Re: [Draft Question Set] "Let's start the debate" - the traditional set of questions for candidates at the Board Election

["Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay" <sankarshan randomink org>]

Hi Bruno,

Thanks for collating the possible question set from earlier years.
This will come in handy soon.

An aspect that struck me was that a reasonably high %-age of the
candidates would perhaps be up for re-election, so in the interests of
generating a "debate" we are somewhat bound to be creative with the
questions. Most of the questions from earlier years and even my draft
set are really non-technical. We might want to ask for some technical
vision that helps members adapt to what the Board thinks and desires

:sankarshan

On 11/11/07, Bruno Boaventura <brunoboaventura gmail com> wrote:
> I've found these questions on the foundation list archives. I think we
> can use some of them:
>
>
> [1] What do you think is the most important item on the Board's agenda
> right now ? What will you do more or better than the previous boards ?
>
> [2] How do you manage your time and that of others ? Are you good at
> working with others including those who might have a differing opinion
> than yours and try to reach consensus and agree on actions ?
>
> [3] How are you going to manage your current contributions to GNOME once
> you become a Board Member ?
>
> [4] What do you think is the most important market for GNOME over the
> coming year and what do you feel you can do to help GNOME achieve better
> presence ?
>
> [5] What are your plans to encourage and mentor contributions to GNOME
> from Latin America, Africa and Asia ? How would you increase community
> participation ?
>
> [6] What areas do you see lacking currently in a complete Free Software
> Desktop ? What would your role be (should you be elected) in addressing
> the issues ?
>
> [7] What are your planned activities to promote use of GNOME in small
> and medium business environments which potentially deliver many users to
> GNOME ?
>
> [8] What sources of funds do you as a Board Member (should you be
> elected) try to establish ? What areas do you think require most fund-love ?
>
> [9] Please rank your interests:
>
>        * GNOME evangelizing to government, enterprise, small business and
> individual
>        * GNOME marketing and merchandising of branded items (nationally and
> internationally)
>        * GNOME legal issues like Copyright and Patents
>        * GNOME finances and fund raising
>        * Alliance with other organisations
>
> [10] How much familiar are you with the day-to-day happenings of GNOME ?
> How much do you follow and participate in the main GNOME mailing lists ?
>
> [11] Can you elaborate about your plans to provide the Board with a
> focus that steers development choices and works with allied
> organisations in order to define and adapt (and or adopt) standards ?


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