Re: Board of Directors candidacy question

[Robert McQueen <ramcq gnome org>]

Hi Britt,

Great to see you decided to go ahead and submit your candidacy! By way of context, I'd say the minimum time commitment is around 2 hours a week. We have a 1hr meeting every 2 weeks, and try to use the alternative weeks as work sessions to make progress on the board's projects. You need a little more time to stay on top of e-mails, proposals, etc. Any more time-consuming activities such as holding an officer post or taking part in specific projects/working groups is in addition to this, but also entirely up to you. Now the Foundation has a larger staff team, we're trying to keep the board streamlined in this way to allow people to contribute in a more regular board member advisory capacity, rather than becoming default volunteers for everything and anything. (I certainly wouldn't be able to commit time on that open-ended basis!) Hope this helps.

Thanks,

Rob

On Sun, 2019-05-26 at 18:54 -0700, Britt Yazel wrote:

Hello fellow foundation folks,

I have been somewhat out of the loop about this year's election cycle, and I was just told today by Caroline and Kat that the nominations were due in as of yesterday.

So clearly I missed the deadline, so one question is if it is too late for me to consider throwing my name formally in the ring. Second, I'm not sure if I would be a good choice given my Ph.D. schedule. Does anyone have an idea of the weekly hourly commitment? I just don't want to do a poor job if I we're to be appointed.

Cheers!

-Britt

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