Board of Directors Candidacy - Thibault Martin

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Hello GNOME Foundation,

I am announcing my candidacy for the GNOME Foundation Board of=20
Directors. You will find below the key points of who am I in the GNOME=20
Community and what I would like to help with. For the full length wall=20
of text, please have a look at the blog post announcing my candidacy=20
<https://blog.ergaster.org/post/20210524-running-for-gnome-board-of-directo=
rs/>.

Like many, I started my involvement in the GNOME community as an=20
end-user. I eventually started helping with translations. For this=20
activity I have regularily been chasing maintainers for string freezes,=20
or to ask for explanations when strings didn=FFt make sense for me.
This helped me to *blend in, meet the more general community, and=20
finally take interest in higher level issues* such as our infamous chat=20
platforms split=20
<https://discourse.gnome.org/t/irc-matrix-and-thanks-for-all-the-kicks/6482=
>,=20
or co-organising the GSoC 2021. I have a very strong interest in=20
people, groups of them, ethics, how software impacts them all and how=20
proper governance can help to achieve goals.

As a member of the board, I would focus on our internal and external=20
communication, where we have a lot of room for improvement. *Attracting=20
new contributors is essential*: our public face and the messages we=20
send must resonate with their values. Once they are here, the=20
bottleneck for their contributions must be removed: what they can do=20
and where to do it must be clear, how to do it as well. While getting=20
new recruits is extremely important for a project to stay in good=20
shape, *sustainability cannot be achieved without taking care of long=20
time contributors*.

I am strongly biased towards /think for a bit but start doing quickly,=20
ask around how it impacted others, and adapt/ rather than overthinking.=20
I believe KPIs are necessarily biased and get circumvented all the=20
time. *Human interactions is how you measure success*.

As the head of digital identity of a large organisation, I am=20
experienced in projects aiming to lower the friction for customer=20
onboarding. Quite counter-intuitively, many parallels can be drawn=20
between corporate customers and non-profit contributors.

Open-source software communities used to despise designers and thought=20
they knew better. Now we welcome them and see the positive impact they=20
have. A second mentality change needs happen: *we must allow the=20
persons who are good at hyping others to help*.

Regards,
Thib



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<div id=3D"geary-body" dir=3D"auto"><div><div>Hello GNOME Foundation,</div>=
<div><br></div><div>I am announcing my candidacy for the GNOME Foundation B=
oard of Directors. You will find below the key points of who am I in the GN=
OME Community and what I would like to help with. For the full length wall =
of text, please have a look&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://blog.ergaster.org/post/=
20210524-running-for-gnome-board-of-directors/">at the blog post announcing=
 my candidacy</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Like many, I started my involve=
ment in the GNOME community as an end-user. I eventually started helping wi=
th translations. For this activity I have regularily been chasing maintaine=
rs for string freezes, or to ask for explanations when strings didn=FFt mak=
e sense for me.</div><div><p>This helped me to&nbsp;<strong>blend in, meet =
the more general community, and finally take interest in higher level issue=
s</strong>&nbsp;such as&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://discourse.gnome.org/t/irc-m=
atrix-and-thanks-for-all-the-kicks/6482">our infamous chat platforms split<=
/a>, or co-organising the GSoC 2021. I have a very strong interest in peopl=
e, groups of them, ethics, how software impacts them all and how proper gov=
ernance can help to achieve goals.</p></div><div><p>As a member of the boar=
d, I would focus on our internal and external communication, where we have =
a lot of room for improvement.&nbsp;<strong>Attracting new contributors is =
essential</strong>: our public face and the messages we send must resonate =
with their values. Once they are here, the bottleneck for their contributio=
ns must be removed: what they can do and where to do it must be clear, how =
to do it as well. While getting new recruits is extremely important for a p=
roject to stay in good shape,&nbsp;<strong>sustainability cannot be achieve=
d without taking care of long time contributors</strong>.</p><p>I am strong=
ly biased towards&nbsp;<em>think for a bit but start doing quickly, ask aro=
und how it impacted others, and adapt</em>&nbsp;rather than overthinking. I=
 believe KPIs are necessarily biased and get circumvented all the time.&nbs=
p;<strong>Human interactions is how you measure success</strong>.</p><p>As =
the head of digital identity of a large organisation, I am experienced in p=
rojects aiming to lower the friction for customer onboarding. Quite counter=
-intuitively, many parallels can be drawn between corporate customers and n=
on-profit contributors.</p><p>Open-source software communities used to desp=
ise designers and thought they knew better. Now we welcome them and see the=
 positive impact they have. A second mentality change needs happen:&nbsp;<s=
trong>we must allow the persons who are good at hyping others to help</stro=
ng>.</p><p>Regards,<br>Thib</p></div></div></div>
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