MJ Ray writes ("Re: [Spi-private] Re: Inviting questions from SPI"):
> Another reason is that SPI is controlled by developers and not users.
> Would you address that and how?
If I may answer a question addressed to another candidate:
I think it's correct that SPI is controll
On Fri, 2007-07-13 at 10:51 -0400, Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 11:13:45AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
> > opportunity. Can you give an example of an illegitimate one, please?
>
> I don't know if others can, but I can. Consider a talk on "open
> source" that argues that some classes
On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 11:13:45AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
> opportunity. Can you give an example of an illegitimate one, please?
I don't know if others can, but I can. Consider a talk on "open
source" that argues that some classes of license -- e.g. GNU Copyleft
-- are dangerous to the American Wa
"Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> MJ Ray wrote:
> > [...] is an example of a legitimate-but-not-possible talk
> > opportunity. Can you give an example of an illegitimate one, please?
>
> I would be hard pressed to sponsor a Debian developer to go present a
> talk to a group of other
On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 03:43:36PM -0400, David Graham wrote:
> As with any corporation, the purpose must be set out at its founding
> and it is my understanding that this purpose cannot be changed.
This is entirely incidental to the main thrust of the discussion, but
the corporate purposes can be
Anthony Towns wrote:
On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 03:43:36PM -0400, David Graham wrote:
That's a point on the surface, but I don't necessarily see it that way: I
am not suggesting that SPI not actively help its projects cooperate or
even advocate, only that we do so by the request of our member proje
On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 03:43:36PM -0400, David Graham wrote:
> That's a point on the surface, but I don't necessarily see it that way: I
> am not suggesting that SPI not actively help its projects cooperate or
> even advocate, only that we do so by the request of our member projects,
> and not on
On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 12:04:38PM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> >>* Work to have all associative projects work together to provide a more
> >>influential presence to communities, governments and businesses.
> >So I guess my question is are you willing to make those sort of goals
> >independent o
David Graham wrote:
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
In essence, my platform is the charter. I just didn't want to cut and
paste ;)
The purpose of the charter is to outline the list of anything and
everything we are allowed to do as an incorporated non-profit, not a list
That do
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Our charter clearly states:
>
> * To create, form and establish an organization to formulate and
> provide software systems for use by the general public without charge;
> * to teach and train individuals regarding the use and application
> of
Anthony Towns wrote:
On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 07:44:41AM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
* A more physical presence of SPI and the associative projects at well
known events such as OSCON, LinuxWorld, and USENIX.
* Working in FOSS hubs (such as S.F., Seattle and Portland) to foster
workshops, talks
On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 07:44:41AM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> * A more physical presence of SPI and the associative projects at well
> known events such as OSCON, LinuxWorld, and USENIX.
>
> * Working in FOSS hubs (such as S.F., Seattle and Portland) to foster
> workshops, talks and training
Frank Warmerdam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> MJ Ray wrote:
> > [...] However, I do think it means you have no mandate about
> > it, so if it is not urgent, then you should abstain.
>
> I would be very disturbed by any candidate planning to abstain from any
> vote not addressed in their platform.
MJ Ray wrote:
"Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
5. Will you abstain from votes about things not mentioned in your
platform?
No, I think that would be silly. Just because it isn't in my platform
doesn't mean I don't have an opinion.
Probably not. However, I do think it means you ha
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> MJ Ray wrote:
> > "Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> I plan on actively recruiting new projects. There are many, many FOSS
> >> projects out there that could use SPI services, that have no idea who we
> >> are.
> >
> > There are also many
MJ Ray wrote:
"Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
MJ Ray wrote:
If we have two people that want sponsorship. One is talking to Ohio
Linux Fest, the other is keynote at FOSSDEM. I would think that assuming
the ability to only sponsor one talk, we would sponsor the FOSSDEM talk.
If
MJ Ray wrote:
"Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I plan on actively recruiting new projects. There are many, many FOSS
projects out there that could use SPI services, that have no idea who we
are.
There are also many who know who SPI are and then still set up
independent foundations
"Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> MJ Ray wrote:
> > 2. Can you give an example of an illegitimate talk opportunity?
>
> That is a tough one. I wrote illegitimate because I wanted people to
> know that each talk would be considered and that it is not an open bank.
> It may not be the
"Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I plan on actively recruiting new projects. There are many, many FOSS
> projects out there that could use SPI services, that have no idea who we
> are.
There are also many who know who SPI are and then still set up
independent foundations anyway. D
On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 14:36 -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Tim Post wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 16:35 -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> >> Tim Post wrote:
> >>
> >>> Do you feel resources should be put into finding new and promising
> >>> projects prior to 'chicken hawkers' approaching?
> >>>
>
Tim Post wrote:
On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 16:35 -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
Tim Post wrote:
Do you feel resources should be put into finding new and promising
projects prior to 'chicken hawkers' approaching?
How do we lure developers from closing off with "as a service" products
that can be offe
On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 16:35 -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Tim Post wrote:
>
> > Do you feel resources should be put into finding new and promising
> > projects prior to 'chicken hawkers' approaching?
> >
> > How do we lure developers from closing off with "as a service" products
> > that can be
Tim Post wrote:
> Do you feel resources should be put into finding new and promising
> projects prior to 'chicken hawkers' approaching?
>
> How do we lure developers from closing off with "as a service" products
> that can be offered free but aren't F/LOSS which seems to be the candy
> the 'chick
Tim Post wrote:
On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 09:06 -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
Defining a quality project is a bit difficult, it is also fairly biased
on my part. In my mind a quality project has been shown to have members
that participate in the FOSS community in general, have an open forum
for d
On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 09:06 -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Defining a quality project is a bit difficult, it is also fairly biased
> on my part. In my mind a quality project has been shown to have members
> that participate in the FOSS community in general, have an open forum
> for discussion,
Alvaro Herrera wrote:
Joshua D. Drake wrote:
http://www.spi-inc.org/secretary/votes/vote6/jdrake.txt
I am inviting anyone who has any questions to ask them.
I see that you plan
* An agressive increase in the number and quality of associate projects
Question is: how are you plannin
MJ Ray wrote:
"Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
http://www.spi-inc.org/secretary/votes/vote6/jdrake.txt
I am inviting anyone who has any questions to ask them.
I also copied spi-private on this because I know there are people on
private that are not on -general.
On the platfor
Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have been nominated to run for board this year and I have accepted.
> You can see my "reasons why" here:
>
> http://www.spi-inc.org/secretary/votes/vote6/jdrake.txt
>
> I am inviting anyone who has any questions to ask them.
I see that you plan
* An a
"Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> http://www.spi-inc.org/secretary/votes/vote6/jdrake.txt
> I am inviting anyone who has any questions to ask them.
On the platform:
1. Should "associative projects" be associated projects?
2. Can you give an example of an illegitimate talk opportunity?
Hello,
I have been nominated to run for board this year and I have accepted.
You can see my "reasons why" here:
http://www.spi-inc.org/secretary/votes/vote6/jdrake.txt
I am inviting anyone who has any questions to ask them.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
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