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<title>GNOME Foundation 2006 Elections Candidates</title>
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<h1>Candidates for the GNOME Foundation 2006 Elections</h1>
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<p>
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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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<a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/">foundation-list@gnome.org</a>.
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<p>
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When deciding who you should vote for, please carefully consider
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the various tasks the Board of Directors must perform. This
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<a href="../overview.html">overview</a> may be helpful. Keep in mind that
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the board will make a number of important decisions and will also have to
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perform many tasks which require a significant amount of time and effort
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and the ability to work and communicate with other people, companies, and
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the media. The board of directors will represent GNOME to companies and
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the world in a very real way. It is a good idea to strive for a
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well-balanced board consisting of people with various backgrounds,
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skills, and perspectives.
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Additional elections details can be found on the
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<a href="../../">GNOME Foundation Web Site</a>.
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<p>
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If you have any questions, please send them to either
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<a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/">foundation-list@gnome.org</a>
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or to us at <a
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href="mailto:elections@gnome.org">elections@gnome.org</a>.
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</p>
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<h2>Candidates for the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors</h2>
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<strong>1. Máirín Duffy</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>Red Hat</em><br />
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Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2006-November/msg00064.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2006-November/msg00064.html</a>
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<blockquote>
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I believe quite strongly in GNOME's design philosophy of simplicity and ease-of-use; as an interaction designer I apply the same philosophy to my professional work and understand its importance.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>2. Behdad Esfahbod</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>Red Hat</em><br />
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Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2006-November/msg00065.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2006-November/msg00065.html</a>
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</p>
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<blockquote>
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I run for the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors, because I care about
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GNOME and I think the Board is very important. I contribute to GNOME on
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a daily basis, and the board is yet another area of the project I want
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to challenge myself with.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>3. Glynn foster</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>Sun Microsystems</em><br />
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Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2006-November/msg00042.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2006-November/msg00042.html</a>
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<blockquote>
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I've been working for the Sun desktop group and involved in GNOME for the past 6
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years. I've been a past Foundation board member during 2002 and 2003. My focus
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has generally been on community development and communication between Sun and
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GNOME, though I have been known to write some code from time to time. I have
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previously been involved in the GUADEC organizing committee for several years,
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and was a member of the Elections and Membership committee. I am also an active
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member of the OpenSolaris community.
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<strong>4. Quim Gil</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>None</em><br />
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Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2006-November/msg00017.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2006-November/msg00017.html</a>
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<blockquote>
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I joined the board in June in substitution of Luis Villa. It took
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me a while to know the basics of boarding and now that I kind of feel
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comfortable comes the end of the year... I think I can do more and
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better in 2007.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>5. Sara Khalatbari</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>None</em><br />
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Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2006-November/msg00068.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2006-November/msg00068.html</a>
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</p>
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<blockquote>
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I want to run for the Board election. I have very strong
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communications skills and am not swamped by hacking. On the board, I
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want to help on every single issue that makes progress as smoothly as possible
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in a timely manner.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>6. David Neary</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>Wengo</em><br />
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Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2006-November/msg00061.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2006-November/msg00061.html</a>
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<blockquote>
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I have spent a lot of time thinking about whether I will run for the board this year. In the end, I feel very invested in the success of the foundation, and I feel like we have made huge progress in the past two years. I really want to be part of keeping and growing the momentum we have.
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Over the past two years, I've played a part in increasing the transparency of the board's functions, improving our relations with the advisory board, getting new members on that board, and in event organisation and fundraising.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>7. Joachim Noreiko</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>None</em><br />
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Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2006-November/msg00161.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2006-November/msg00161.html</a>
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</p>
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<blockquote>
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<i>Waiting candidate</i>
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</blockquote>
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<p>
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<strong>8. John (J5) Palmieri</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>Red Hat</em><br />
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Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2006-November/msg00155.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2006-November/msg00155.html</a>
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</p>
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<blockquote>
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I am running for the board because I believe GNOME needs to reach out
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and get more people involved, not just in development of code. We are
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already really good at that and though there is always room for
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improvement there are areas that need a bit more push to get going.
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</blockquote>
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<p>
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<strong>9. Vincent Untz </strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG)</em><br />
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Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2006-November/msg00066.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2006-November/msg00066.html</a>
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</p>
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<blockquote>
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I've contributed in various ways to GNOME, and since the beginning I've
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been interested in helping the Foundation. This year I want to help the
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Foundation be more effective and more open to the membership. This means
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better reactiveness to queries, more informations on what's happening
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and trying to get more people involved in the Foundation. Don't vote for
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me if you want to be a passive member of the Foundation :-)
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</blockquote>
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<p>
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<strong>10. Jeff Waugh</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>Waugh Partners</em><br />
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Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2006-November/msg00069.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2006-November/msg00069.html</a>
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<blockquote>
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I love GNOME. I am passionate, motivated, and dedicated to building our
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success, both outwardly - a foot on every desktop; and inwardly - making
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sure our developer and user communities are rocking all the time. I believe
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I've earned the trust of the GNOME community to represent it, both as a
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communicator outside the project, and as a mediator and leader within our
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community. I am here to help GNOME rock.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>11. Anne Østergaard</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>Easterbridge.dk</em><br />
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Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2006-November/msg00016.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2006-November/msg00016.html</a>
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I was a volunteer at the 2nd GUADEC in Copenhagen in 2001. - I was
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"sold" to GNOME and the GNOME Community because of the passionate,
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motivated, warm and dedicated atmosphere among the developers, and in
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fact everyone. We had a full house on user day.
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Since that time I have followed the foot prints and contributed to the
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conferences and the community. In the past year I have served as board
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member.
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<h2>Additional Elections-related Information</h2>
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Ballots will be sent out via e-mail to everyone who's registered to vote
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on Friday, November 25th, to the address provided with registration. If
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you need to change the address to which you want your ballot sent, please
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contact <a
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href="mailto:elections@gnome.org">elections@gnome.org</a>
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as soon as possible. People will vote by returning the ballot via e-mail.
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A public archive of the ballot returns will be available after the
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elections end on December 23rd.
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Also, keep in mind that there is a 2-person maximum on the number of
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people affiliated with any one company that can be on the board: if more
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than 2 persons from one company get elected, only the top 2 vote getters
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will get on. You will be able to vote for up to 7 candidates of your
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choice, with no restrictions, except that you cannot vote more than once
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for the same candidate.
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