----- Original Message ----- > From: "Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)" <[email protected]> > To: "Oliver Propst" <[email protected]> > Cc: "foundation-announce" <[email protected]>, "Foundation-List" > <[email protected]>, > [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 9:17:26 AM > Subject: Re: Board of Directors Elections 2014 - Candidacy - Karen Sandler > > Hi Karen, > > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 9:36 AM, Oliver Propst <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Karen Sandler <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Affiliation: Software Freedom Conservancy. I'm also pro bono General > >> Counsel > >> of QuestionCopyright.Org, and an advisor of The Ada Initiative and > >> sometimes > >> help other orgs (like the FSF) on legal and other free software related > >> matters. > > > >> As promised when I left the position of Executive Director, I'd like to > >> throw my hat in the ring for the Board of Directors. I think I can help > >> bring continuity to the board (Stormy was incredibly helpful on the board > >> when I started as ED). Also, as a lawyer I sometimes have an additionally > >> useful perspective. I'm still doing volunteer work for GNOME both as pro > >> bono counsel and as a volunteer on nonlegal matters for GNOME. I've been > >> helping with fundraising, collecting on outstanding invoices and generally > >> wherever I can. > > You are a very busy person with many responsibilities, if you get > > elected to the Board do you feel confident that you can spend the > > necessary time on Board work? > > While I think you do a lot for Free Software and your passion and work > inspires many, I'm afraid I do share Oliver's concern here.
It's not just the time commitment we are looking for in the board members, but also experience. Karen has a tremendous amount of experience in free software non-profit space. In the last two months, she has been very generous with her time as a volunteer for GNOME. Thanks, Marina > > -- > Regards, > > Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) > ________________________________________ > Befriend GNOME: http://www.gnome.org/friends/ > _______________________________________________ > foundation-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
