We're starting the discussion now. Ideally we'll wrap it up within seven days or so.
--Gershom On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 4:54 PM, Noon van der Silk <noonsli...@gmail.com> wrote: > Out of interest, when will the new committee members be announced? > > On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 9:29 AM, Gershom B <gersh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Dear Haskellers, >> >> It is time to put out a call for new nominations (typically but not >> necessarily self-nominations) to the haskell.org committee. We have >> four members of our committee due for retirement -- Adam Foltzer, >> Nicolas Wu, Andres Loeh, and Edward Kmett (who is stepping down >> early). As per our bylaws, three of the slots will be for regular >> three year terms, and one will be a short one year term to fill out >> the remainder of Edward's. >> >> To nominate yourself, please send an email to committee at haskell.org >> by December 2, 2016. The retiring members are eligible to re-nominate >> themselves. Please feel free to include any information about yourself >> that you think will help us to make a decision. >> >> The Haskell.org committee serves as a board of directors for >> Haskell.org, a 501(c)3 nonprofit which oversees technical and >> financial resources related to Haskell community infrastructure. >> >> Being a member of the committee does not necessarily require a >> significant amount of time, but committee members should aim to be >> responsive during discussions when the committee is called upon to >> make a decision. Strong leadership, communication, and judgement are >> very important characteristics for committee members. The role is >> about setting policy, providing direction/guidance for Haskell.org >> infrastructure, planning for the long term, and being fiscally >> responsible with the Haskell.org funds (and donations). As overseers >> for policy regarding the open source side of Haskell, committee >> members must also be able to set aside personal or business related >> bias and make decisions with the good of the open source Haskell >> community in mind. >> >> We seek a broad representation from different segments of the Haskell >> world -- including but not limited to those focused on education, >> those focused on industrial applications, those with background in >> organizing users-groups, and those focused directly on our technical >> infrastructure. >> >> More details about the committee's roles and responsibilities are on >> >> https://wiki.haskell.org/Haskell.org_committee >> >> If you have any questions about the process, please feel free to >> e-mail us at committee at haskell.org, or contact one of us >> individually. >> >> Best, >> Gershom Bazerman >> _______________________________________________ >> Haskell-community mailing list >> haskell-commun...@haskell.org >> http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-community > > > > > -- > Noon Silk, ن > > https://silky.github.io/ > > "Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy — the joy > of being this signature." _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list Haskell@haskell.org http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell