Re: 10 Questions for All Candidates

[Bart Decrem <bart linuxone co kr>]

George wrote:

> > ) The board meets for one hour every two weeks to discuss a handful of
> > issues.  Thus, it is very important that the board can very quickly and
> > concisely discuss each topic and come to concensus on each item for
> > discussion. Are you good at working with others, who sometimes have very
> > differing opinions than you do, to reach concensus and agree on actions?
>
> I think that as long as an unnamed person, usually referred to by 3 letters
> starting with R doesn't get voted in, I think this would be quite possible.

No kidding.  If there's a God out there, I sincerely hope that he 
temporarily disables the email accounts of people who wish to vote for 
candidates usually referred to by 3 letters starting with R.  

Seriously, while I have a great amount of respect for RMS' achievements 
and his crusade for free software, I think it would truly be a disaster 
if he were elected onto the board of the Gnome Foundation.  I *really* 
don't want the board to spend the next 12 months listening to tirades 
about GNU/Linux versus Linux, how evil it is to ever mention commercial 
software etc.  It's really important that the board be composed of a 
team of people who focus all their energy on making GNOME successful, 
and who are able to work together with others and respect diverging 
opinions.

SO PLEASE, if you respect RMS and the Free Software Foundation and love 
GNOME, send a check to

	Free Software Foundation  
	59 Temple Place - Suite 330 
	Boston, MA  02111-1307,  USA  

and vote for a team of people who'll be able to work together and get 
things done.

Cheers,

Bart