Name: Robert McQueen E-Mail: ramcq gnome org Corporate Affiliation: Endless OS Foundation RocketChat, IRC, Twitter, Telegram, Signal, etc: ramcq Dear Foundation members, In line with my stated belief that consistent board and leadership are beneficial for the Foundation's ability to set, refine and execute strategies over longer periods of time, I would like to announce my intention to stand again and offer to serve as a director of the GNOME Foundation. I am now the CEO of the newly-formed Endless OS Foundation, which is already adding a lot more in-depth non-profit experience to my previous technical and executive work in and around GNOME and the free desktop space. I have 15 years of experience working on the successful adoption of free and open source software in commercial products, working with partners on the best ways to build successful products while contributing effectively to the community. As with previous years, I believe I have been able to use this experience to support both the board and the ED when evaluating and making decisions and evaluating financial and legal implications. This year I teamed up with Allan and split the President role from the Chairperson role, and with him serving as Vice President I believe we made an effective partnership between these roles, focusing within the board and allowing the ED to be the more prominent external face of the Foundation. I continue to be involved behind the scenes in Flathub and helped the Board to draft and agree the joint agreement with KDE to co-host the Libre App Summit. During the budget setting process this year I was able to step in and work closely with Carlos (Treasurer), Allan (Vice President) and Neil (Executive Director) to come up with a better presentation of the proposed budget to make it clear to the board what was being asked, and set out a more realistic forecast that let the directors have more confidence to proceed with their decision-making. I worked as a thought partner on the process to define the "GNOME Circle" initiative and discussions to move the board into a strategic/oversight role. Allan joined me to assist as the line manager for the Executive Director, and we've established a consistent feedback and communication process to make sure the board and Executive Director have remained in sync, or quickly escalated and discussed concerns in either direction. Should I be re-elected my intention is very much to continue in the same vein - as well as discharging the legal duties of a director in terms of fiscal responsibility and non-profit compliance - to build clearer statements of the Foundation's current mission, ensure that the strategy and resources are aligned behind those goals and communicated well, and provide support, insights and different perspectives to the board and ED so that we make the best decisions possible. I would like GNOME to work with its distribution partners and application developers to grow our collective user base, support the growth of the Linux desktop and deliver a trusted, independent and free personal computer to as many people as possible. Thanks for your consideration! Kind Regards, Rob
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