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Advisory Board changes?
by Kalle Vahlman
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Haven't seen this brought up yet, so thought I'd ask (out if curiosity mainly)... Since the recent Intel aquisition of OpenedHand, there now is in essence two entries for Intel in the Advisory Board. There doesn't seem to be anything to prevent that[1] and since the board has no decision making authority I don't know if it matters much that they do. I also don't know if the OpenedHand entity is going to vanish due to the deal. But, just to be clear, could we get some sort of statement about this either from the Board of Directories or from the companies involved? Thanks! [1] The charter only says "open to all companies and groups who are interested in contributing to the GNOME project, subject to the approval of the board of directors" http://foundation.gnome.org/about/charter/ -- Kalle Vahlman, zuh@... Powered by http://movial.fi Interesting stuff at http://syslog.movial.fi _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list |
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Re: Advisory Board changes?
by Luis Villa-3
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On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Kalle Vahlman <kalle.vahlman@...> wrote:
> Hi! > > Haven't seen this brought up yet, so thought I'd ask (out if curiosity > mainly)... > > Since the recent Intel aquisition of OpenedHand, there now is in > essence two entries for Intel in the Advisory Board. > > There doesn't seem to be anything to prevent that[1] and since the > board has no decision making authority I don't know if it matters much > that they do. I also don't know if the OpenedHand entity is going to > vanish due to the deal. > > But, just to be clear, could we get some sort of statement about this > either from the Board of Directories or from the companies involved? We haven't formally discussed it yet. I assume that getting this straight is one of the last things on the minds of the Intel/OH guys and the board has no reason to rush them :) Obviously we want to continue to deepen our relationship both with the OH team and with other parts of Intel as well, so we'll work with them to make sure we get it right. In practice, it is worth noting that the exact nature of advisory board seats are extremely flexible. For example, we often invite advisory board members to bring technical advisors to calls. So I'd expect that while there will formally be one less seat at the table we'll frequently have representatives from both 'old' Intel and the OH crew, depending on what is appropriate for the topic at hand. Hope that answers the question- Luis _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list |
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Re: Advisory Board changes?
by Dave Neary
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Hi, Kalle Vahlman wrote: > Haven't seen this brought up yet, so thought I'd ask (out if curiosity > mainly)... > > Since the recent Intel aquisition of OpenedHand, there now is in > essence two entries for Intel in the Advisory Board. In terms of precedence, when HP and Compaq merged, HP/Compaq ended up with one representative on the advisory board. > But, just to be clear, could we get some sort of statement about this > either from the Board of Directories or from the companies involved? I imagine that OpenedHand will continue to contribute for the rest of the year, and will leave the advisory board at the end of the year, with (as Luis said) regular cameos when it's useful. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary GNOME Foundation member bolsh@... _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list |
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Re: Advisory Board changes?
by Kalle Vahlman
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2008/9/8 Luis Villa <luis@...>:
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Kalle Vahlman <kalle.vahlman@...> wrote: >> Hi! >> >> Haven't seen this brought up yet, so thought I'd ask (out if curiosity >> mainly)... >> >> Since the recent Intel aquisition of OpenedHand, there now is in >> essence two entries for Intel in the Advisory Board. >> >> There doesn't seem to be anything to prevent that[1] and since the >> board has no decision making authority I don't know if it matters much >> that they do. I also don't know if the OpenedHand entity is going to >> vanish due to the deal. >> >> But, just to be clear, could we get some sort of statement about this >> either from the Board of Directories or from the companies involved? > > We haven't formally discussed it yet. I assume that getting this > straight is one of the last things on the minds of the Intel/OH guys > and the board has no reason to rush them :) Obviously we want to > continue to deepen our relationship both with the OH team and with > other parts of Intel as well, so we'll work with them to make sure we > get it right. Yes, absolutely. > In practice, it is worth noting that the exact nature of advisory > board seats are extremely flexible. For example, we often invite > advisory board members to bring technical advisors to calls. So I'd > expect that while there will formally be one less seat at the table > we'll frequently have representatives from both 'old' Intel and the OH > crew, depending on what is appropriate for the topic at hand. Yeah, it was mainly the formal side of things I was wondering about. > Hope that answers the question- It sure does, thanks to you and Dave for the answers! -- Kalle Vahlman, zuh@... Powered by http://movial.fi Interesting stuff at http://syslog.movial.fi _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list |
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