Re: Candidacy: Lionel Dricot

[Paul Cutler <pcutler gnome org>]

On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Martyn Russell <martyn lanedo com> wrote:
> Isn't that part of the problem? If the foundation isn't behind this, won't
> it seem completely self indulgent on behalf of businesses alone?
>
> What I personally would like to see is much more backing from the
> foundation. E.g.
>
>  - A web page
>  - A banner at the next desktop summit
>  - Something in the booklets given out at the next summit perhaps?
>  - Some PR occasionally about how well projects are doing
>  ... etc
>
> Given the board represent the foundation at the highest level, why shouldn't
> they be (more?) involved in commercialisation of GNOME?

Just a quick note, but I believe the Board supports all of these
ideas.  But none of these tasks require the Board's intervention - the
community could get all of this done if they chose to (just as the
Board could too).  There is nothing stopping a community member from
proposing this (probably best on the Marketing list) and getting it
done.  I think these are all fantastic ideas.  I think having a Board
member who owns this could help push it a bit more, but there is
absolutely no reason we can't be working on this right now.

Paul