Re: Question for candidates

[Sriram Ramkrishna <sri ramkrishna me>]

Full disclosure - I wrok for Intel as the Tizen SCM architect.  Since
I brought up Tizen, I wanted to make it known that there is a
relationship.

On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 8:35 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna <sri ramkrishna me> wrote:
> On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 6:18 PM, Max <sakanamax gmail com> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > Thanks for run the board.
> > This is the most busy time for GNOME.Asia summit(4 days to go).
> > GNOME.Asia team and Beijing team are busy for the summit.
> >
> > My question to all of you:
> >
> > * What's your plan for "Promote / Growth GNOME in Asia"
> > -- GNOME.Asia summit ?
> > ---- Central event management system for both GUADEC and GNOME.Asia?(  I saw
> > it last GUADEC but not start to use)
> > ---- Other idea?
>
> Growth in Asia has been a bit of a puzzle for me.  But let's think
> strategically on how we could promote and grow in asia.  Now, I think
> there are a couple of things that we can do in terms of promotion.
> Let's first talk about Tizen.  Tizen stack is the basis of the mobile
> phone stack which interestingly enough contains many pieces of GNOME
> technologies.  So by extension people who use Tizen use GNOME
> technologies and there is a wealth of companies specifically in Asia
> that are using Tizen for IVI, Mobile, and IOT.  There is probably some
> fundraising opportunities there and a way to get our name out.
>
> How about partnering with Asian based distros and make sure that we
> have a specific asian experience on GNOME?  Recruiting folks who might
> be interesting to do this?
>
> Most of these ideas require a stable platform to do volunteer
> recruitiment.  So while they maybe good ideas, you need to make sure
> that we put in an infrastrucutre in place that immediately makes them
> useful.
>
>
> > -- Google Summer of code / Outreach Program for Women
> > ---- What's your plan for GsoC and OPW in Asia?
>
> Should there be a plan?  We should take applicants who are interesterd
> regardless of race, creed, or color.  In general, we seem to have good
> representation from Asia in tehse programs.
>
> > ---- How many country get GsoC / OPW in Asia? What's your plan for promote
> > it with more country in Asia?
>
> I think the same thing applies as above.  Now, if you're talking about
> highlighting the program in Asia, the best place to start is to put
> posters in universities or popular cultural events.  For instance, in
> SXSW, we put a lot of posters out there talking about teh next round
> of OPW.  We even had some responses of that.  Having presentations
> from GNOME OPW students in Asia is another good way to do this.  At
> Linuxcon, there are a number of OPW kernel who are doing BOF and
> presentation and they are coming as a group to talk about the work
> tehy are doing.  We did something similar at GUADEC last year, but we
> should really expand that to other areas.
>
> While tech conferences and universities are a good place, don't be
> afraid to go to places that are unusual.  Open air markets for
> instance might be interesting.  Pay a kid to walk around handling
> fliers to out to people outside a store? Or maybe do it yourself.
>
> > -- GNOME Foundation member in Asia?
> > ---- How do we know our other member in Asia?( I suggest tobi last year, if
> > they want to fill their country when foundation member renew or new )
> > ---- How do we get these member / resource together?
>
> This isn't something the board itself can solve.  This is really
> something that you want the engagement team to be working on.  The
> board can help fund, and provide logistical support.  But ultimately,
> we want to get enthusiastic people recruit others.  Sometimes that is
> really easy.  For instance, I knwo at least two people we brougiht
> into the foundation simply because we noticed that they were
> doingpro-bono support on #gnome.  Sending them a t-shirt and
> sponsoring their inclusion into GNOME Foundation is a great way to
> reward people like them.
>
>
> > -- Are you interesting to involve Asia event? and how do you involve?
>
> I would love to be involved, but my opportunities to travel is quite
> small due to job constraints and time constraints.  But I would love
> to help logistically if I can.  In fact, I encouraged at least one
> person in the foundation to help GNOME Asia with the conference
> logistics as an event planner.
>
>
> Max, it's unfortunate you did not run for the board this year.  I hope
> you or Emily Chen will consider running next year.