Re: Questions about the new GNOME Forums

2012-11-21 Thread William Jon McCann
Hi Karen, On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Karen Sandler wrote: ... > I think newcomer users really expect to get information in the forum > format, so I think it could be very useful. I guess we'll see what happens > there in the meantime :) > But perhaps more will get information from google.

Re: Looking for community managers or enthusiasts!

2012-11-15 Thread William Jon McCann
Hi Karen, I think these are good suggestions. But I think it would be a mistake to leave this critical responsibility to a committee of volunteers. One of the many challenges we face is that our voice and message have been too inconsistent - too infrequently heard. Heard too late. Lacking authorit

Re: [question to candidates] GNOME OS

2011-05-26 Thread William Jon McCann
Hi Richard, (we are not candidates and shouldn't derail this thread but just a quick response) On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 1:36 AM, Richard Stallman wrote: >    I really think the GNOME OS idea is a very good one, that is, making >    GNOME provide access to configuration and features of the underly

Re: Call for hosts for GUADEC 2012

2011-04-27 Thread William Jon McCann
Hi Brian, On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Brian Cameron wrote: > On 04/18/11 03:05 PM, Andre Klapper wrote: >> >> On Mon, 2011-04-18 at 15:02 -0500, Brian Cameron wrote: >>> >>> For those of you who would like to host the next GUADEC in 2012 you are >>> hereby invited to write a formal invitatio

Re: Question for Bastian Nocera

2010-06-14 Thread William Jon McCann
Hey, On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Bastien Nocera wrote: > On Mon, 2010-06-14 at 09:21 -0600, Stormy Peters wrote: > >> >> Speaking as Stormy and not as ED, I think this is a losing battle. I >> agree we need to continue to educate people but I don't think >> GNU/Linux is going to be the way

Re: Some notes on GNOME Shell

2010-06-03 Thread William Jon McCann
2010/6/3 Sriram Ramkrishna : > > > 2010/6/3 Andreas Nilsson >> >> On 06/03/2010 02:54 AM, Seif Lotfy wrote: >> >> >>> >>> And don't get me wrong -- I happen to disagree with some stuff they're >>> doing from time to time. But it doesn't mean I should stop trusting >>> them. >> >> But would't you l