Re: Board of Directors Elections 2014 - Candidacy - Karen Sandler

["Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)" <zeeshanak gnome org>]

Hi Karen,

On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 9:36 AM, Oliver Propst <oliver propst gmail com> wrote:
> On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Karen Sandler <karen gnome org> wrote:
> > Affiliation: Software Freedom Conservancy. I'm also pro bono General Counsel
> > of QuestionCopyright.Org, and an advisor of The Ada Initiative and sometimes
> > help other orgs (like the FSF) on legal and other free software related
> > matters.
>
> > As promised when I left the position of Executive Director, I'd like to
> > throw my hat in the ring for the Board of Directors. I think I can help
> > bring continuity to the board (Stormy was incredibly helpful on the board
> > when I started as ED). Also, as a lawyer I sometimes have an additionally
> > useful perspective. I'm still doing volunteer work for GNOME both as pro
> > bono counsel and as a volunteer on nonlegal matters for GNOME. I've been
> > helping with fundraising, collecting on outstanding invoices and generally
> > wherever I can.
> You are a very busy person with many responsibilities, if you get
> elected to the Board do you feel confident that you can spend the
> necessary time on Board work?

While I think you do a lot for Free Software and your passion and work
inspires many, I'm afraid I do share Oliver's concern here.

-- 
Regards,

Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
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