Re: Potential list of questions

[Sayamindu Dasgupta <sayamindu randomink org>]

On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 16:35 +0100, Vincent Untz wrote:
> [I forgot to send my answer to membership-committee.]
>
> On Thu, November 11, 2004 17:17, Vincent Untz said:
> > Le jeudi 11 novembre 2004 Ã  20:32 +0530, Sayamindu Dasgupta a ÃÂcrit :
> > > Here's the list of questions which has been picked from GNOMEDesktop and
> > > Planet GNOME:
> > >
> > > 1. Judging from the comments posted here (gnomdesktop.org comments
> > > area), it seems as though most people are confused about the purpose of
> > > the GNOME Foundation and its board. How will you, as a member of the
> > > board, try to clear up confusion and outline a clear direction and
> > > purpose for the Foundation?
> > >
> > > 2. What do you see as the most important thing that the board
> > > accomplishes, and what do you think is the area of the board's activity
> > > where you could improve things?
> > >
> > > 3. What is the number one priority for the GNOME project now, in your
> > > opinion? What do you think you can do as a board member to work towards
> > > that goal?
> > >
> > > 4. What do you think is the most important market for GNOMe over the
> > > next year or two, and what do you feel you can do to help get GNOME
> > > better penetrated into that market?
> >
> > These 4 ones are okay.
> >
> > > 5.What unique aspect will you bring to the job?
> > > What cultural influence and new variety will you help add to the board?
> > >
> > > Conversely, what technical skills do you bring to the job?
> > > How and why are they important to the job (or not)?
> >
> > I'll just keep the first part of the question ("What unique aspect...")
> >
> > > 6. How would you feel about moving to a system of Preferential <!--err..
> > > I am not familiar with Preferential voting - is that the same as
> > > anonymous voting ??--> Voting?
> >
> > There's a thread on foundation-list about this. I'm ok with this one.
> >
> > > 7. How do you think you could motivate the rest of the board, if and
> > > when the other directors have other time pressures? What drives you to
> > > run for the board? What one problem could you hope to solve this year?
> >
> > These are three distinct questions. The first and third ones are great.
> > Not sure about the second one.
> >
> > So, we have 8 questions.
> >
> > I would add this question from last year's elections:
> >    What would you do to increase community participation in the GNOME
> >    community and GNOME elections?
> >
> > We need a last one. Any proposition?
>
> Sayamindu: I saw you posted a last question on #membership-committee. If
> you think this question is ok too and if nobody objects, could you send
> the list of questions to the candidates?

OK - here's one submitted by Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay (from GNOME India)

Should Gnome be marketed as a separate component ? Or should it be
actively promoted as a part of the offerings in a commercial software
stack ?

(Separate component in the sense *a DE in its own way and with its own
ecosystem*)

If this is OK with the other members, I think we can send the final list
in..

-thanks-
Sayamindu