Re: Preliminary Results - GNOME Foundation Board of Directors Elections 2019
On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 7:41 AM Jens Georg wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm sorry if this was explained before - what does > > "Elimination due to affiliation" mean? Max of 2 candidates per organization. ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Board of Directors Elections 2019 - Candidacy - Jeremy Allison
On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 7:35 PM 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 :-). > > I'd like to run for the Gnome Foundation Board of Directors > on behalf of Google. > > 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). > > 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. > > Thank you for your consideration. > > Jeremy Allison, > Google Open Source Programs Office, > Co-Author of the Samba project. Hi Jeremy! Really glad to see that you're running for the board! Assuming I'm correct in that we're allowed to ask questions to prospective candidates here, I'll throw in a few... (Other candidates are welcome to answer as well.) 1) What distribution(s) do you use on your personal and work laptops and desktops? 2) What's the biggest technical difficulty you've had with modern GNOME? 3) How will you help GNOME succeed on modern mobile devices where the hardware is often very locked down or difficult to get running on? Thanks and good luck! You have my support =D James ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: New GNOME Foundation employee - GTK+ Core Developer
On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 12:52 PM Neil McGovern wrote: > Dear Foundation members, > > After a long and robust recruitment process, I'm very pleased to > announce our first new staff member in a while. > Emmanuele Bassi will be joining us tomorrow (3rd December) to take on > the role of GTK+ Core Developer! > > Emmanuele has a long history of contributions to GTK, and has been a > Foundation member himself for over 12 years. > Previously working at Endless, Mozilla and Intel, where he contributed > to many components of the GNOME core development platform, I'm happy to > bring him on board to continue his commitment to the project. > > I'm sure you'll all give him a warm welcome in this new role! > > Thanks, > Neil This is awesome news, and I'm extremely glad to hear that: 1) money is going to fund an excellent project / cause (GTK+) 2) we have such a well-known and talented (AFAIK, since I'm not a GTK+ expert) person working on this! Yay Emmanuele!! As long as nobody minds, I think I'll mention what I'm sure everyone already knows: funding free software hackers, is probably one of the best ways to improve free software, so I'm happy that the foundation is leading by example! One question: is Emmanuele given any particular tasks or direction for GTK+, eg: does the GNOME foundation have any specific priorities they'd like to address, or is it more self-directed? Thanks again, and keep it up! Can't wait till there is a second developer on board. James ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
