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Below you will find a list of candidates who are running for the -GNOME Foundation Board of Directors. A short summary statement from -each candidate and a link to their full candidacy announcement is -provided to help you learn more about them. We encourage all voters -to read the full candidacy statements and related discussions on -foundation-list@gnome.org -(http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/).

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When deciding who you should vote for, please carefully consider -the various tasks the Board of Directors must perform. This overview -(http://foundation.gnome.org/overview.html) -may be helpful. Keep in mind that the board will make a number of -important decisions and will also have to perform many tasks which -require a significant amount of time and effort and the ability to -work and communicate with other people, companies, and the media. The -board of directors will represent GNOME to companies and the world in -a very real way. It is a good idea to strive for a well-balanced -board consisting of people with various backgrounds, skills, and -perspectives.

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Additional election details can be found at the end of this -message and on http://foundation.gnome.org -(where you can also find this document).

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If you have any questions, please send them to either -foundation-list@gnome.org or to us at elections@gnome.org.

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1. 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 -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00001.html -

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2. 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 -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00002.html -

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3. 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 -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00004.html -

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4. 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 -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00005.html -

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5. 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 -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00007.html -

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6. HAVOC PENNINGTON -" -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 http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00008.html -

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7. 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 -gnome-session hacks and being on GNOME Foundation Membership & -Elections Committee. Loves Guinness & climbing. Hates celery. -Answers to the name of Gman. Email glynn.foster@sun.com after 8pm. -" -Affiliated with Sun Microsystems. Full statement at http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00010.html -

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8. 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 http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00011.html -

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9. 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 http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00013.html -

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10. 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 http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00014.html -

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11. CHRIS LYTTLE -" -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 http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00015.html -

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12. JEFF WAUGH -" -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 http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00016.html -

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13. ARIEL RIOS -" -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 http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00017.html -

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14. MIGUEL DE ICAZA -" -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 http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00018.html -

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15. 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 http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00019.html -

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16. 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 http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00020.html -

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17. 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 http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00021.html -

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18. 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 http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00022.html -

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19. 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 http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00024.html -

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20. 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 http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00025.html -

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21. 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 http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00026.html -

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22. 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 http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00027.html -

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23. 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 http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00028.html -

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24. 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 http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00029.html -

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25. TELSA GWYNNE -" -I do docs, bugs, and hassling developers. I don't code. I also make last -minute decisions. -" -No affiliation. Full statement at http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00030.html -

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ADDITIONAL ELECTION-RELATED INFORMATION -

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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.

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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.

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+ The GNOME Foundation is run by a Board of Directors, which is elected + annually by the entire GNOME community, as the GNOME Membership. If you would like + to contact the Board of Directors, you can email them at board@gnome.org. +

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+ The Board of Directors for Fall 2000 through Fall 2001 is: +

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  • + Bart Decrem +
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  • + Jim Gettys +
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  • + John Heard +
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  • + Miguel de Icaza +
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  • + Raph Levien +
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  • + Federico Mena Quintero +
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  • + Maciej Stachowiak +
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- The Board of Directors for Fall 2000 through Fall 2001 is: + The Board of Directors for Fall 2001 through Fall 2002 is:

  • - Bart Decrem -
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  • - Jim Gettys -
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  • - John Heard + Jonathan Blandford
  • Miguel de Icaza
  • - Raph Levien + Nat Friedman
  • - Dan Mueth + Jim Gettys +
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  • + Jody Goldberg +
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  • + Telsa Gwynne +
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  • + James Henstridge +
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  • + George Lebl +
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  • + Federico Mena-Quintero
  • Havoc Pennington
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  • - Federico Mena Quintero -
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  • - Maciej Stachowiak -
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  • - Owen Taylor -
  • Daniel Veillard
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    • + Results of 2001 election official + (12/07/2001) +
      + The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee are pleased to announce the following members + as official Foundation board directors for the 2001/2002 term of office -
      + Jonathan Blandford, Miguel de Icaza, Nat Friedman, Jim Gettys, Jody Goldberg, Telsa Gwynne, + James Henstridge, George Lebl, Federico Mena-Quintero, Havoc Pennington and Daniel Veillard. +
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    • Preliminary results of 2001 election announced (11/27/2001)