOME Board of Directors Elections 2014 - Preliminary Results
Hello, Foundation! The GNOME Foundation Membership Elections Committee is happy to announce the preliminary results for this year's Board of Directors elections: Sriram Ramkrishna Ekaterina Gerasimova Karen Sandler Tobias Mueller Andrea Veri Marina Zhurakhinskaya Jeff Fortin (details at http://vote.gnome.org/vote/results.php?election_id=21) If you'd like to challenge these results, please send an e-mail to membership-commit...@gnome.org. You can challenge them until Tuesday, 2014-06-17, 23:59 UTC. Please note these results should not be considered final untill all challenges have been resolved. This year we had 310 registered voters, 194 of which sent in valid ballots. We strongly encourage everyone to check the list of all votes to verify their ballot: https://vote.gnome.org/votes.php?election_id=22 Cheers, Fabiana - on behalf of the GNOME Foundation Membership Elections Committee ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: GNOME Board of Directors Elections 2014 - Preliminary Results
Oops - election_id should've been 22: http://vote.gnome.org/vote/results.php?election_id=22 Thanks for the heads-up! Fabiana On 9 June 2014 11:38, tong hui tongh...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Fabiana, The first link (http://vote.gnome.org/vote/results.php?election_id=21) is broken, 404 error. On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Fabiana Simões fabian...@gnome.org wrote: Hello, Foundation! The GNOME Foundation Membership Elections Committee is happy to announce the preliminary results for this year's Board of Directors elections: Sriram Ramkrishna Ekaterina Gerasimova Karen Sandler Tobias Mueller Andrea Veri Marina Zhurakhinskaya Jeff Fortin (details at http://vote.gnome.org/vote/results.php?election_id=21) If you'd like to challenge these results, please send an e-mail to membership-commit...@gnome.org. You can challenge them until Tuesday, 2014-06-17, 23:59 UTC. Please note these results should not be considered final untill all challenges have been resolved. This year we had 310 registered voters, 194 of which sent in valid ballots. We strongly encourage everyone to check the list of all votes to verify their ballot: https://vote.gnome.org/votes.php?election_id=22 Cheers, Fabiana - on behalf of the GNOME Foundation Membership Elections Committee ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list -- /*** * @brief 启智开源 编码自由 * @brief Open Source, Coding for free! * @note English Name - Hugo Tong * @param author 佟辉 Tong Hui * @param email tongh...@gmail.com * @param web https://tonghuix.io * @param more http://about.me/tonghuix */ ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: GNOME Board of Directors Elections 2014 - Preliminary Results
I'm so sorry for the confusion, guys. Sent the wrong URL again: https://vote.gnome.org/results.php?election_id=22 This should be working now. That's what happens when you're doing a thousand things at once :) Cheers, Fabiana On 9 June 2014 11:42, James purplei...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 5:40 AM, Fabiana Simões fabianapsim...@gmail.com wrote: Oops - election_id should've been 22: http://vote.gnome.org/vote/results.php?election_id=22 Thanks for the heads-up! Fabiana Still 404. ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
GNOME Board of Directors Elections 2014 - Voting instructions sent
Hi again, Foundation! We just sent the ballots to the email addresses on file for your GNOME Foundation memberships. If you haven't received your ballot, have a look at the list of eligible voters on http://www.gnome.org/foundation/membership/. Please check your Spam folders as well, if you haven't already. If you're not an eligible voter but think you should be, or have any questions about the voting instructions, just let us know at membership-committee AT gnome.org. Happy Voting! Fabiana - on behalf of the GNOME Foundation Membership Elections Committee ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: New challenge
Need to join the chorus and thank you, Karen, for all your hard work and enthusiasm. Your passion for GNOME and free software has been utterly inspiring to me as contributor and a person. All the best for the future! And see you around :) On 1 April 2014 10:53, Debarshi Ray rishi...@lostca.se wrote: Hey Karen, Thanks for your work on GNOME over the past few years. Working with you to make GUADEC happen in Brno was great fun and a memorable experience. Wish you all the best for your future. Cheers, Debarshi -- It has its possibilities but I am bound by my limitations. -- Vivek Shah ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Announcing GUADEC 2015 bid
Hey Gérman, Quite honestly, we got these prices quite a while ago, when we started planning the bid. It did slip through the cracks to update them. I'll be happy to take another look and share more recent notes. I'll let you know here as soon as I get it done :) Thanks for the heads-up! Fabiana On 19 March 2014 07:27, Germán Póo-Caamaño g...@gnome.org wrote: On Sun, 2014-03-09 at 12:57 +0100, Oliver Propst wrote: On behalf of the Gothenburg GUADEC 2015 organizing committee I'm pleased to announce our bid* for GUADEC 2015 to the GNOME foundation Board of Directors. https://cloud.gnome.org/public.php?service=filest=77f8afe4300651a3f1d2bfcda545acaf Hi Oliver, Nice bid. I have some doubts regarding to some prices in page 7. The prices to get to Kasttrup Airport, Copenhagen seems extremely low. For example: * Beijing, China: EURO 290 Euro (12+ hours) * Boston, USA: EURO 145 Euro (13+ hours) * Montreal, Canada: EURO 364 Euro (12+ hours) I tried to get some prices with kayak.com, but all of them where more than US$1,000. I know that some cheap airlines does not appear there, like AirBerlin or AirTransat. But one gets to Berlin and the another to Amsterdam. Where did you get these prices? Which Airline? Are they round-trip tickets with airfares? Are these prices part of a Swedish conspiracy? ;-) -- Germán Poo-Caamaño http://calcifer.org/ ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Minutes for the Board meeting of February 25th, 2014
On 4 March 2014 20:12, Diego Escalante Urrelo die...@gnome.org wrote: Money is still the better option. Agreed. Apart from all that has been mentioned, speaking for Brazil, delivery services aren't always reliable. International packages take quite a while to be delivered, and might end up stuck in Customs or lost. More expensive shipping methods might compensate for this, but then they are as I said *more expensive* methods. - Fabiana ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: internal engagement
Quite honestly, I never expected broader discussions about the project to take place in this list. I believe those should welcome anyone interested, and not only Foundation members. To a large extent, I always expected this to be an active communication channel between Foundation members and the board. The meeting notes and agenda are great, but they give very little insight about the milestones and major accomplishments we're hitting (and aiming to hit) as a Foundation. To answer your question: I do care, but I know little about what the Board is doing or should be doing to initiate any discussions I find pertinent to this mailing list. It also strikes me that the Board never has anything to ask or communicate to us besides the elections announcements. I think more openness and dialogue would give us some food for thought, and seed discussions. On 1 March 2014 17:52, Sriram Ramkrishna s...@ramkrishna.me wrote: Greetings, foundation members! This list has been pretty quiet and I'm wondering how best to talk about things going on in GNOME internally that would capture people's imagination. For the most part, we've been talking mostly about new members and welcoming them. But, I feel that we don't really talk much about the project here from a general perspective. There is a lot going on, but this list doesn't really reflect the work going on within GNOME. So, let me ask all of you a question. When you signed on as Foundation members, what kind of discussions or involvement did you hope to see? What should the various team communicate with you? We've tried a lot of things to help communicate out ot the project, but it's been met mostly with silence and participation has been low with irc meetings that the board has come up with. So something is going on. Are you busy? Do you not care? What is your enthusiasm level? I'm being blunt because we should have a blunt conversation. If you don't want to tell me on-list, you can tell me off list. I think most of you know that I take a soft touch both internally and externally in GNOME. You should not be afraid to tell me what you are feeling. The engagement team has spent a lot of time working on our external engagement, but I think it's time we focused on internal engagement. Organizational health so to speak. My goal is to have an engaged foundation. I want and need your active participation. If you have a hostile response, or something fairly controversial I would prefer that you email me off list, and I will summarize it on the list. One thing I want to do is control the conversation without it going into the hinterlands. We need to have effective communication. Whatever we can't solve we will take it up at GUADEC as a BOF or as part of the general GUADEC meeting. Whatever problems we have, we will solve it as one team. Together. So use your judgement, as we are all adults. So, let's spend the weekend and casually talk about GNOME!! sri (speaking as an engagement team member, not board btw) ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Call for Participation: Study on user reporting of Usability and UX Issues
Hi, I'm a Masters candidate at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and am investigating how to support Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) users in reporting Usability and User Experience issues. This research aims to align the information needed by designers working on FOSS projects with the information provided by FOSS users in their reports. I'd like to invite you to participate on a study where you will be requested to report Usability and User Experience issues using an specific form. The goal of this study is to evaluate and improve this form and this form only, observing how well it is able to communicate what are the kinds of information needed. Your *participation in the study involves reporting any Usability and User Experience issues you experience with software*. You are not required to use any specific software for this study. You can report issues experienced with your computing environment of use, and with any desktop, web or mobile applications. In case you accept to participate in the study, you will be welcome to report Usability or User Experience issues using a provided form whenever you observe an issue or have an unpleasant experience with a piece of software. The study will run until the*July 6th, 2013*. The form is available in English, but you are welcome to fill it both in English and Portuguese. * **If you wish to participate in the study* (or have any questions about it), please, drop me an email at fabianapsim...@gmail.com and I will forward you further instructions. Thanks in advance for your help! Best regards, Fabiana Simões ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Question to GNOME Foundation Board candidates
Thanks Max, Emmanuele and Andreas for the replies! Having the minutes of the Board meetings is certainly helpful. Problem is, IMO, that the granularity of the information there is way to high to inform the broader progress and accomplishments of the Board. On 21 May 2013 03:23, Dave Neary dne...@gnome.org wrote: Suggestion: when you could use help with something, send an email asking. When you finish a task, drop a quick email letting people know. That's a great idea as a way to keep an open communication channel with the Foundation. However, I'm not opposed to the idea of the report as an additional resource. With these reports every 2-3 months, one would only need to check a couple of emails (wiki pages, blog posts or whatever form they take) to be able to have an idea of what the Board is up to and, in elections time, make an informed vote. Additionally, if the reports are indeed desirable, it's the role of the Foundation Members to make sure the Board make they happen. Regards, Fabiana On 21 May 2013 03:23, Dave Neary dne...@gnome.org wrote: Hi, On May 20, 2013 10:33 PM, Andreas Nilsson li...@andreasn.se wrote: I wasn't suggesting IRC meetings per se, but we need some kind of mechanism to report to the broader foundation what we are up to on a regular basis, similar to how we communicate with the Advisory board. If only there were a way to communicate asynchronously with foundation members - a mailing list or something - you could avoid an inconvenient real-time meeting. If something like a e-mail with a status report from the board to foundation-list would be a better mechanism, I would support that. That sounds like an excellent idea, except calling it a status report is a guarantee it won't happen regularly. Suggestion: when you could use help with something, send an email asking. When you finish a task, drop a quick email letting people know. If you're announcing things to members, they're not involved. If you're talking to them, they can be (see the difference?). Cheers, Dave. ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Question to GNOME Foundation Board candidates
Hello all, First, thanks to all candidates for volunteering to the Foundation Board. We have a number of candidates running for a second term, and knowing what were these candidates' contributions to the Foundation in the past year is quite important for me as a voter. However, as per Zeeshan's questions, I find it hard to follow the Board's progress and accomplishments. I would like to know what are your ideas on improving the visibility of the Board's actions, and communication to Foundation members. Thanks, Fabiana ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Boston Summit 2013?
Thanks for bringing this up, Joanie. The sooner we decide on a location, the better, since some of us might need to get a visa for attending the event. At least in Brazil, they are not always fast to get (for either the US or Canada). - Fabiana On 04/23/2013 05:43 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: Portland! It's just like Boston, but on the other side of the coast! :D On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 8:16 AM, Joanmarie Diggs jdi...@igalia.com mailto:jdi...@igalia.com wrote: Hey all. We should probably be thinking about where the Boston Summit will be this year. :) Do we want to have another Montreal Summit? (And if so, do we have someone to make those arrangements?) Thanks and take care. --joanie ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org mailto:foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Mango / Foundation Database / RT down
I guess a note explaining we'll be back shortly might be nicer and possibly less demotivating to anyone trying to apply meanwhile. Fabiana On 14 January 2013 16:15, Andrea Veri a...@gnome.org wrote: We can either disable the page on Wordpress itself or add a little note on the form itself by modyfing the file at [1]. Not sure which one do you prefer! Andrea [1] http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-web-www/tree/theme/page-apply.php 2013/1/14 Andreas Nilsson li...@andreasn.se Hi Andrea! Might be best to disable the form on http://www.gnome.org/foundation/membership/apply/ until this is sorted out. How do I do this? - Andreas On 2013-01-14 17:14, Andrea Veri wrote: Hi, unfortunately the machine that was hosting a few (Mango, Foundation DB, Request Tracker) GNOME services died yesterday after serving the GNOME community since 2004. I'll work on restoring all the services as soon as possible but for now please don't try: 1. applying to become a Foundation member through the form at [1]. 1. renewing your membership through the form at [1]. 2. requesting a new account or any change to it. (email changes, SSH key replacements, FTP access etc.) I'll follow-up this mail as soon as all the services are UP again. Thanks for your patience, Andrea [1] http://www.gnome.org/foundation/membership/apply/ -- Cheers, Andrea Debian Developer, Fedora / EPEL packager, GNOME Sysadmin, GNOME Foundation Membership Elections Committee Chairman Homepage: http://www.gnome.org/~av ___ foundation-list mailing listfoundation-list@gnome.orghttps://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list -- Cheers, Andrea Debian Developer, Fedora / EPEL packager, GNOME Sysadmin, GNOME Foundation Membership Elections Committee Chairman Homepage: http://www.gnome.org/~av ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
