Re: OPW; Where does the 500$ for each GSoC goes?

[Olav Vitters <olav vitters nl>]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 01:17:04PM +0200, Fabiano Fidêncio wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Olav Vitters <olav vitters nl> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 12:54:44PM +0200, Fabiano Fidêncio wrote:
> > > I do believe GNOME Foundation should have a clear (and well documented)
> > way
> > > for people raising their questions wrt how the GNOME Foundation's money
> > is
> > > spent.
> >
> > I prefer stuff out in the open. So nothing wrong with foundation-list.
> > There's also board gnome org  Starting off with private messages is IMO
> > not the right approach.
>
> These things are quite sensible. You may be curious asking for info and end
> up being accused to accuse GNOME Foundation of corruption (what was exactly
> what happened to me). So, that's the reason I'd prefer direct contact with

I had to read up on what happened. I think the misunderstanding would've
happened anyway.

In the theoretical case: if people prefer stuff to be private by
default, then I'm ok with them being slightly uncomfortable ;-)

> the board (as you suggested then, by the mailing list) and then, once the
> person who asked for it has suggestions based on real data, contact the
> board (to make sure that the topic won't leak any personal details) and
> then, just after that, start the discussion here in the Foundation List.

The people can tell you it is confidential and suggest to move to
another form of communication. Starts out in the open, then moves
elsewhere.

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Regards,
Olav