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Gnome Foundation Welcomes Holly Million as Executive Director

by mtbkvc on 10/17/23, 7:19 PM with 50 comments

  • by not_your_vase on 10/17/23, 7:44 PM

    Why did they feel it necessary to have such a role? I mean Gnome is one of the oldest OSS projects, and has been functioning reasonably well in the past 20-some years without it (as a project at least, I mean. I don't want to go into DE-preferences). The post announcing the job opening doesn't make me smarter unfortunately.

  • by mtbkvc on 10/17/23, 7:20 PM

    Hopefully she will be able to use her shamanic wisdom to lead gnome forward...

  • by gustavus on 10/17/23, 8:40 PM

    Looking at the qualifications and past experience of this pick I am starting to wonder what exactly was the rationale behind this? The only work history listed in her resume is as a consultant, and as "Holly Million the Shaman Artist".

    This will be interesting to say the least.

  • by phendrenad2 on 10/17/23, 9:32 PM

    Huh. This is an incredibly generic announcement. If "GNOME Foundation" were replaced by "Gates Foundation" or "National Endowment for the Arts" it would still make sense. It had never occurred to me that open-source foundations might become non-profits first and foremost, with the actual work that they do more of a "backend" concern, but that seems to me to be the case. Not that there's anything wrong with that, and indeed non-profits might be forced into this narrow style of existence by laws and regulations. But it makes me worry that there might be a disconnect between the people running the non-profit and the actual users of the project. This is a "Linus Torvalds uses a macbook" moment, for me.

    That all said, congrats to the GNOME Foundation and Holly, and I hope you accomplish whatever good deeds you set out to.

  • by josteink on 10/18/23, 6:18 AM

    Brian Lunduke has done some digging on her[0].

    She’s a “professional shaman”, and herb “medicine” maker operating on Facebook and Instagram.

    No software background at all.

    If this is the kind of hires ESG & DEI brings, I think we can already conclude those two to be failed philosophies, and that all the critics have been proven right.

    [0] https://lunduke.locals.com/upost/4740497/gnome-foundation-hi...

  • by boeingUH60 on 10/17/23, 11:49 PM

    Will she be paid a million?

    Quick joke before the omnipresent Dang sounds his warning..

  • by sombragris on 10/17/23, 10:13 PM

    Holly Million, Batman!! (sorry, I couldn't resist...)

    Seriously, I wish her all the best.

  • by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on 10/17/23, 7:59 PM

    I hope they ditch their silly and excessive code of conduct.

    https://wiki.gnome.org/Foundation/CodeOfConduct