Candidate Q&A - List of Questions

[Egbert Eich]

Watching this discussion more from the side so far I've got some
questions/remarks to make regarding some of the questions:

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 12:31:16PM +0100, Matthias Hopf wrote:

> 13) What do you think about this questionnaire? Should this initiative be
>     repeated, and do you have any suggestions for such future repeats?
> 

At one previous election there was an open discussion Q/A session taking
place here on this list. Questions were asked and answered directly. Would
be great if this happened again.

> 16) The Xorg Foundation has been working on getting 501(c)3 non-profit status
>     for a while now.  Would you be interested in getting involved with this
>     work?
> 

I'm not sure if anyone who has never been involved with board work is aware
of what this involves.

> 
> 18) Non-profit corporations have certain requirements with respect to where
>     their funding comes from depending on the type of non-profit they are.
>     Should the Xorg Foundation actively solicit donations from the community to
>     fund it's activities (developer conferences, travel expenses,
>     infrastructure expenses, etc.)?

I'm not sure if anyone here is aware of those 'certain requirements' I'm
at least a little at a loss what this is referring to. 
Therefore I would like to encourage the person who came up with this 
question to elaborate a little on this.
Please also specify what the term 'community' is referring to in this 
context.

> 
> 19) If you agree with the soliciting funding from the community, would you be
>     interested in taking on a role to help reach that end?  If so, what ideas
>     do you have for soliciting these donations?  If you don't agree, where
>     should the Xorg foundation look to get it's funding?

Same applies here.

> 
> 20) With new platforms such as android and programs like wayland, some would
>     say X is becoming less relevant.  Do you agree with that statement?  Where
>     do you see X going in the future?
> 

This seems to be a question about views on future technical directions, the
board however has kept out of technical aspects regarding the X Window System
or competing technologies in the past.

Cheers,
	Egbert.