Re: Moving final mailman lists over to discourse

[Felipe Borges]

On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 10:29 AM Neil McGovern  wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2022-09-29 at 14:18 -0300, Rafael Fontenelle wrote:
> > Hi Neil,
> >
> > Reading your list-of-lists.txt attachment I noticed that some mailing
> > lists used by language teams in Damned Lies are in the "Lists to
> > close" category. These mailing lists are used by Damned Lies to send
> > notifications of translation activities. If closed there's a chance
> > it
> > could break Damned Lies notifications, and I don't think Damned Lies
> > is not able to notify Discourse.
>
> Damned Lies can indeed notify Discourse - there's an email interface if
> needed, which is what the release team ended up doing. However, I think
> a better idea is to rethink the workflow a little... I'll follow up on
> the issue :)

I agree with Neil here. Discourse doesn't look like the right place
for automated notifications.

Couldn't Damned Lies allow for translators to individually subscribe
for notifications and get these emails sent directly to them?

I know this requires someone to implement the feature, but I think it
is of our general interest, so maybe we could request some funding for
it. In the past we had an Outreachy intern working on integrating
GTranslator with Damned Lies, maybe that same intern would be
interested in working on this.


>
> >
> > I recommend double-checking that with GTP coordinators.
> >
> > The language team lists I found in the text file are:
>
> There's a couple missing from your list (like -cyr) and a couple that
> haven't seen postings since 2009 (like -latin), but yes.
>
> Let's continue over on
> https://gitlab.gnome.org/Infrastructure/damned-lies/-/issues/325 :)
>
> Neil
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Re: Final results - GNOME Foundation Board of Directors Elections 2022

[Felipe Borges]

Congratulations to the new Board members!

I know you will work for the best and will find lots of good solutions
to help the Foundation continue moving forward!

Cheers,
Felipe.

On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 12:31 PM Andrea Veri  wrote:
>
> Foundation members,
>
> 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:
>
> Robert McQueen
> Jeremy Allison
> Regina Nkemchor Adejo
> Sammy Fung
> Philip Chimento
> Martín Abente Lahye
> Thibault Martin
>
> Congratulations! And many, many thanks to all Foundation members who 
> participated and voted.
>
> Cheers,
> Andrea
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Re: Candidacy for GNOME Foundation board of directors

[Felipe Borges]

I second Robert's candidacy.

Rob has been a great leader in our project and I'm glad to see his
interest in continuing working with our project and community.

Cheers,
Felipe.

On Mon, Jun 6, 2022 at 11:00 AM  wrote:
>
> Hello members,
>
> It’s been a pleasure to work with Rob for the past year, I’m happy to second 
> his candidacy.
>
> Regards,
> Thib
>
> > On 4 Jun 2022, at 00:55, Robert McQueen  wrote:
> >
> > Dear members,
> >
> > I am announcing my intention to stand for re-election to the GNOME
> > Foundation board of directors in the upcoming 2022-24 election. My
> > employer affiliation is Endless OS Foundation.
> >
> > In brief, I would like to make sure the GNOME Foundation is well set-up
> > with a new Executive Director; continue supporting efforts to bring
> > diverse contributors and make the Linux desktop attractive to users;
> > and use my and others experience on the board to make sure the
> > Foundation is governed and run effectively.
> >
> > As I am already serving on the board as President, on the Executive and
> > Finance Committees and managing the Executive Director, some members
> > may already be aware with what I've been working on and why. Should I
> > be re-elected, my top priorities would be as follows:
> >
> > 1. Ensure a smooth transition to the new Executive Director
> >
> > In February I announced together with Neil McGovern that he would be
> > moving on from his role of Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation
> > this year. For the board this is a key time in terms of ensuring the
> > Foundation is set up for success with another strong leader who can
> > carry our vision and strategy forward, support the team, guide the
> > community and represent the Foundation externally to build up new
> > partnership and funding opportunities.
> >
> > As President I am working with Neil and Thibault as the Chair to launch
> > the search process - we have been working on better articulation of our
> > strategy so that it's clear to candidates what the board is hoping for
> > them to achieve, consulting with recruitment agencies who will help the
> > Foundation cast the net a little wider for potential applicants, and
> > we've prepared a draft job description ready to launch the search in
> > the next couple of weeks.
> >
> > It's my hope that if re-elected and I have the ongoing support of the
> > board, I can continue my part in this process and help maintain
> > consistency for the board and get the Foundation well set up with a new
> > Executive Director in place for the coming years.
> >
> > 2. Complete the next phase of setup for Flathub
> >
> > The Linux desktop has had commercial investment coming and going in
> > waves over the past 20 years, depending on what’s been happening in the
> > tech sector. Throughout that time, one thing that has not been possible
> > – and is possible on every other successful device platform – is for
> > developers to build apps which add value to the to the platform, and
> > get paid for their work. The consequence of this is a barrier that
> > prevents individuals from diverse backgrounds from engaging in and
> > remaining in our community, if they are not lucky enough to have a
> > salaried role to work on the desktop, or not otherwise supported with
> > time/money to spare to contribute more altruistically.
> >
> > Thanks to support from Endless Philanthropy, the GNOME Foundation has
> > been sponsoring work to add transactions and donations to Flathub to
> > bring direct financial incentives to participants in our community,
> > work which I have been closely involved in specifying and managing as
> > one of the individuals that helped to set Flathub up 5 years ago. We
> > hope to reduce friction for retaining contributors from different
> > backgrounds, as well as boosting the availability of apps to attract
> > and retain users on the Linux desktop more broadly.
> >
> > In parallel with the development, I have been working with Neil and a
> > nascent Flathub governance team including representatives from KDE and
> > the Flathub community to work out the accounting, legal and governance
> > questions which arise when Flathub starts handling funds on behalf of
> > application developers. I'd like to see this through, and make sure
> > that Flathub is set up in a way that allows it to handle payments
> > safely from a legal/liability/financial perpective, has clear and
> > transparent governance that reassures participants and sponsors, and
> > ideally raises funds so that we can invest in improving the security,
> > end-user story and developer experience.
> >
> > 3. Promote good governance of the Foundation
> >
> > As a former company founder and current nonprofit CEO with several
> > years of experience sitting on nonprofit boards, I'm comfortable and
> > familiar with the legal and financial aspects of 501(c)(3) compliance,
> > overseeing the Foundation's finances and inputting into the budget as
> > part of the Finance Committee, 

Re: Running for the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors.

[Felipe Borges]

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  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 
> >  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.
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Re: New Foundation & Emeritus Members

[Felipe Borges]

I'm happy that GNOME Circle is succeeding at bringing our app
community closer to the GNOME project and foundation.

Welcome everyone!

On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 6:00 PM Andrea Veri  wrote:
>
> Hello everybody!
>
> The GNOME Foundation Membership Committee is proud to announce our newly 
> approved Foundation and Emeritus members. Please welcome and thank them for 
> their great and valuable contributions over the GNOME Foundation!
>
> They are: *
>
>  1. Francesco Masala (Bottles - GNOME Circle)
>  2. Mirko Brombin (Bottles - GNOME Circle)
>  3. Pietro di Caprio (Bottles - GNOME Circle)
>  4. Sonny Piers (Junction, Tangram, Commit - GNOME Circle)
>  5. Evangelos Paterakis (Hashbrown - GNOME Circle)
>  6. Dan Nicholson (OSTree, Flatpak)
>  7. Dhanuka Warusadura (libsecret)
>  8. Kévin Commaille (Fractal)
>  9. Peace Ojemeh (Scaleable onboarding project)
>
> We also have two new Emeritus members:
>
>  1. Josh Triplett (ooo-build, legal)
>
> For any further questions you may have, feel free to open up an issue via 
> GitLab at https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/MembershipCommittee/-/issues.
>
> * Syntax is Name, Surname, Area of involvement
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Andrea
>
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GSoC 2022: GNOME Foundation has been accepted as a mentor organization!

[Felipe Borges]

We are happy to announce that GNOME has been accepted as a mentor
organization for Google Summer of Code 2022!

New contributors will be reaching out in our communication channels
for information about the program and to discuss project ideas, please
point them to https://gsoc.gnome.org.

If you have any questions/doubts you can open a topic in our Discourse
community[0], send an email to soc-adm...@gnome.org, or reach out in
our GSoC Matrix chat room[1].

[0] https://discourse.gnome.org/c/community/outreach/334
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Re: New foundation member: Dhanuka's introduction

[Felipe Borges]

On Thu 25. 11. 2021 at 8:16, Dhanuka via foundation-list <
foundation-list@gnome.org> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I'm Dhanuka Warusadura from Sri Lanka. And I'm your newest GNOME
> Foundation member :) I'm a contributor to libsecret project, a GSoC 2021
> intern and also an Outreachy alumnus. I truly need to thank my mentor Daiki
> Ueno for this great opportunity. So, thank you Daiki! And thank you all for
> accepting me as an official member of the GNOME Foundation.


Congratulations! We are lucky to have you in our project!



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> Dhanuka.
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Re: Sign-up to mentor an Outreachy project by September 15

[Felipe Borges]

The deadline for mentors to submit projects has been extended to
Wednesday, October 6 at 4pm UTC.

On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 10:42 AM Felipe Borges  wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Just a friendly reminder that if you want to mentor in Outreachy in
> the December 2021 round, you should submit a project proposal as soon
> as possible.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 9:53 AM Felipe Borges  wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > The GNOME Foundation has confirmed funding for three spots in
> > Outreachy for the December 2021 round!
> >
> > If you would like to mentor this round, please head to
> > https://www.outreachy.org/outreachy-december-2021-internship-round/communities/gnome/submit-project/
> > as soon as possible and submit your project idea.
> >
> > All project ideas need to be added in the Outreachy’s application
> > system by mentors and approved by the triage committee (Matthias
> > Clasen, Allan Day, and Sriram Ramkrishna) and coordinators (me) by
> > September 15.
> >
> > Because GNOME only usually has a few participants in Outreachy, we are
> > looking to offer projects that are most strategic for GNOME. These
> > include, but are not limited to, projects in the area of privacy, GTK,
> > core experience, core applications, developer experience, and
> > development infrastructure. More information about GNOME’s
> > participation in Outreachy is available at Outreach/Outreachy - GNOME
> > Wiki! .
> >
> > If you have any questions, please feel free to reply to this thread,
> > in our discourse topic*, or e-mail soc-adm...@gnome.org (which is a
> > private mailing list with the GNOME internship coordinators).
> >
> > * 
> > https://discourse.gnome.org/t/outreachy-sign-up-to-mentor-an-outreachy-project-by-september-15/7451
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Felipe Borges.
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Re: New Foundation & Emeritus Members

[Felipe Borges]

Yay! Welcome everyone!

It is great to see long term contributors and some of our
GSoC/Outreachy interns becoming Foundation members!

On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 11:59 AM Andrea Veri  wrote:
>
> Hello everybody!
>
> The GNOME Foundation Membership Committee is proud to announce our newly 
> approved Foundation and Emeritus members. Please welcome and thank them for 
> their great and valuable contributions over the GNOME Foundation!
>
> They are: *
>
>  1. Khairul Aizat Kamarudzzaman (GNOME Asia Summit)
>  2. Ivan Molodetskikh (GNOME Shell, Mutter)
>  3. Michael Terry (Maintainer of GNOME Circle app Deja Dup Backups)
>  4. Daniel Patricio Galleguillos Cruz (GNOME Marketing, Engagement and Design)
>  5. Maximiliano Sandoval (Multiple GNOME Circle apps maintainer/developer: 
> Password Safe, Lorem, Decoder)
>  6. Luna Jernberg (GNOME Swedish translator, GUADEC 2015 / 2021 volunteer)
>  7. Mantoh Nasah Kuma (GJS)
>
> We also have two new Emeritus members:
>
>  1. Christian Neumair (German translations team, Nautilus)
>  2. Christophe Fergeau (GNOME Boxes, GSoC organizer / mentor for GNOME)
>
> For any further questions you may have, feel free to mail us at 
> membership-committee@gnome org.
>
> * Syntax is Name, Surname, Area of involvement
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> Andrea
>
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> Fedora / EPEL packager,
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> Former GNOME Foundation Board of Directors Secretary,
> GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee Chairman
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Re: Sign-up to mentor an Outreachy project by September 15

[Felipe Borges]

Hi,

Just a friendly reminder that if you want to mentor in Outreachy in
the December 2021 round, you should submit a project proposal as soon
as possible.

Cheers,


On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 9:53 AM Felipe Borges  wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> The GNOME Foundation has confirmed funding for three spots in
> Outreachy for the December 2021 round!
>
> If you would like to mentor this round, please head to
> https://www.outreachy.org/outreachy-december-2021-internship-round/communities/gnome/submit-project/
> as soon as possible and submit your project idea.
>
> All project ideas need to be added in the Outreachy’s application
> system by mentors and approved by the triage committee (Matthias
> Clasen, Allan Day, and Sriram Ramkrishna) and coordinators (me) by
> September 15.
>
> Because GNOME only usually has a few participants in Outreachy, we are
> looking to offer projects that are most strategic for GNOME. These
> include, but are not limited to, projects in the area of privacy, GTK,
> core experience, core applications, developer experience, and
> development infrastructure. More information about GNOME’s
> participation in Outreachy is available at Outreach/Outreachy - GNOME
> Wiki! .
>
> If you have any questions, please feel free to reply to this thread,
> in our discourse topic*, or e-mail soc-adm...@gnome.org (which is a
> private mailing list with the GNOME internship coordinators).
>
> * 
> https://discourse.gnome.org/t/outreachy-sign-up-to-mentor-an-outreachy-project-by-september-15/7451
>
> Thanks,
> Felipe Borges.
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Sign-up to mentor an Outreachy project by September 15

[Felipe Borges]

Hi everyone,

The GNOME Foundation has confirmed funding for three spots in
Outreachy for the December 2021 round!

If you would like to mentor this round, please head to
https://www.outreachy.org/outreachy-december-2021-internship-round/communities/gnome/submit-project/
as soon as possible and submit your project idea.

All project ideas need to be added in the Outreachy’s application
system by mentors and approved by the triage committee (Matthias
Clasen, Allan Day, and Sriram Ramkrishna) and coordinators (me) by
September 15.

Because GNOME only usually has a few participants in Outreachy, we are
looking to offer projects that are most strategic for GNOME. These
include, but are not limited to, projects in the area of privacy, GTK,
core experience, core applications, developer experience, and
development infrastructure. More information about GNOME’s
participation in Outreachy is available at Outreach/Outreachy - GNOME
Wiki! .

If you have any questions, please feel free to reply to this thread,
in our discourse topic*, or e-mail soc-adm...@gnome.org (which is a
private mailing list with the GNOME internship coordinators).

* 
https://discourse.gnome.org/t/outreachy-sign-up-to-mentor-an-outreachy-project-by-september-15/7451

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Re: Welcome letter Luna bittin Jernberg

[Felipe Borges]

Welcome Luna!

I have seen you around for quite some time and I'm glad you decided to
become a GNOME Foundation member. Thanks for helping with GUADEC and
your engagement with GNOME over the years!

On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 11:51 AM Luna Jernberg via foundation-list
 wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> I think i might be the newest member in the GNOME Foundation and the GNOME 
> family
>
> I am Luna Jernberg : nickname: bittin
> 30 year old non binary Swedish person that got lured in from the Swedish 
> Mozilla Community back in 2015 by Oliver Propst @Opropst too help out at 
> GUADEC 2015 and there got invited by Alexandre Franke @afranke to join the 
> Swedish GNOME translators group https://l10n.gnome.org/users/bittin/ (then i 
> did some work for a couple of months and then forgot all about it) Until now 
> 2020/2021 when i sit home in this COVID mess and don't really do anything so 
> been helping out with some translations the past 1,5 years, and currently i 
> am helping out with GUADEC Online 2021 and been helping out at Linux 
> Application Summit Online last year 2020
> and will continue to help out with GNOME things at events and with Swedish 
> Translation
> Nice to meet you all :) ! and thanks for accepting me in as an official 
> member in the GNOME Foundation
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Re: New Foundation & Emeritus Members

[Felipe Borges]

On Wed, May 5, 2021 at 8:51 PM Andrea Veri  wrote:
>
> Hello everybody!
>
> The GNOME Foundation Membership Committee is proud to announce our newly 
> approved Foundation and Emeritus members. Please welcome and thank them for 
> their great and valuable contributions over the GNOME Foundation!

Welcome everyone! Glad to have so many strong contributors in the list.


>
> They are: *
>
>  1. Manuel Haro (GUADEC and GNOME events coordinator/contributor)
>  2. Andy Holmes (GJS documentation, extensions.g.o submission reviewer, 
> GSConnect extension author)
>  3. Evan Welsh (GNOME Tweaks maintainer, GNOME Fonts co-maintainer, 
> extensions community management)
>  4. Javad Rahmatzadeh (GNOME 40 Port Guide, GNOME extensions)
>  5. Daniel Landau (Switcher GNOME extension developer, Polari, Shotwell 
> contributions)
>  6. James Westman (GNOME Maps)
>  7. Guillaume Bernard (GNOME French Translator)
>  8. Yuki Okushi (GNOME Japanese Translator)
>
> We also have two new Emeritus members:
>
>  1. Joaquim Rocha (OCRFeeder, GNOME Software, GNOME Control Center)
>  2. Dumitru Moldovan (Former GNOME Romanian Translator)
>
> For any further questions you may have, feel free to mail us at 
> membership-committee@gnome org.
>
> * Syntax is Name, Surname, Area of involvement
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> Andrea
>
> Red Hatter,
> Fedora / EPEL packager,
> GNOME Infrastructure Team Coordinator,
> Former GNOME Foundation Board of Directors Secretary,
> GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee Chairman
>
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Re: GNOME ASIA logo competition

[Felipe Borges]

On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 4:11 AM Richard Stallman  wrote:
>
> [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider]]]
> [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]]
> [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]
>
>   > There are 29 logos competing with each other and you can vote for your 3
>   > favorites by leaving a comment here:
>   > https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Events/GNOMEAsia/issues/46
>
> I am sad to report that this page seems to require nonfree Javascript
> code.  Looking at the page with LibreJS to protect me from nonfree
> Javascript code, I don't see any of the logos.
>
> Would you please post them so that they can be seen in the Free World?
> Please do not make running a nonfree program a precondition for
> participating in some Gnome activities.

This page is hosted in our own infrastructure.

>
>
> --
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> President, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org)
> Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)
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Fwd: It's time again for pants nominations

[Felipe Borges]

I nominate Carlos Garnacho.

Carlos has been actively part of our community for more than (I
believe) 15 years. He has been involved in various projects that
interact with very different components of our stack: Gtk+, Tracker,
Mutter, Wayland, you name it! He has also collaborated with apps that
consume his backend work, such as GNOME Music and the other core apps
(sharing his Tracker expertise). Contributing not only in code, Carlos
has mentored and co-mentored outreach students in GSoC and Outreachy,
and has been always very helpful with newcomers. He has attended many
of our conferences and is one of the most cherished members of our
community.
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Re: GNOME 3.26 Release Parties

[Felipe Borges]

Hello,

On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 11:06 PM, Nuritzi Sanchez  wrote:
> As of now, we don't have any other accounts set up. We have thought about
> using TransferWise [1], but I doubt we'll have this set up in time for this
> upcoming release party cycle.
>
> It looks like TransferWise would work in Turkey, and in many of the
> countries where we have local groups. Does anyone have experience using the
> service?

Yes, I have used the service to send money abroad and it works just
fine with lower fees than the standard options. I also have a friend
(fellow GNOME user) that works there and I could reach to help us out
if necessary.

> Apparently, TransferWise has low fees. @Muhammet - have you used
> Payoneer or Skrill before and do you recommend those above others? We're
> happy to consider other tools and it'd be helpful to know people's
> experience using them.
>
> I'm including more information about the larger challenge around payments
> below. If anyone is interested in this topic, please email me or the Board
> as we're having a Foundation hackfest [2] in early October around budgets,
> financial policies, etc, and we'd love your thoughts on what's working well
> and what isn't so we can discuss and try to problem-solve.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Best,
> Nuritzi
>
> [1] https://transferwise.com/
> [2] https://wiki.gnome.org/Hackfests/Foundation2017
>
> Some context on payments
>
> Here are the main problems we've had with sending small reimbursements so
> far:
>
> Bank transfer fees are heavy and paid by both the GNOME Foundation and
> usually also by recipients, depending on their bank's policies.
>
> PayPal is not available in all of the countries where we have active groups.
> It still has steep fees for some countries.
>
> We don't want to set up too many online payment accounts because of the
> overhead of managing them.
>
> Because of these issues, it's been hard to reimburse local organizers for
> small events. The PayPal solution has worked at least somewhat well for
> groups in the past year, but it excludes people in Turkey, where we have an
> active community.
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 12:35 AM, Muhammet Kara  wrote:
>>
>> Hi Nuritzi,
>>
>> Is there any reimbursement option other than paypal? It doesn't work in
>> Turkey. Payoneer and maybe Skrill are working.
>>
>> Best,
>> Muhammet
>>
>> 2017-09-12 9:20 GMT+03:00 Nuritzi Sanchez :
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> As the release of GNOME 3.26 approaches, the Engagement team would like
>>> to encourage you to join or host a release party in your area. As has been
>>> the case with recent releases, we have a budget of $50 per group for the
>>> first 10 groups that request a budget.
>>>
>>> You can find out whether there is a party near you, or add yours to the
>>> list here: https://wiki.gnome.org/Events/ReleaseParties/ThreePointTwentysix.
>>> There, you'll also find information on how to request a budget for your
>>> event.
>>>
>>> You can find tips on how to hold a release party here:
>>> https://blogs.gnome.org/engagement/2017/09/11/release-parties/
>>>
>>> If you have any questions, let me know, and thanks to everyone who has
>>> contributed to this upcoming release!
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Nuritzi
>>>
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>>>
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>>
>
>
>
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Re: LAS GNOME Update | Postponed until Spring 2018

[Felipe Borges]

On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 8:45 AM, James  wrote:
>
> Red Hat (my employer) has a very large, and mostly unused office in
> Montreal which we could probably use if folks want to have an event in
> Montreal. There is really fast wifi, a full kitchen (no stove) and
> lots of tables/chairs, etc...
>
> Montreal is a good North American location, because it is a great
> city, it is close to Europe, and it's not in the United States which
> is more dangerous and politically unstable at the moment.

I fully endorse this initiative. It is coherent with our recent
foundation statement on the immigration ban[0], and more importantly
it would allow many more foundation members to attend (including
myself).

Thanks for the suggestion, I hope that this idea is taken into consideration.

>
> Feel free to ping offline if you'd like to coordinate on this.
>
> Cheers,
> James
> @purpleidea
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https://www.gnome.org/news/2017/06/the-gnome-foundation-statment-on-immigration-ban/https://www.gnome.org/news/2017/06/the-gnome-foundation-statment-on-immigration-ban/
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Re: Send us your pants nominations

[Felipe Borges]

Carlos Garnacho.

On 5 Jul 2017 13:14, "Neil McGovern"  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> GUADEC is coming up soon, and with GUADEC comes the annual Pants Award.
> Every year, GNOME awards a pair of pants to somebody in recognition of
> their outstanding contributions. The board will make the final decision
> on who receives the pants, but we'd love to hear your nominations.
>
> The award can be for any kind of contribution to our software or our
> community. It does not have to be software development work. The only
> requirements are that the person is attending GUADEC to receive the
> pants, and that it's not a current or outgoing board member. Not sure
> if the person fits the requirements? Just nominate! We'll sort it out.
>
> Please feel free to send your nominations as a reply to this email. Or,
> if you'd prefer to nominate someone anonymously, email board-list.
>
> Thanks,
> Neil
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Re: Term duration for board members (was GNOME Board of Directors Foundation Elections 2017 - Candidates)

[Felipe Borges]

Hello,

On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 7:10 PM, meg ford  wrote:
> Hi,
> On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 11:02 AM, Alexandre Franke 
> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 1:54 PM, Michael Catanzaro
>>  wrote:
>> > Here's another question: what do the candidates think about switching to
>> > using two-year terms?
>
>
> I think this is an interesting idea, but I think we'd have to know why
> people aren't running in the first place to know if it would be an effective
> solution. For example, if few people are running because they are hesitant
> about the time commitment, then having two year terms might exacerbate that.
> I agree that there haven't been enough candidates the past few elections,
> and some action should be taken to solve the issue. I'd like to hear why
> people who considered running didn't do so, and what would make them
> consider running in the future.

I agree with Meg, first and foremost we need to identify the reasoning
behind not so many people launching candidacies.

Addressing directly the $SUBJECT, I personally believe that despite
the lack of candidates, a transition of responsibilities is key for a
wealthy system. It gives new people a chance to push their ideas,
prevents the creation of privileges, and gives credibility to the
voters. I acknowledge that the board power is somehow limited and it
is often just "representative", but even in this matters I would
always welcome an alternation of members in a short period.

>
> Thanks,
> Meg
>
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