Re: [gentoo-project] Looking for ways the Foundation can accomplish its mission.

["M. J. Everitt" <m.j.everitt@iee.org>]

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On 06/09/18 13:47, Alec Warner wrote:
> Dear Gentoo Community,
>
> I have recently become the President of the Gentoo Foundation Inc. The
> Foundation's documents[0] provide fairly terse guidance on how the
> Foundation is to be operated. The Foundation currently provides
> funding for Gentoo Infrastructure, and very little else. Part of my
> job as President is to determine what additional activities the
> Foundation can pursue (if any); and to determine how the Foundation
> can improve Gentoo by investing in infrastructure, while still meeting
> the spirit of the other restrictions on Foundation activities[1]. So
> community, how do you think the Foundation can assist the development
> of Gentoo?
>
> Some ideas might be:
>  - Host a Gentoo Conference.
>  - Host a bug-bounty program.
>  - Fund talks about Gentoo development activities at industry conferences.
>  - Invest significantly in Infrastructure spending to fund ambitious
> projects.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Alec
> President, Gentoo Foundation Inc.
>
> [0] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Main_Page#Tasks_of_the_Gentoo_Foundation
> [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Main_Page#Gentoo_is_independent
Just saying, but you might wanna throw this out a little bit wider, if
truly addressing the 'real' community as opposed to the group of devs
commonly referred to as the "gentoo community" (both non-caps).

MJE


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