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<H3 ALIGN=CENTER>Candidates for GNOME Foundation Elections</H3>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER>Oct 26, 2000</P>
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<P>Below you will find a list of candidates who are running for the
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GNOME Foundation Board of Directors. A short summary statement from
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each candidate and a link to their full candidacy announcement is
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provided to help you learn more about them. We encourage all voters
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to read the full candidacy statements and related discussions on
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foundation-list@gnome.org
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(<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/</A>).</P>
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<P>When deciding who you should vote for, please carefully consider
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the various tasks the Board of Directors must perform. This overview
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(<A HREF="http://foundation.gnome.org/overview.html">http://foundation.gnome.org/overview.html</A>)
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may be helpful. Keep in mind that the board will make a number of
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important decisions and will also have to perform many tasks which
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require a significant amount of time and effort and the ability to
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work and communicate with other people, companies, and the media. The
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board of directors will represent GNOME to companies and the world in
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a very real way. It is a good idea to strive for a well-balanced
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board consisting of people with various backgrounds, skills, and
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perspectives.</P>
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<P>Additional election details can be found at the end of this
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message and on <A HREF="http://foundation.gnome.org/">http://foundation.gnome.org</A>
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(where you can also find this document).</P>
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<P>If you have any questions, please send them to either
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foundation-list@gnome.org or to us at elections@gnome.org.</P>
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<P>The elections committee.</P>
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<P><BR><BR>
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</P>
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<P><B>CANDIDATES FOR THE GNOME FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS</B>
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</P>
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<P>1. MARTIN BAULIG. "I'm a 24 years old student and working for
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SuSE on GNOME. * Gnome-libs 2.0 - it is very important to be
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attractive to developers of other Free Software, to have
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well-designed, well-documented APIs which are a pleasure to use. *
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GNOME is official part of the GNU Project and it becomes more and
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more important to know where we're coming from and to stick to our
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roots. * Doing Talks and Shows in Germany." Affiliated with
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SuSE. Full statement at
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00076.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00076.html</A>.</P>
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<P>2. CHEMA CELORIO. "I have been doing unpaid work for GNOME on
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a daily basis for the last year. Mainly in gedit and gnome-print. And
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I LOVE IT ! I have developed very good personal relationships with
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different members of the GNOME community. I want GNOME to remain a
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community effort, a fun project to work on and a project that has
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healthy relationships with the companies it interacts with. I want
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GNOME to continue being widely open to new contributors." Full
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statement at
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00056.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00056.html</A>.</P>
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<P>3. KENNETH CHRISTIANSEN. "I will work on making Gnome work
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better with internationalization, so that people in non-english
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speaking countries can start using Gnome for real. This requires a
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lot of work, and everyone in the Gnome community will have to settle
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on some common guidelines for dealing with this. Due to my long
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involvement in Gnome Translation Project I have quite some idea of
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how we can do this, and is personally interested in working hard for
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archieving this. No corporate affiliations!" Full statement at
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00067.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00067.html</A>.</P>
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<P>4. RHETT CREIGHTON. "I am a Jr. undergrad student at MIT, and
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I'd like to see Gnome succeed, like all of you. If I win, I don't
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promise to do a better job than most of you could do, but I do
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promise to do it while eating a truckload of bananas. Really, I want
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to use the position to impress chicks, I mean, help guide the
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direction of Gnome toward what I think will make it the ideal
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computing platform.". Full statement at
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00237.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00237.html</A>.</P>
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<P>5. BART DECREM. "As the Foundation's coordinator, I have
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helped build a structure that maintains the power in GNOME with the
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hackers while providing ways for corporate partners to have their
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voice heard. I see my role as a facilitator who ensures that the
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foundation will function in an open and effective manner, and to help
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bring corporate partners on board who will bring GNOME to many
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millions of new users without violating our principles."
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Affiliated with Eazel. Full statement at
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00047.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00047.html</A>.</P>
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<P>6. MIGUEL DE ICAZA. Co-founder of the GNOME project; one of the
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principal contributors to gnome-libs, Bonobo, and Gnumeric, among
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many other modules; currently serves on the board of directors of the
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Free Software Foundation; pushed to create both the interim Steering
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Committee and the GNOME Foundation: sees his role in the foundation
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as "to continue doing the same work I have been doing for free
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software and GNOME in the future, with the backup of the Foundation."
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Affiliated with Helix Code. Full statement at
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00194.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00194.html</A>.</P>
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<P>7. CHRISTOPHER GABRIEL. "I'm a 22 years old fellow born in
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Italy. * Completely dedicated to free software, following GNOME since
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some times in the first few months. * No affiliation with any company
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making money from GNOME. * Official maintainer of GNU packages. *
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Largely responsible for much of the free software grass-roots
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community effort in Italy. Having me on the board, you will have
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someone who will remind other board members of the importance of
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things." Full statement at
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00064.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00064.html</A>.</P>
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<P>8. JUANTOMAS GARCIA. Spent last three years promoting GNU/Linux
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and free software in Spain, to companies and the Spanish government,
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among others: "GNOME needs more than code, it needs lots of
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input and work on and over it... The board needs to have a real
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criticism from the inside that's brave enough to point out whatever
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is wrong with GNOME... I'm Spanish and European (and very proud of
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it) and Europe needs more GNOME action indeed." Full statement
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00077.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00077.html</A>.</P>
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<P>9. JIM GETTYS. Co-wrote X Window System, upon which GNOME is
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built; currently pushing Linux and X on handhelds. Experience with X
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Consortium, W3C, IETF. Worked on the GNOME Foundation announcement
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and startup this summer: "In short, I'd really like to see open
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source desktops succeed. Interoperability is a key to this, and
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applications (both open source and commercial) are another. We MUST
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avoid the GUI wars that crippled UNIX desktops in the 1980's to
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change the world." Affiliated with Compaq. Full statement at
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00193.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00193.html</A>.</P>
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<P>10. BERTRAND GUIHENEUF. "I am CEO of Henzai, Paris, a company
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dedicated to making Gnome the standard GUI for small Internet
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Appliances. I am co-maintainer of gnome-objc but was more known to
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have started Evolution, in particular the camel library. My job at
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Henzai gives me particular skills for project managment. Once on the
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board I want to push the creation of the European foundation. I also
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plan to lobby for a complete cross-platform Gnome." Affiliated
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with Henzai. Full statement at
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00062.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00062.html</A>.</P>
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<P>11. THOMPSON HAYNER. "I am an independent thinker. I make my
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living charging high fees to companies to run web-based free software
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for them (primarily Latin American hospitals). I invest half my money
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primarily in underprized fiber optic companies, give myself an
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allowance of $64,000 a year, and give the rest to various charities,
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and do Random Acts of Kindness (for example, recently hired an
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attorney to help a Vietnamenese girl I barely know fight to bring her
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brother and sister over)." Full statement at
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00143.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00143.html</A>.</P>
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<P>12. JOHN HEARD. "jheard@eng.sun.com. * Initiated and manage
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the Sun GNOME Project. * Initiated and manage the OpenOffice.org
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initiative and making it a fully integrated part of the GNOME Office
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suite. * Working to establish the GNOME Accessibility project. *
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Participant in the establishment of the GNOME Foundation on behalf of
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the Sun GNOME team, working closely with quite a few GNOME members. *
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A 14+ year open systems "bigot" in Sun (with T-shirts to
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prove it :-))." Affiliated with Sun Microsystems. Full statement
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00221.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00221.html</A>.</P>
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<P>13. JAMES HENSTRIDGE. "I am from Australia and have been
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hacking on GNOME since 1998. I have worked on various parts of GNOME
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ranging from some of the base libraries used by many applications to
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language bindings (python) to applications (dia). I hope to represent
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these views on the foundation board. I am a member of the current
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GNOME Steering Committee. I am not currently employed by any GNOME
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company at present -- I am a student finishing off my honours year."
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Full statement at
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00053.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00053.html</A>.</P>
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<P>14. KEVIN KNERR. "Is a GNOME user and contributor (AquaX,
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sawfish lisplets, etc.) * has nearly 25 years experience w/ computing
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(programming, system administration, tech support, data processing) *
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is experienced in the administrative tasks the Board will perform *
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is committed to GNOME and Free Software, and wishes to see GNOME
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flourish in the midst of commercial software * has no corporate
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affiliation with GNOME (employed in tech support for an ISP that
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won't support Linux)." Full statement at
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00063.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00063.html</A>.</P>
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<P>15. TUOMAS KUOSMANEN. "I have been involved in the GNOME
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community from the very beginning, working on the user interface. I
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have very big interest in making the GNOME friendly and easy for both
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new and experienced users. This is not easy, but I still want to
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offer my help and try my best. I have good relationships towards
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others and I try to live in peace with different kinds of people.
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They say I have good patience." Affiliated with Helix Code. Full
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statement at
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00204.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00204.html</A>.</P>
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<P>16. GEORGE LEBL. "I am George (Jiri in Czech) Lebl. I am a
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long time GNOME developer, and maintainer of gnome-core,
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gnome-applets, pong, gob, grapevine, dr-genius, and have hacked on
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many other things including gnome-libs. I'm an undergraduate at SDSU
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trying to finish a CS and a Math degree, and have a part time
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position at Eazel. I'm also a half member of the interim GNOME
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steering comittee. cHickeN ChIckeN ChIckeN ChIckeN ChIckeN cHicKeN
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ChickEn ChickEn ChickEn ChicKEn." Affiliated with Eazel. Full
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statement at
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00025.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00025.html</A>.</P>
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<P>17. ELLIOT LEE. "You, the people who have made GNOME happen,
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deserve the best possible help in getting GNOME where you want it to
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go. Using my knowledge of software development and project
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coordination, my goal will be to help you out with all the
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distractions, problems, and boring work that GNOME and its foundation
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need doing, so that you can focus on having fun contributing."
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Affiliated with Red Hat.
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00222.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00222.html</A>.</P>
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<P>18. RAPH LEVIEN. "I am Raph Levien, author of Libart and
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current maintainer of Ghostscript. I've been involved in Gnome since
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the beginning, particularly in areas of 2D graphics and imaging. I do
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consulting through my company, artofcode LLC, including work for
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Eazel, and commercial licensing of Ghostscript, but consider myself a
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strong independent voice against corporate interests. I did not
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invent the Internet, but did take the initiative in developing it to
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its current degenerated state." Affiliated with Eazel. Full
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statement at
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00220.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00220.html</A>.</P>
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<P>19. KJARTAN MARAAS. "My name is Kjartan Maraas and I have
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been involved with the GNOME project since late 1997. I'm Norwegian
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and translations was what got me tangled up in this project. Since
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march this year I have been a member of the steering committee as
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coordinator of GNOME's internationalization project, and this area is
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what I'd spend my time working on improving if I were to be elected
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for the board." Full statement at
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00197.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00197.html</A>.</P>
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<P>20. MICHAEL MEEKS. "Having enjoyed working with many Gnome
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contributors, I would be delighted to represent their interests on
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the board. * Soon Bonobo ( which I help maintain ) will be everywhere
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and vital to the Gnome release schedule, as well as to everyone
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building on it. * I have loved presenting the ethics of free software
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and selling the Gnome vision to many different groups of people at
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various conferences. * I will push what is best for Gnome, over
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HelixCode." Affiliated with Helix Code. Full statement at
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00078.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00078.html</A>.</P>
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<P>21. DAN MUETH. "I am the GNOME Documentation Project
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coordinator and a steering committee member. I have a strong personal
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interest in seeing GNOME succeed and providing users with a powerful,
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easy-to-use free desktop. As a boardmember I will: (1)Ensure GNOME
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leverages the contributions of individuals and corporations to
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produce the best desktop possible. (2)Identify and address GNOME's
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weaknesses. (3)Improve communication with other projects,
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corporations, and the public. After finishing my physics PhD I will
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work at Eazel." Affiliated with Eazel. Full statement at
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00071.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00071.html</A>.</P>
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<P>22. ESKIL HEYN OLSEN. "I'm Eskil, one of the two gnome-pilot
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maintainers (meaning I've been hacking gnome since June 1998), Being
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snatched up by Eazel, I moved from Denmark to USA, and therefore now
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hack Nautilus related stuff fulltime. Other merits must speak for
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themselves." Affiliated with Eazel. Full statement at
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00069.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00069.html</A>.</P>
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<P>23. HAVOC PENNINGTON. "My goal as a GNOME hacker is to make
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free OS's a viable alternative for all users. At Red Hat Labs our job
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is to make sure the Linux development platform facilitates that. On
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the board, I'd like to work on infrastructure to make the project run
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more smoothly: bug tracking, roadmaps, task lists, communication
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between maintainers. I want to see GNOME get bigger, better, and more
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fun, always remaining focused on technical excellence."
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Affiliated with Red Hat. Full statement at
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00058.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00058.html</A>.</P>
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<P>24. ETTORE PERAZZOLI. "Who: Hacker, Project Manager for
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Evolution. Other major contributions: gnome-libs, Bonobo, gnome-vfs,
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Nautilus. Contributor since pre-1.0. * Program: Make GNOME a
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successful standard without betraying the original ideals. Convey
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energy from all the various parties involved, making sure the
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commercial needs of the companies involved don't cripple the
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technical qualities. Pay attention to the needs of hackers, to make
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sure the fun factor isn't lost. Value volunteer contributions. Make
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GNOME a success outside the US." Affiliated with Helix Code.
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Full statement at
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00131.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00131.html</A>.</P>
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<P>25. BRUCE PERENS. "Please read <A HREF="http://www.perens.com/Bio.html">http://www.perens.com/Bio.html</A>
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and other material at www.Perens.com to learn who I am and how I have
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helped Free Software since 1987 and Unix since 1981. The board should
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leave GNOME's technical direction to the developers. As a GNOME
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Foundation director, I plan to concentrate on: Soliciting for
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government and corporate grants to fund Free Software development,
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_especially_documentation_. Building relationships between business
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and Free Software. Public Relations and Publicity. Getting people to
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release more code!" Full statement at
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00022.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00022.html</A>.</P>
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<P>26. LESLIE PROCTOR. "I oversaw PR for the GNOME launch in
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1999. My efforts resulted in NY Times, Wired, Newsweek, etc.
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articles. I've conducted media relations for GNOME at subsequent
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conferences and ongoing, as needed. I coordinated the FSF/GNOME
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booths at every LinuxWorld Expo, among others - on a shoestring
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budget. I'm a senior resource executive at Alexander Ogilvy PR, a
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top-tier agency. I offer strategic direction to account teams across
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three different agencies. I can bring PR, marketing and
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conferences/events expertise." Full statement at
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00236.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00236.html</A>.</P>
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<P>27. FEDERICO MENA QUINTERO. Co-founder of the GNOME project;
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maintained the GIMP, split off GTK+ from the GIMP for use in other
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applications (including GNOME); wrote large portions of the GNOME
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libraries (including the GNOME Canvas), the original GNOME Panel,
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gnomecal, GMC; currently maintain parts of gnome-libs, gdk-pixbuf,
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EOG, the GNOME Programming Guidelines, and the Evolution calendar; "I
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have given several GNOME-related talks at local and international
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conferences."; "I am neurotic about software and
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documentation quality." Affiliated with Helix Code. Full
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statement at
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00140.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00140.html</A>.</P>
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<P>28. ARIEL RIOS. Currently maintain gnome-guile, guile-gtk, galway,
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glibwwww, gnumeric guile plugin; has given numerous speeches
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advocating GNOME and Free Software in Canada, USA, and Mexico: "I
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am from Mexico so I can represent the Hispanoamerican region... I do
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not work for any corporation and I wish to represent no other
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interests besides GNOME and those of Free Software. I do believe in
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freedom and equality among all of the members of the GNOME
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community." Full statement at
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00160.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00160.html</A>.</P>
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<P>29. ARLO ROSE. "I'm the Human Interface lead for the Nautilus
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project, and am in the process of forming a GNOME HI group that will
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raise community and developer awareness of usability and visual
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issues with GNOME projects. I'd like to have a seat on the board so I
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can strengthen awareness for good human interface design, raise the
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standards for the GNOME desktop look and feel, and act as the voice
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for usability issues in our community." Affiliated with Eazel.
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Full statement at
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00219.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00219.html</A>.</P>
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<P>30. JOE SHAW. "I have been involved in the GNOME community
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from the start, contributing to several modules. I'm the maintainer
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of Achtung and author of Helix's installer and updater. I'm outspoken
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against corporate dominance of the foundation, but know they need to
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be well-represented. I feel that the board needs a good
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hacker/non-hacker mix. GNOME needs to become more aggressive with its
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conference/show policies and GNOME 2.0 development needs to take hold
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now." Affiliated with Helix Code. Full statement at
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00060.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00060.html</A>.</P>
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<P>31. MACIEJ STACHOWIAK. "While I have hacked on many free
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software projects (most notably Nautilus, see
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<A HREF="http://advogato.org/person/mjs">http://advogato.org/person/mjs</A>
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for others), I think the strongest qualifications I have are
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non-technical. First, I have a talent for making processes more
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transparent, as with my work on GNOME 1.4 coordiation. Second, I am
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good at communicating both inside and outside the project. Finally, I
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believe in free software, openness and honesty, and I'm willing to
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stand up to anyone for these beliefs." Affiliated with Eazel.
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00024.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00024.html</A>.</P>
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<P>32. OWEN TAYLOR. "As co-maintainer of GTK+ and the designer
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of Pango, I think I'm in a good position to handle coordination of
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GNOME with these important core technologies. I also have a strong
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interest in language bindings and component technology, as
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represented by the CORBA::ORBit Perl bindings for CORBA. If I am
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elected to the board, I will continue to push GNOME in the areas of
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internationalization and an easy-to-use development platform."
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Affiliated with Red Hat.
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00049.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00049.html</A>.</P>
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<P>33. DANIEL VEILLARD. "I am French, a long time Gnomer and
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Linux addict, the maintainer of libxml and rpmfind. I work for W3C
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and I am used to non-profit organizations and the negociations needed
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to get a group to reach consensus. I will focuse on the reuse of
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standards, internationalization and keeping trust relationship at an
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individual level. I think those are needed to keep hacking on gnome
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fun and getting acceptance in new communities." Affiliated with
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W3C. Full candidacy statement at
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00093.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00093.html</A>.</P>
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<P><BR><BR>
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<P><B>ADDITIONAL ELECTION-RELATED INFORMATION</B>
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</P>
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<P>Anyone who's contributed to GNOME (beyond just being a user or
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occasional bug-filer) may participate in the elections. To register
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to vote, send e-mail to membership@gnome.org. with your name, email
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address, and a short list of how you contributed to GNOME. [eg: Havoc
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Pennington (GConf, GTK+, gnome-libs, odd jobs)]. The deadline to
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register to vote is Monday, October 30.</P>
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<P>Ballots will be sent out via e-mail to everyone who's registered
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to vote on Wednesday, November 1, to the address provided with
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registration. If you need to change the address to which you want
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your ballot sent, please contact elections@gnome.org ASAP. People
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will vote by returning the ballot via e-mail. A public archive of the
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ballot returns will be available after the elections end on November
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8.</P>
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<P>Also, keep in mind that there is a 4-person maximum on the number
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of people affiliated with any one company that can be on the board:
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if more than 4 persons from one company get elected, only the top 4
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vote getters will get on. You will be able to vote for up to 11
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candidates of your choice, with no restrictions, except that you
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cannot vote more than once for the same candidate.</P>
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