Re: A Question for New Candidates

[Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>]

Thanks to everyone for your answers. That was useful information.

Allan

On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 8:38 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna <sri ramkrishna me> wrote:
> 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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