Re: GNOME Foundation Elections - Preliminary results

[Ghee Teo <Ghee Teo Sun COM>]

Mike Newman wrote:

> On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 20:37 +0100, Keld Jørn Simonsen wrote:
>
>  
>
> > As far as I know, there is nothing that forbids the board to seek advice 
> > from Anne or other candidates - or even other members of the community.
> > I am involved in other UNIX/Linux communities where we have established 
> > working groups or subcommittees for different subjects. In these groups
> > all members are invited to participate, and it leads to a higher
> > activity level overall in the community, more active members,
> > and more work done.
> >    
>
> Indeed, the board hasn't really gone down this avenue except perhaps in
> terms of the Release Team and GUADEC organisation - 
   And there is the membership committee which you were once in :)

-Ghee

> but I would hope
> they would consider doing so where appropriate far more often. A
> board-backed and carefully focused subcommittee could achieve a great
> deal of work in a short space of time - something the board would
> struggle with due to its nature.
>
> Mike
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