Re: Mission Statement

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

On 08/06/2014 08:39 PM, Jim Nelson wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi gmail com> wrote:
> > if that were the case, then we ought to stop handling funds for all
> > the other projects for which we currently do handle funds: • Gimp •
> > GStreamer • PulseAudio (for GSoC) • PiTiVi (fund raising)
>
> ... except that all four of those projects correspond almost exactly to
> the first sentence of the GNOME mission statement that Ryan quoted: "to
> create a computing platform for use by the general public that is
> completely free software."
>
> I think OPW is a fantastic program and, from what I've seen, it's netted
> GNOME a good deal of positive publicity and goodwill, on top of the fact
> that it's addressing one of the more glaring problems in the software
> industry today. 
>
> That said, studying the mission statement and considering Ryan's
> concerns, I think he's raising some valid questions.
>
> Should the mission statement be revised?  If the educational part of the
> statement were broadened to include encourage internships and outreach
> into underrepresented groups, would that be enough?
>
> Is it true that "the majority of participants are not GNOME
> contributors"?  This is news to me -- can someone (Ryan?) elaborate?

https://wiki.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen/2014/MayAugust

--joanie