Re: About the coming election

["Diego Escalante Urrelo" <diegoe gnome org>]

Hey Anne :)

On 11/6/07, Anne Østergaard <anne oestergaard nu> wrote:
> About the coming election of new board members.
>
> It is time for reflection on whether you would like to run for election,
> for the next GNOME Board of Directors, for the next period of eighteen
> months.
>
> In my view, it is important to have a variety of skills represented on
> the board.
>

Totally agree, I remember we had the chance to chat in GUADEC about
how a different point of view is very important for any group,
sometimes "the outsider look" opens your eyes. The outsider being
either a people from outside or a people from inside but with a
different set of ideas or way of thinking.

> I do not personally believe in a "strong man" dominated board, but
> rather in a group of dedicated team players who always has the best
> interests of the GNOME Foundation, as well as the GNOME community at
> heart.
>
> I think that a well run organization, with a welcoming and helpful
> attitude towards new comers and beginners who would like to contribute
> to the project, would reflect in more cool, user friendly applications
> which will make us all happy.
>
> It would also be a good thing to have as global a representation on the
> board as possible. For the variety of cultures and the inspiration.
>
> We would welcome candidates from all over the globe. (It would be nice
> to see candidates from India and the US for example. As these countries
> are not represented at the moment. The GNOME Foundation is a US based
> legal entity, which means that we act under US legislation.)
>

Aha, don't worry, the evil latino plan to take over the board is in
process (what do you think Lucas is doing there? muahaha!! >:D)
(that's a joke, laugh now)

> In case you are not able to put in the time it takes being a board
> member yourself, you could try to mail a friend you would like to see as
> a board member and convince him/her to become a candidate.
>

While reading this, I remembered this mail by Federico:
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2006-November/msg00014.html

It cleared a lot of my doubts with regards to being on the board. I
recommend it to anyone wanting to know more about the board (no matter
they run or not for it).

> We have had two votes on internal, organizational issues apart from the
> yearly elections. They have worked fine.
> So we might consider asking The GNOME Foundation Members to vote on
> important, fundamental issues where it is difficult to deduct what the
> opinion of the majority is from the debate.
>
> This idea might also make it even more important to you to be or become
> a GNOME Foundation Member.
>
> I am writing this on behalf of myself, and it reflects my personal
> experience, and views on being a board member for the past two years.
>

And it's nice to hear about the people who has already being through
the experience, I would encourage other board members to comment about
their experience on the board, the good and bad of it.


greetings!


Diego