Re: Question to candidates: Best use of Trademark Fundraiser money?

[Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>]

On Sun, 2015-05-24 at 19:23 +0200, Andreas Nilsson wrote:
> Dear candidates. Thank you all for running!
>
> As part of the GNOME Trademark Fundraiser [1], the Foundation raised 
> $102 608 USD.
> Since the trademark claims from the other part in the issue was 
> withdrawn, it was never taken to court and the money was never spent on 
> that.
> What, in your mind, is the best use of these funds now? Kept as a War 
> Chest [2] or spent on something specific?

We should allocate at least some of that money towards hiring a new
Executive Director. An ED is expensive, easily the largest single line
item in the budget. But a good ED will help us bring in more money,
allowing us to run more campaigns and more hackfests.

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Shaun