What next?

Posted Sep 14, 2024 0:10 UTC (Sat) by donbarry (guest, #10485)
Parent article: GNOME Foundation opens search for new Executive Director

One wonders what the next die roll will produce. They went from a computer scientist turned manager to an attorney to a few years with no funds and no director and then had a a former Debian project leader for 5 years. Then a "professional shaman" for less than a year.

I'm rather curious what's next in their game.

What next?

Posted Sep 14, 2024 2:56 UTC (Sat) by python (guest, #171317) [Link] (2 responses)

Is it an unpaid position?

Gnome Foundation executive director is a paid position

Posted Sep 14, 2024 5:34 UTC (Sat) by fredrik (subscriber, #232) [Link] (1 responses)

The careers page currently has a spec for the job.

> Compensation: Base salary $120k-$150k, depending on experience.

https://foundation.gnome.org/careers/
https://web.archive.org/web/20240911220244/https://founda...

Gnome Foundation executive director is a paid position

Posted Sep 20, 2024 8:15 UTC (Fri) by sam.thursfield (subscriber, #94496) [Link]

Thanks for being the first commenter to say something helpful

What next?

Posted Sep 14, 2024 2:58 UTC (Sat) by pizza (subscriber, #46) [Link] (2 responses)

> Then a "professional shaman" for less than a year.

You left out "...who left the Foundation in far better financial shape than when she started"

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Posted Sep 14, 2024 3:40 UTC (Sat) by python (guest, #171317) [Link] (1 responses)

How was the accomplished? Free publicity?

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Posted Sep 14, 2024 6:10 UTC (Sat) by atnot (subscriber, #124910) [Link]

I'm not really close enough to the foundation to really judge her work, but presumably through having actual experience operating and fundraising for non-profits. Which is something most of the others lacked and is ultimately far more relevant to the job than technical expertise.

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Posted Sep 14, 2024 13:09 UTC (Sat) by ballombe (subscriber, #9523) [Link]

Giving only one week to apply, we can expect anything, unless they already have a candidate.