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Responding to -nfp as its not a technical discussion |
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On 2009.12.03 03:15, Jeroen Roovers wrote: |
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> Neither the ballot nor the announcement contains the actual |
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> question that is to be voted on. In the case of the announcement the |
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> problem isn't as huge as with the ballot, so the latter should be |
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> fixed |
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> soon, I guess. |
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> Roy's message does mention the actual question (and I must say that |
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> it's rather vague): |
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> "Should major Gentoo users be permitted to purchase ads on the |
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> sidebar" |
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[snip] |
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> So that's two issues: |
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> 1) The ballot and announcement do not mention the question we are |
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> voting on. |
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> 2) The question is vague. |
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> Regards, |
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> jer |
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Jer, |
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Background:- |
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The Foundation has been approached by a number of Financial Services |
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sector companies who use Gentoo for their businesses. At least one |
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claims 100+ installs. |
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They do not want to donate data centre services, which is the |
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traditional way of getting a side bar listing, instead they are |
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offering money. We don't appear to be short of data centre donations |
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right now and we can use money for other things that further the aims |
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of the Gentoo Foundation Inc. |
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Note that we already have a similar advertiser on the side bar who do |
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donate in the traditional way. |
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When the possibility of paid advertising was raised about May/Jun 2008 |
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by a (now) former trustee, it met with a fairly hostile reception. |
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Thus on this occasion, the trustees determined to put the option to |
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break with tradition to the Foundation members. |
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The Question:- |
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The question is deliberately vague. Paid for advertising on the side |
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bar represents a break with tradition - that's really what the vote is |
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about, not any individual advertisments, nor their style, size and so |
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on. The trustees will consider each application on its individual |
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merits. A yes vote will give the trustees a mandate to do just that. A |
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no vote will maintain the status quo. |
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At present, the trustees are only considering accepting advertising |
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from large Gentoo users, where the value of "large" will be determined |
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by the trustees from time to time. |
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Regards, |
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Roy Bamford |
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(Neddyseagoon) an member of |
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gentoo-ops |
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forum-mods |
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trustees |
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