Re: [gentoo-project] Looking for ways the Foundation can accomplish its mission.

[Raymond Jennings]

Honestly, I would like to see the foundation trustees maintain a
higher level of communication with the rest of the project, especially
comrel, council, infra, recruiting, etc.

One thing that distresses me to no end is the profound lack of respect
given to the foundation and its mission, to the point where I've seen
people try to bypass the foundation entirely on financial matters, as
well as show open disregard for the foundation's mission, and talk has
been had of having the foundation itself disbanded.

I want the foundation to have more involvement in gentoo, beyond just
the paperwork.
On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 5:47 AM Alec Warner <antarus@g.o> wrote:
>
> Dear Gentoo Community,
>
> I have recently become the President of the Gentoo Foundation Inc. The Foundation's documents[0] provide fairly terse guidance on how the Foundation is to be operated. The Foundation currently provides funding for Gentoo Infrastructure, and very little else. Part of my job as President is to determine what additional activities the Foundation can pursue (if any); and to determine how the Foundation can improve Gentoo by investing in infrastructure, while still meeting the spirit of the other restrictions on Foundation activities[1]. So community, how do you think the Foundation can assist the development of Gentoo?
>
> Some ideas might be:
>  - Host a Gentoo Conference.
>  - Host a bug-bounty program.
>  - Fund talks about Gentoo development activities at industry conferences.
>  - Invest significantly in Infrastructure spending to fund ambitious projects.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Alec
> President, Gentoo Foundation Inc.
>
> [0] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Main_Page#Tasks_of_the_Gentoo_Foundation
> [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Main_Page#Gentoo_is_independent