[gentoo-nfp] Trustee Nominations (take 2)

[gentoo-nfp] Trustee Nominations (take 2)

[Steve Long]

Apparently these need to be re-posted.
I hereby nominate:

g2boojum
	reasons already given, others have made further points in support.

zmedico
	perhaps the most useful code developer Gentoo currently has, but more 
importantly perhaps the most level-headed dev as well. excellent at putting 
the needs of Gentoo above his own personal feelings, despite much 
provocation.

pauldv
	an old-school original.

seemant
	the same.

solar
	ditto

wltjr
	perhaps the only dev who kept pushing to get this sorted out when everyone 
else had forgotten about it.

rl03
	only person who stood last time, and clearly has useful experience

NeddySeagoon
	the grand old man! ;p *runs*

	I especially don't think it's a good idea for people on the Council also to 
be on the board of Trustees; burnout if nothing else, but the idea is that 
these are two wholly separate entities. Close communication is important of 
course, but I don't think any of the people I've nominated would make that at 
all difficult.
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Re: [gentoo-nfp] Trustee Nominations (take 2)

[William L. Thomson Jr.]

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On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 19:23 +0000, Steve Long wrote:
>
> I hereby nominate:
> 
> wltjr
> 	perhaps the only dev who kept pushing to get this sorted out when everyone 
> else had forgotten about it.

I accept

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Re: [gentoo-nfp] Trustee Nominations (take 2)

[Ned Ludd]

On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 19:23 +0000, Steve Long wrote:
> Apparently these need to be re-posted.
> I hereby nominate:
> 
> g2boojum
> 	reasons already given, others have made further points in support.
> 
> zmedico
> 	perhaps the most useful code developer Gentoo currently has, but more 
> importantly perhaps the most level-headed dev as well. excellent at putting 
> the needs of Gentoo above his own personal feelings, despite much 
> provocation.
> 
> pauldv
> 	an old-school original.
> 
> seemant
> 	the same.
> 
> solar

Gentoo is to important to depend on guys like me. In real life I'm a
slacker. I don't pay my taxes on time. I barely clean my house. I pay my
bills usually just often enough so services don't get shutoff. I slack
even on going get stamps and mail off the checks. I'm fictitious. I
don't respect authority. It would be a terrible choice to put these
legal matters into my hands. Unless there is gold/silver/barter/money
involved I slack.


> wltjr
> 	perhaps the only dev who kept pushing to get this sorted out when everyone 
> else had forgotten about it.
> 
> rl03
> 	only person who stood last time, and clearly has useful experience
> 
> NeddySeagoon
> 	the grand old man! ;p *runs*
> 
> 	I especially don't think it's a good idea for people on the Council also to 
> be on the board of Trustees; burnout if nothing else, but the idea is that 
> these are two wholly separate entities. Close communication is important of 
> course, but I don't think any of the people I've nominated would make that at 
> all difficult.

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Re: [gentoo-nfp] Trustee Nominations (take 2)

[Paul de Vrieze]

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On Wed, 30 Jan 2008, Steve Long wrote:

> pauldv
> 	an old-school original.

Thank you for the nomination. I'm not sure however whether I should accept 
this. Basically, since having finished by Ph.D. 1 1/2 year ago, I've had 
little time to work on gentoo. I guess you could say the same about the 
foundation. I don't see that I have more time in the near future to devote to 
this. At the moment I think that gentoo is better of with me not being a 
trustee, and instead having someone who has more time to devote to the role.

As another point though. In The Netherlands it is common for these kinds of 
foundations to have an advisary council. Basically the job is to make sure 
that the actual board does what it should do, and to prevent knowledge 
leaving with the election of new trustees. I think that the new trustees 
should consider such an advisory council (in light of what happened to 
trigger this). In such a case I would be willing to be a part of such 
council.

Paul

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Gentoo Developer
Mail: pauldv@gentoo.org
Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net

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Re: [gentoo-nfp] Trustee Nominations (take 2)

[William L. Thomson Jr.]

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On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 20:44 +1100, Paul de Vrieze wrote:
>
> As another point though. In The Netherlands it is common for these kinds of 
> foundations to have an advisary council. Basically the job is to make sure 
> that the actual board does what it should do, and to prevent knowledge 
> leaving with the election of new trustees. I think that the new trustees 
> should consider such an advisory council (in light of what happened to 
> trigger this). In such a case I would be willing to be a part of such 
> council.

I think I mentioned advisers to the board briefly on the
#gentoo-trustees IRC channel. I agree having advisers would be ideal.

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Re: [gentoo-nfp] Trustee Nominations (take 2)

[Matthew Summers]

William L. Thomson Jr. wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 20:44 +1100, Paul de Vrieze wrote:
>   
>> As another point though. In The Netherlands it is common for these kinds of 
>> foundations to have an advisary council. Basically the job is to make sure 
>> that the actual board does what it should do, and to prevent knowledge 
>> leaving with the election of new trustees. I think that the new trustees 
>> should consider such an advisory council (in light of what happened to 
>> trigger this). In such a case I would be willing to be a part of such 
>> council.
>>     
>
> I think I mentioned advisers to the board briefly on the
> #gentoo-trustees IRC channel. I agree having advisers would be ideal.
>
>   
I simply wish to offer my services in an advisory role to the trustees. 
I have experience running organizations, as well as a great deal of
experience in the non-profit world, particularly with grants & fund
raising.  With this, I suppose I should take the staff quiz, as I am
interested in taking on some responsibilities relating to Gentoo.  I
have posted some of  my ideas  to this list, & Mr. Joshua Jackson
syndicated that post to his blog, here:
http://tsunam.org/2008/01/21/guest-post-matthew-summers/

Whats more, I have the motivation, time, & connections to make the ideas
I covered in the above post happen. I would love the opportunity to
collaborate with the trustees & developers to make Gentoo just a bit
better. I love Gentoo & I want to do my part to help!

I hope you will find my input noteworthy, &  take me up on my offer.

Best Regards,

Matthew Summers

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Liquidus Tech, LLC
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