Re: Board of Directors Candidacy - Thibault Martin

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On Wed, 26 May 2021 at 12:46, Thibault Martin <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hello GNOME Foundation,
>
> I am announcing my candidacy for the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors.
> You will find below the key points of who am I in the GNOME Community and
> what I would like to help with. For the full length wall of text, please
> have a look at the blog post announcing my candidacy
> <https://blog.ergaster.org/post/20210524-running-for-gnome-board-of-direc=
tors/>
> .
>
> Like many, I started my involvement in the GNOME community as an end-user=
.
> I eventually started helping with translations. For this activity I have
> regularily been chasing maintainers for string freezes, or to ask for
> explanations when strings didn=E2=80=99t make sense for me.
>
> This helped me to *blend in, meet the more general community, and finally
> take interest in higher level issues* such as our infamous chat platforms
> split
> <https://discourse.gnome.org/t/irc-matrix-and-thanks-for-all-the-kicks/64=
82>,
> or co-organising the GSoC 2021. I have a very strong interest in people,
> groups of them, ethics, how software impacts them all and how proper
> governance can help to achieve goals.
>
> As a member of the board, I would focus on our internal and external
> communication, where we have a lot of room for improvement. *Attracting
> new contributors is essential*: our public face and the messages we send
> must resonate with their values. Once they are here, the bottleneck for
> their contributions 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 project to stay in good shape, *sustainability
> cannot be achieved without taking care of long time contributors*.
>
> I am strongly biased towards *think for a bit but start doing quickly,
> ask around how it impacted others, and adapt* rather than overthinking. I
> believe KPIs are necessarily biased and get circumvented all the time. *H=
uman
> interactions is how you measure success*.
>
> As the head of digital identity of a large organisation, I am experienced
> in projects aiming to lower the friction for customer onboarding. Quite
> counter-intuitively, many parallels can be drawn between corporate
> customers and non-profit contributors.
>
> Open-source software communities used to despise designers and thought
> they knew better. Now we welcome them and see the positive impact they
> have. A second mentality change needs happen: *we must allow the persons
> who are good at hyping others to help*.
>
> Regards,
> Thib
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<div dir=3D"ltr">unsubscribe</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=
=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, 26 May 2021 at 12:46, Thibault Martin=
 &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]=
</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:=
0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left=
-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div id=3D"gmail-m_-2476475642381=
089069geary-body" dir=3D"auto"><div><div>Hello GNOME Foundation,</div><div>=
<br></div><div>I am announcing my candidacy for the GNOME Foundation Board =
of Directors. You will find below the key points of who am I in the GNOME C=
ommunity and what I would like to help with. For the full length wall of te=
xt, please have a look=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://blog.ergaster.org/post/20210=
524-running-for-gnome-board-of-directors/" target=3D"_blank">at the blog po=
st announcing my candidacy</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Like many, I start=
ed my involvement in the GNOME community as an end-user. I eventually start=
ed helping with translations. For this activity I have regularily been chas=
ing maintainers for string freezes, or to ask for explanations when strings=
 didn=E2=80=99t make sense for me.</div><div><p>This helped me to=C2=A0<str=
ong>blend in, meet the more general community, and finally take interest in=
 higher level issues</strong>=C2=A0such as=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://discours=
e.gnome.org/t/irc-matrix-and-thanks-for-all-the-kicks/6482" target=3D"_blan=
k">our infamous chat platforms split</a>, or co-organising the GSoC 2021. I=
 have a very strong interest in people, groups of them, ethics, how softwar=
e impacts them all and how proper governance can help to achieve goals.</p>=
</div><div><p>As a member of the board, I would focus on our internal and e=
xternal communication, where we have a lot of room for improvement.=C2=A0<s=
trong>Attracting new contributors is essential</strong>: our public face an=
d the messages we send must resonate with their values. Once they are here,=
 the bottleneck for their contributions must be removed: what they can do a=
nd where to do it must be clear, how to do it as well. While getting new re=
cruits is extremely important for a project to stay in good shape,=C2=A0<st=
rong>sustainability cannot be achieved without taking care of long time con=
tributors</strong>.</p><p>I am strongly biased towards=C2=A0<em>think for a=
 bit but start doing quickly, ask around how it impacted others, and adapt<=
/em>=C2=A0rather than overthinking. I believe KPIs are necessarily biased a=
nd get circumvented all the time.=C2=A0<strong>Human interactions is how yo=
u measure success</strong>.</p><p>As the head of digital identity of a larg=
e organisation, I am experienced in projects aiming to lower the friction f=
or customer onboarding. Quite counter-intuitively, many parallels can be dr=
awn between corporate customers and non-profit contributors.</p><p>Open-sou=
rce software communities used to despise designers and thought they knew be=
tter. Now we welcome them and see the positive impact they have. A second m=
entality change needs happen:=C2=A0<strong>we must allow the persons who ar=
e good at hyping others to help</strong>.</p><p>Regards,<br>Thib</p></div><=
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