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

[Karen Sandler <karen gnome org>]

On 2014-05-20 11:42, meg ford wrote:
> Hi Karen,
>
> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Karen Sandler <karen gnome org> wrote:
>
> I am extremely busy. I was just reading through all of the emails to 
> board candidates this morning, as the time I've had in the last few 
> days for GNOME I've spent volunteering on time sensitive things that I 
> think must be done. This includes following up on outstanding invoices 
> and also tracking a GNOME trademark matter. I also reviewed and 
> commented on the contract for the GUADEC local organization (there may 
> have been other things that I'm forgetting).  And this is all in the 
> last week, and not counting recording the voice over for the cool 
> documentation video that Bastian is putting together :)
>
> I have to say: being on the GNOME board takes a lot of time. It's not a 
> small commitment that the candidates are offering to make! Most boards 
> meet quarterly at most, so meeting every other week is really a lot. 
> However, I think it's worth the time expenditure. I just recorded an 
> oggcast on this topic (what it means to serve on a board of directors 
> and whether you should want to do it), which unfortunately won't come 
> out until next week.
>
> If elected, I'll probably use my time for GNOME by participating in the 
> meetings and working on things like I've been doing as a volunteer 
> mentioned above and am less likely than some other candidates to engage 
> in lengthy discussions on mailing lists, but I think that's ok provided 
> that some of the other board members focus on that important role (I 
> will chime in on discussion, it just might not be right away or in 
> great detail).
>
> It seems, from the other responses, that the other candidates plan to
> spend  5 - 10 hours per week on board-related duties. How many hours
> per week do you plan to spend?

I just wrote about this in greater detail but didn't want to leave a 
direct email to me unanswered.

The short answer is 5 or more, possibly more like 2 (hopefully) when 
traveling or very busy :)

karen