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

[Marina Zhurakhinskaya <marinaz redhat com>]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)" <zeeshanak gnome org>
> To: "Oliver Propst" <oliver propst gmail com>
> Cc: "foundation-announce" <foundation-announce gnome org>, "Foundation-List" <foundation-list gnome org>,
> elections gnome org
> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 9:17:26 AM
> Subject: Re: Board of Directors Elections 2014 - Candidacy - Karen Sandler
>
> 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.

It's not just the time commitment we are looking for in the board members, but also experience. Karen has a 
tremendous amount of experience in free software non-profit space. In the last two months, she has been very 
generous with her time as a volunteer for GNOME.

Thanks,
Marina

> --
> Regards,
>
> Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
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