<P>If you have any questions, please send them to either
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<P>The elections committee.</P>
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<P><B>CANDIDATES FOR THE GNOME FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS</B>
</P>
<P>1. JONATHAN BLANDFORD
"
I have been involved with GNOME since 1997. I have spent a lot of time
working on many core parts of GNOME, and feel like I have a very good
idea of how the project works. I very interested in helping to improve
the desktop experience, I would like to see GNOME spend more time on the
small, incremental improvements that make a desktop usable.
"
Affiliation Red Hat. Full statement at <ahref="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00020.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00020.html</a>
</P>
<P>2. CHEMA CELORIO
"
I have been contributing to GNOME over the past few years, I want to be
on the board because I want to help GNOME even further. I have a very
good relationship with a number of GNOME contributors as well as a very
good understanding of the GNOME community and what drives GNOME forward.
I am confident that we can make GNOME the best desktop available and I
work hard everyday to make it happen.
"
Affiliation Ximian. Full statement at <ahref="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00021.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00021.html</a>
</P>
<P>3. RHETT CREIGHTON
"
The future is now, and that future is: Bowling Balls. Do you realize that
if GNOME starts making bowling balls, we stand to net profit
$11,000?! That's right, eleven big ones. Net profit, mind you.
"
No affiliation. Full statement at <ahref="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00007.html">
Have been an active contributor to the free software movement since 1992.
Started the GNOME project when various freedom issues arose that would
threaten the future of a fully free system. I am one of the founders of
Ximian, one of the GNOME companies, where we employ around 40 GNOME hackers
that develop free software. "
Affiliation Ximian. Full statement at <ahref="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00018.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00018.html</a>
</P>
<P>5. GLYNN FOSTER
"
Easy going 23 year old from Dublin, Ireland seeks position on
GNOME Foundation Board ono. Will trade communication, energy
and commitment for an honest, hard working life with comfy
seat. Will ensure that GNOME remains a happy go-lucky-project that
people are excited to work on. Previous experience includes
Answers to the name of Gman. Email glynn.foster@sun.com after 8pm.
"
Affiliated with Sun Microsystems. Full statement at <ahref="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00010.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00010.html</a>
</P>
<P>6. NAT FRIEDMAN
"
The foundation could be doing more to help GNOME be more unified,
move faster, and have more visibility. Things I would like to see
include more focus on the desktop itself, more in-person events
and a coordinated GNOME Office.
I've been contributing to GNOME since 1998 and co-maintained
Bonobo for a while. I wrote the first draft of the foundation's
charter. I co-founded Ximian, and these days, I'm in charge of our
product development. "
Affiliation Ximian. Full statement at <ahref="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00022.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00022.html</a>
</P>
<P>7. JIM GETTYS
"
I'd like to continue to be on the board to help Gnome reach its potential.
I feel that we are about a year from having the ingredients to make open
source desktops viable for the mass market and would like to do what I
can to help make this happen. As part of this, I believe interoperability
is a key ingredient, and will work to encourage Gnome to invest in this
area."
Affiliation Compaq. Full statement at <ahref="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00024.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00024.html</a>
</P>
<P>8. JODY GOLDBERG
"
I have been a free software advocate since the early 90s, and have
contributed to several projects, from G++ and Wine, to Nethack and a
pager for CDE. As the current maintainer of Gnumeric I'm on the
front lines of what users like and dislike in GNOME. Our
technologies are good. Our integration could use some work. I'd
like to work towards improving communication between the far flung
elements of GNOME to improve that.
"
Affiliation Ximian. Full statement at <ahref="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00025.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00025.html</a>
</P>
<P>9. TELSA GWYNNE
"
I do docs, bugs, and hassling developers. I don't code. I also make last
minute decisions.
"
No affiliation. Full statement at <ahref="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00030.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00030.html</a>
</P>
<P>10. BILL HANEMAN
"
Bill Haneman AKA 'that Accessibility guy'. "I've been programming over
20 years, an active Gnome hacker since Dec. 2000. I maintain the Gnome
Accessibility Project (atk, at-spi), co-moderate
gnome-accessibility-list, and contribute to Gtk+, libglade,
libbonoboui. I'm employed by Sun Microsystems Ireland. While wearing
the 'Gnome Board hat' I would work hard to take a broad view of what's
best for Gnome. My hopes for Gnome's future include platform
development/maturation, universal accessibility, interoperability, and
extensibility.
"
Affiliated with Sun Microsystems. Full statement at <ahref="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00011.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00011.html</a>
</P>
<P>11. JAMES HENSTRIDGE
"
I have been hacking on gnome for over 3 years, and have been involved in language
binding development, gtk/gnome platform library development and also some work on
apps. I am Australian, which may be a good or bad thing, depending on your point
of view :) If elected I can represent these interests on the board. I served on
the GNOME Steering committee from its creation until the Foundation elections last
year, where I was one of the unsuccessful candidates.
"
No affiliation. Full statement at <ahref="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00019.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00019.html</a>
</P>
<P>12. GEORGE LEBL
"
I have been with the GNOME project since '97, maintain several packages, and
have been 'half-part' of the steering committee. I also pretended to work for
Eazel for over a year. I want the GNOME community to stay as chaotic and
open as it has always been. So elect me or I'll smack you with a GEGL.
"
No affiliation. Full statement at <ahref="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00005.html">
Expatriate Kiwi living in the USA. Been involved with running non-profit
businesses. Contributor to the Gnome Documentation Project and GnuCash.
"
No affiliation. Full statement at <ahref="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00015.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00015.html</a>
</P>
<P>14. IAN MCKELLAR
"
I'm an ex-Eazel hacker from Australia who is living in California. I
have some experience running anarchic organizations like GNOME (on a
smaller scale) and a strong belief in Free Software.
"
No affiliation. Full statement at <ahref="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00026.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00026.html</a>
</P>
<P>15. MICHAEL MEEKS
"
Lots of experience of Gnome both technically and relationally, I
continue to promote Gnome widely at conferences and to companies.
We must finance and encourage small interest group meetings as
well as GUADEC to increase real contact time.
We need to bifurcate the project - the core environment and
the applications built on top of it, so we can release core
improvements more quickly, with a stable API, yet rapidly innovate in
the applications.
"
Affiliation Ximian. Full statement at <ahref="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00014.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00014.html</a>
</P>
<P>16. FEDERICO MENA-QUINTERO
"
I'd like to see the GNOME hackers focus more on the desktop and,
in particular, the user experience now that the GNOME 2.0 platform is almost complete.
I am a co-founder of the GNOME project, and prior to that I was the
maintainer of the GIMP. I worked at Red Hat Advanced Development Labs
(RHAD Labs) for a year and a half, and have been working for Ximian
since January 2000 on the Evolution Calendar.
"
Affiliation Ximian. Full statement at <ahref="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00029.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00029.html</a>
</P>
<P>17. TIM NEY
"
I've presented GNOME to government officials on several continents;
built public awareness of GNOME around the world through the media,
seminars and trade shows; secured funding, hardware and services
to support GNOME. I see 2002 as the year GNOME reaches beyond the
hacker community and to schools, corporations and governments.
My contribution is to build bridges, develop strategy, policy and
projects that are inclusive and appeal to a wider geography of
developers and users.
"
Affiliation GNOME Foundation. Full statement at <ahref="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00027.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00027.html</a>
</P>
<P>18. BASTIEN NOCERA
"
I'm a relative newcomer to the Gnome world as a programmer, with my main
interests in multimedia, all ease-of-use concerns (accessibility
included), and portability. I've never run for any elections on such a
Board, but I have some experience in strongly opinionated discussions (with
politics, and not hackers ;), and being French, I have a big mouth as well.
Hmm, couple of words to go...I like bitter ale.
"
No affiliations Full statement at <ahref="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00002.html">
I have several years of experience with GNOME, and want to help ensure
continuity between the current board and the new one. My main goal on
the board is to build up GNOME as a self-sufficient and long-term
organization with solid infrastructure for keeping things running
smoothly. I work on GTK+, GConf, packaging GNOME for Red Hat, and
various less important projects.
"
Affiliated with Red Hat. Full statement at <ahref="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00008.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00008.html</a>
</P>
<P>20. CHRIS PHELPS
"
GNOME is the smoothest desktop I've ever used, and I intend to do
anything and everything I can to keep our development rolling. My
personal peeve is that GNOME is an awesome development environment
without a respectable IDE. I intend to work on this to make GNOME more
attractive to all kinds of developers. Yeah, that's about it...
"
No affiliation. Full statement at <ahref="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00004.html">
My experience ranges from developing on Guile to numerous other contributions
including technical reviews for Gtk+ and GNOME related books. I have been hacking
in GNOME since the first years of the project. I have attended many conferences
as a promoter of Free Software and GNOME. My main goal is to seek that GNOME will
turn into a feasible solution against proprietary software turning into a powerful
stable API that will be available for everyone.
"
No affiliation. Full statement at <ahref="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00017.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00017.html</a>
</P>
<P>22. RICHARD STALLMAN
"
I've been working for GNOME since years before there was a GNOME. In
1983, while formulating plans for the GNU operating system, I decided
it should include a window system. After two desktop initiatives that
didn't pan out, I found Miguel, who launched our third desktop
project--GNOME. As president of the Free Software Foundation and Chief
GNUisance of the GNU Project, I have had years of experience working with
contributors both individual and corporate.
"
Affiliation. Free Software Foundation. Full statement at <ahref="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00028.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00028.html</a>
</P>
<P>23. ANDY TAI
"
I have been a strong supporter for the GNU Project and
a long time observer of the GNOME Project. I maintains
the advocacy site free-soft.org and the GUI Toolkit
and Framework Page, the definite reference for GUI
toolkits on the Internet. I understand the major
weakness of the GNOME architecture at this stage. If
I am elected, the first thing I will push is to merge
gnome-specific widgets into gtk+, so there are less
number of libraries to link against :-)
"
No affiliation. Full statement at <ahref="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00013.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00013.html</a>
</P>
<P>24. DANIEL VEILLARD
"
I am French, long time Gnomer and Linux addict, maintainer of
libxml, libxslt and rpmfind. I served on the Gnome Board for last
year and I am used to non-profit organizations and the negotiation
needed to reach consensus in a group. I will focus on the reuse
of standards, internationalization and keeping trust relationship at an
individual level. I think those are needed to keep hacking on Gnome fun
and getting acceptance in new communities. Affiliation Red Hat.
"
Full statement at <ahref="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00001.html">
We need to improve the project's outreach, both within the Free Software
community and outside it, through documentation, publicity, and making
good information easy to get to. Some work on infrastructure can make
other tasks and goals easier, such as contributing and releasing. We need
more GNOME love and better cooperation. All of this, openly and
transparently, without interrupting our awesome hacker's hacking time! I'm
wacky enough to believe we can do it, too. :)
"
No affiliation. Full statement at <ahref="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00016.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00016.html</a>
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<P><B>ADDITIONAL ELECTION-RELATED INFORMATION</B>
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<P>Ballots will be sent out via e-mail to everyone who's registered
to vote on Tuesday, November 13, to the address provided with
registration. If you need to change the address to which you want
your ballot sent, please contact elections@gnome.org ASAP. People
will vote by returning the ballot via e-mail. A public archive of the
ballot returns will be available after the elections end on November
20.</P>
<P>Also, keep in mind that there is a 4-person maximum on the number
of people affiliated with any one company that can be on the board:
if more than 4 persons from one company get elected, only the top 4
vote getters will get on. You will be able to vote for up to 11
candidates of your choice, with no restrictions, except that you
cannot vote more than once for the same candidate.</P>
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