Re: A Question for New Candidates

[Sriram Ramkrishna <sri ramkrishna me>]

Sorry for my late response.  I've been at a conference all of this week and I was not able to focus on the question.

On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 3:12 AM, Allan Day <allanpday gmail com> wrote:

Hi everyone,

Big thanks to everyone who has put themselves forward as a board
candidate. It's really awesome that you are willing to spend time on
the foundation.

It's also fantastic that we have so many fantastic new candidates this
time around, and I have a question for you. One thing I find myself
asking is: what do you think you will personally bring to the role if
you are elected? In other words: why do you think that you will be a
good board member?

Every once of us brings their set of skills and experience that will make us good members.  For myself, I've been on the project for a long awhile as a volunteer.  I've never been a coder but satisfied myself as doing a lot of non-coding related things like articles, bug reports and the like.  The GNOME Journal was one of the projects that I worked on for many years.  The years have also given me familiarity with everyone in the project as well as outside.  I'd like to think that people take me seriously when I weigh in on an issue.  When I do talk about an issue, I try to be careful in making sure that my comments are carefully written and moves conversation forward while continuing to be polite.  I'm careful not to weigh in on things that I can't make a positive contribution on.

 

I have  stellar reputation outside of GNOME coming from recent years of advocacy on GNOME's behalf.  In those times I have gained experience in community management from countless hours of discussions in forums, mailing lists, and social media.

I've stated that I want to work on community management, and working with external organizations.  I feel these skills I have gained in the past couple years will be valuable being on the board.

I don't expect an essay here, btw. :)

Thanks again,

Allan
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