Re: [board-discuss] Diversity Is Key?

2019-12-02 Thread Lothar Becker
Thanks all for the input for this issues. I think the gender issue is realy serious but I agree also with Franklin that there are additional issues of diversity we face. That was my intention with my mail three days ahead of the end of nomination. Having said that it is my strong believe that

Re: [board-discuss] Diversity Is Key?

2019-12-02 Thread Franklin Weng
2019年12月3日 06:21:43 Sam Tuke : > Thanks Thorsten; that's very helpful context. The 48% chance you referenced > does indicate that the issue is still larger than this particular election. > It's also worth noting that Gabriele, Italo, and others did a great job of > reminding us of the opportu

Re: [board-discuss] Diversity Is Key?

2019-12-02 Thread Simon Phipps
I favour having one or two seats reserved for appointment by the board rather than by election, so that missing skills or representations can be temporarily addressed. OSI just did this, for example. S On Mon, 2 Dec 2019, 23:22 Sam Tuke, wrote: > Thanks Thorsten; that's very helpful context. Th

Re: [board-discuss] Diversity Is Key?

2019-12-02 Thread Sam Tuke
Thanks Thorsten; that's very helpful context. The 48% chance you referenced does indicate that the issue is still larger than this particular election. It's also worth noting that Gabriele, Italo, and others did a great job of reminding us of the opportunity to stand, and the deadlines. As th

[board-discuss] [DECISION] Host WollMux project at TDF

2019-12-02 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, the following decision, which was taken in private on 2019-11-26, is now made public in accordance with our statutes. Thorsten Behrens wrote: VOTE: Host the WollMux forms, letter head and template extension at TDF Offers from LHM: * hand over domain names and source code repos

[board-discuss] [DECISION] Authorize Florian to sign the open letter to save .ORG domain

2019-12-02 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, the following decision, which was taken in private today, is now made public in accordance with our statutes. Franklin Weng wrote: Apparently TDF will be affected if .org domain is owned by a private entity, so I propose to authorize Florian to sign the open letter on behalf of TDF.