Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2004-November/msg00013.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2004-November/msg00013.html</a>
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2004-November/msg00011.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2004-November/msg00011.html</a>
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2004-November/msg00007.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2004-November/msg00007.html</a>
</p>
<p>4. Rodney Dawes<br />
<p>I agree with Tim. As far as contributions to GNOME go, I maintain
intltool, gnome-icon-theme, evolution-webcal, and the background
portion of control-center. I've also contributed code to most other
GNOME modules as well.
</p>
<br />
Affiliation: Novell, Inc.<br />
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2004-November/msg00009.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2004-November/msg00009.html</a>
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2004-November/msg00005.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2004-November/msg00005.html</a>
</p>
<p>6. Christian Schaller <br />
<p>SUMMARY NEEDED
</p>
<br />
Affiliation: Fluendo S.L.<br />
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2004-November/msg00006.html"><http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2004-November/msg00006.html/a>
- Maintainer of Gnumeric, libgsf, gnome-control-center,
libgnomeprint{ui}* and long time contributor throughout the stack
- Advocate for developing software on the GNOME platform and
building bridges to expand the user base of that platform.
- Board Member for the last three years, sometimes as secretary,
and assistant treasurer.
</p>
<br />
Affiliation: Novell, Inc.<br />
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/membership-committee/2004-November/msg00020.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/membership-committee/2004-November/msg00020.html</a>
</p>
<p>8. Bill Haneman<br />
<p>IMO Board issues for the next year will include leveraging grassroots
GNOME support around the world, and facilitating use of the GNOME
"brand" while defending GNOME and Free Software. Forging and
strengthening relationships is important too.
I work on GNOME software every day; as maintainer of multiple cvs
modules, and as an architect of the GNOME Accessibility Project.
"GNOME is for everybody!".
</p>
<br />
Affiliation: Sun Microsystems<br />
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/membership-committee/2004-November/msg00019.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/membership-committee/2004-November/msg00019.html</a>
</p>
<p>10. Dom Lachowicz<br />
<p>SUMMARY NEEDED
</p>
<br />
Affiliation: None<br />
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/membership-committee/2004-November/msg00024.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/membership-committee/2004-November/msg00024.html</a>
</p>
<p>11. Michael Meeks<br />
<p>At last count, Gnome was suffering from a lack of clear, well
articulated, technical leadership, with no mechanism for generating
technical consensus (particularly where this requires compromise).
This in general leads to directional atrophy, wasted effort, and
violence towards domestic pets.
The board shouldn't provide this leadership, but can encourage it.
Furthermore it seems obvious that the Gnome environment should be
further strengthened by compromise, alignment & code-sharing with other
projects eg. Mozilla & OpenOffice.org.
</p>
<br />
Affiliation: Novell, Inc.<br />
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/membership-committee/2004-November/msg00016.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/membership-committee/2004-November/msg00016.html</a>
</p>
<p>12. Federico Mena-Quintero<br />
<p>My interest is in propagating the use of Gnome in Latin America: help
local groups make the best use of Gnome and free software in general.
I want to ensure that Gnome has a clear direction from the viewpoint
of regional efforts: that it can be integrated into local GNU/Linux
distributions easily, that it provides a good technology base for
custom setups, that it is easy for developers to learn, and that it is
adequately localized.
</p>
<br />
Affiliation: Novell, Inc.<br />
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2004-November/msg00010.html"><http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2004-November/msg00010.html/a>
</p>
<p>13. David Neary<br />
<p>Even though I'm probably an unknown to most of the GNOME developers, I have been
around for quite a while, primarily in the GIMP project. Last year, I was
involved in organising GUADEC, and also brought the GIMP under the GNOME
Foundation umbrella, with help from Tim Ney and the current board. I'm more an
organiser than a coder, and I actually like doing board-type activities.
The board has a lot to offer to the community, especially in the realm of
communication and organisation - being on the board doesn't mean running
things, so much as letting other people know what needs running, and harnessing
that enthusiasm.
</p>
<br />
Affiliation: Nonve<br />
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2004-November/msg00008.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2004-November/msg00008.html</a>
</p>
<p>14. Tim Ney<br />
<p>I nominate myself for a seat on the 2005 GNOME Foundation Board of
Directors: For the GNOME Foundation to fulfill its mission, it needs the
combined efforts of hackers and non-hackers alike. One of my main
contributions to GNOME has been to organize and raise funds for GUADEC,
the Summit and now other regional events in Brazil and Spain. For GNOME
to scale to the widest geography of development, recognition and use, we
need to assemble more resources to help provide training accessible to
all.
</p>
<br />
Affiliation: GNOME Foundation<br />
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/membership-committee/2004-November/msg00013.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/membership-committee/2004-November/msg00013.html</a>
</p>
<p>15. Anne Østergaard<br />
<p>SUMMARY NEEDED
</p>
<br />
Affiliation: None<br />
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2004-November/msg00003.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2004-November/msg00003.html</a>
</p>
<p>16. Germán Poó-Caamaño<br />
<p>SUMMARY NEEDED
</p>
<br />
Affiliation: None<br />
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2004-November/msg00015.html"><http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2004-November/msg00015.html/a>
</p>
<p>17. Leslie Proctor<br />
<p>I've been involved with GNOME since the
beginning, doing marketing, organizing trade show
presence, helping to organize GUADEC and other stuff
like that. I'm an incumbent member of the board.
</p>
<br />
Affiliation: None<br />
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/membership-committee/2004-November/msg00001.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/membership-committee/2004-November/msg00001.html</a>
</p>
<p>18. Owen Taylor<br />
<p>SUMMARY NEEDED
</p>
<br />
Affiliation: Red Hat<br />
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2004-November/msg00004.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2004-November/msg00004.html</a>
</p>
<p>19. Daniel Veillard<br />
<p> I am French, long time Gnomer and Linux addict, maintainer of
libxml, libxslt and rpmfind. I served on the Gnome Board for three
years and I am used to non-profit organizations and the negociations
needed to reach consensus in a group. I will focuse 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. Growing GNOME presence
worldwide in mindshare, users and developpers is the next challenge
of the Board.
</p>
<br />
Affiliation: Red Hat<br />
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/membership-committee/2004-November/msg00011.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/membership-committee/2004-November/msg00011.html</a>
</p>
<p>20. Luis Villa<br />
<p>SUMMARY NEEDED
</p>
<br />
Affiliation: Novell, Inc.<br />
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2004-November/msg00012.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2004-November/msg00012.html</a>
