Re: [gentoo-nfp] Question for Trustee candidates: your past Trustee work

[Aaron Bauman]

On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 03:06:12PM +0200, Michał Górny wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'd like to start asking questions to our Trustee candidates similarly
> to how we do it for the Council.
>
> The first question is for candidates who have been Trustees before (i.e.
> all of them right now):
>
> What have you done as a Trustee in your most recent term?  How do you
> reflect on your work, and why?  What would you do better, and how?
>

Hi, Michał. For my past tenure as a trustee, I specifically focused on
determining which make/model of hardware keys would be suitable to
provide to Gentoo developers from the foundation. This included
researching the various keys, determining price, ensuring they were
FOSS, etc. 

Also, I picked up a couple of small bugs here and there. The one that
took most of my time was ensuring some websites were removed by the
hosting provider which were using Gentoo logos/material. 

Further, I supported *some* of the research into reincorporation
vs umbrella for the foundation. As many know, I have my reservations
regarding umbrella corporations. Of course, inline with my fellow
trustees, we must exercise due diligence and investigate both options
for the good of the distribution.

Of course, all trustees can take some credit for the taxes finally being
paid. *Most* of us spent some time corresponding with the company who
assisted us in finalizing and paying. Most notably though, Matthew made
the connection with the company and Robin spent many many hours passing
along financial information. Truly a team effort.

-- 
Cheers,
Aaron