foss-north Call for Papers (April 26th 2017, Gothenburg)

2017-01-30 Thread Bastian Ilso
Hey! foss-north is a one-day conference happening on April 26th 2017. I just noticed today that they opened Call for Papers. "foss-north is an free / open source conference covering both software and hardware from the technical perspective. Hosted in Gothenburg between Copenhagen, Oslo and

Re: Shall we restart our engagement meetings?

2017-01-30 Thread Nuritzi Sanchez
Hey guys, Let's try using Uberconference for this call: https://www.uberconference.com/gnome-engagement Optional dial in number: 857-216-6156 PIN: 62777 Talk to you soon! On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 7:04 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: > We have a winner! Based on the current set of people who re

Re: Shall we restart our engagement meetings?

2017-01-30 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
possible Agenda items: * Agenda * Goals for this year? * Updates from team members * GNOME 20th anniversary * Permanent meeting time If you have others let me know. https://etherpad.gnome.org/p/engagement-team-meetings sri On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 9:45 AM Nuritzi Sanchez wrote: Hey guys, Let

Re: Shall we restart our engagement meetings?

2017-01-30 Thread Nuritzi Sanchez
Hey Sri, Turns out I can't make it today, but should be able to make it other days. Fridays would work better for me (I can do 18:00 even though framadate says I can't, sorry about that). *Updates/Ideas: * - Would love to keep revamping the website. maybe we can have a hackathon outside of GUADEC

Immigration ban

2017-01-30 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
The Linux Foundation sent out a press release against the immigration ban. I think we should also follow suit and also craft something that talks about our inclusiveness. https://www.linux.com/blog/linux-foundation-executive-directors-statement-immigration-ban _

Re: Immigration ban

2017-01-30 Thread Nuritzi Sanchez
I think this is more of a question for the Board, since the statement would have to be from the GNOME Foundation. I actually already put it on our Board agenda for tomorrow, but let me know if you think that it's not something for the Board to get involved with. On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 1:02 PM, S

Re: Immigration ban

2017-01-30 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 1:04 PM Nuritzi Sanchez wrote: > I think this is more of a question for the Board, since the statement > would have to be from the GNOME Foundation. > > I actually already put it on our Board agenda for tomorrow, but let me > know if you think that it's not something for t

Re: Immigration ban

2017-01-30 Thread Mario Wenzel
>From my side of the globe and an ethnic and religious background that is probably least affected directly by this issue, I feel deeply saddened by what's going on and I support any resolution that firmly supports that these things, like skin colour, gender, sexual orientation, and religion, should

Re: Immigration ban

2017-01-30 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 1:15 PM Mario Wenzel wrote: > From my side of the globe and an ethnic and religious background that is > probably least affected directly by this issue, I feel deeply saddened by > what's going on and I support any resolution that firmly supports that > these things, like

Re: Immigration ban

2017-01-30 Thread Nuritzi Sanchez
What would be helpful is to start drafting proposed language for the Board to consider. That way, they have something to look at and can edit it further if they vote to make a statement on behalf of the Foundation. I've started an etherpad so we can collaborate: https://etherpad.gnome.org/p/GNOME_

Re: Immigration ban

2017-01-30 Thread Liam R. E. Quin
On Mon, 2017-01-30 at 21:02 +, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: > The Linux Foundation sent out a press release against the immigration > ban. > I think we should also follow suit and also craft something that > talks about our inclusiveness. +1 yes ___ en