Re: Questions to the candidates

[sankarshan (সঙ্কর্ষণ) <sankarshan randomink org>]

Hi,

On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Susana Pereira
<susana pereira gmail com> wrote:

> Here is my proposed list of questions. What do you think?
> The last question is new, it was sent to me by email. I'm sorry for
> the confusion that I caused.

Each time the elections are fun and, this is no different. And, the
Membership and Elections Committee is thankful for the energy that you
bring :)

>  1. For outgoing board members: what have been the upsides/good things
> from your previous stint at the Board which you would  like to see
> carried forward into this term ?
>
>  2. If you are a new candidate: what specific SMART
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMART_(project_management)) goals would
> you like to put for yourself? Or, in other words, how would you like
> to measure yourself and, let others know how you are doing ?
>
>  3. What part of being a board member do you think will be most
> difficult for you? How do you plan to compensate for that?
>
>  4. Do you have any experience on management teams or boards at
> non-profits? If so, can you give an example of a change you affected
> in that role? If not, what makes you think that you will be a good
> board member? What single change do you want to affect during your
> term?
>
>  5. What are the specific areas of the Foundation's focus and strategy
> where you think you can contribute as a change agent ?
>
>  6. Do you think we need to make the being a member of the Foundation
> feel more valuable, and how do you think we should do that? What would
> you change about the Foundation to make it more useful to members.
>
>  7. Do you have any plans on how can the board help bring the GNOME
> platform and desktop in the top of opensource desktop and mobile
> application development?
>
>  8. Do you think the GNOME Foundation and the GNOME projects get
> enough representation at events? If not, how would you fix that?
>
>  9. What, in your view, are the top 5 requirements (from a strategic
> perspective) for the GNOME communities world-wide ?
>
> 10. For you, what are the most important values in free software?

Do we need the 10th question ? :) But that was a minor nit. Otherwise
they look just the questions that would bring the best out in the
candidates.

Thanks once again.

~s

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