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On 06/09/18 13:47, Alec Warner wrote: |
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> Dear Gentoo Community, |
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> |
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> I have recently become the President of the Gentoo Foundation Inc. The |
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> Foundation's documents[0] provide fairly terse guidance on how the |
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> Foundation is to be operated. The Foundation currently provides |
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> funding for Gentoo Infrastructure, and very little else. Part of my |
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> job as President is to determine what additional activities the |
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> Foundation can pursue (if any); and to determine how the Foundation |
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> can improve Gentoo by investing in infrastructure, while still meeting |
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> the spirit of the other restrictions on Foundation activities[1]. So |
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> community, how do you think the Foundation can assist the development |
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> of Gentoo? |
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> |
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> Some ideas might be: |
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> - Host a Gentoo Conference. |
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> - Host a bug-bounty program. |
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> - Fund talks about Gentoo development activities at industry conferences. |
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> - Invest significantly in Infrastructure spending to fund ambitious |
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> projects. |
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> |
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> Thanks, |
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> |
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> -Alec |
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> President, Gentoo Foundation Inc. |
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> |
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> [0] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Main_Page#Tasks_of_the_Gentoo_Foundation |
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> [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Main_Page#Gentoo_is_independent |
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Just saying, but you might wanna throw this out a little bit wider, if |
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truly addressing the 'real' community as opposed to the group of devs |
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commonly referred to as the "gentoo community" (both non-caps). |
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MJE |
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