Re: Mission Statement

[Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>]

On Thu, 2014-08-07 at 10:16 -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote:
> No one said that in as many words, no. But when it is essentially being 
> said that (1) it is able to operate at this time due to support from 
> GNOME that GNOME cannot afford AND (2) it should be split off from 
> GNOME, then the end result is splitting something off that cannot 
> operate on its own. This is equivalent to killing it unless I am missing 
> something.

(3) GNOME isn't particularly good at being a fiscal sponsor. Other
organizations that are better at it might actually make OPW more
successful.

[I don't mean this to put down the hard work of Rosanna or the board
members or any of our past directors. It's just not something we're set
up to do well.]

--
Shaun