Re: Mission Statement

[Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi gmail com>]

hi;

On 6 August 2014 17:30, Michael Hill <mdhillca gmail com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Máirín Duffy <duffy fedoraproject org> wrote:
>
> > On 08/06/2014 11:57 AM, Ryan Lortie wrote:
>
> > > I think that the time has come to split OPW out from the GNOME
> > > foundation.
> >
> >
> > I can't resist saying this:
> >
> > I think GNOME has a lot of problems, and OPW is most certainly NOT one of
> > them.
>
> I didn't take "split OPW out from the GNOME foundation" to mean "stop
> participating in OPW." It's nice if GNOME OPW interns aren't prevented
> from attending hackfests by the crippling weight of administering the
> finances for the program.

"crippling weight" [citation needed].

we've gone from "it adds workload to the administrative assistant and
to the board directors chasing companies for paying invoices" to
"crippling weight" in about three emails. this is how memes propagate,
and PR disasters are born.

ciao,
 Emmanuele.

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