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2004-11-10 Gregory Leblanc <gleblanc@gnome.org>
* foundation.gnome.org/elections/2004/candidates.wml: Finish adding this year's candidates.
2004-11-10 Gregory Leblanc <gleblanc@gnome.org>
* foundation.gnome.org/elections/2004/Makefile.am: Fix the bloody Makefile.

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@ -60,166 +60,211 @@ this trend. We have made great strides in our ability as a foundation
to hold and fund conferences, and we should be able to do even more this
year. I'd also like to make our budgeting more transparent and public.</p>
<br />
Affiliation: Novell Inc.<br />
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2003-October/msg00002.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2003-October/msg00002.html</a>
Affiliation: Red Hat<br />
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>
</p>
<p>2. Glynn Foster<br />
&quot;
I'm not in this for the glamour, the title or girls. I'm not in this to
feel popular if I get voted. I'm not in this so that I can sit on the
board and avoid the real work. I'm not in this so that I can fanboy the
other board members. I want to help the GNOME Project achieve, and I will
donate my time and energy to make the ideas become a reality.
&quot;<br />
Affiliation: Sun Microsystems Inc.<br />
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2003-November/msg00000.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2003-November/msg00000.html</a>
<p>2. Bryan Clark<br />
<p>
SUMMARY NEEDED
</p>
Affiliation: Red Hat<br />
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>
</p>
<p>3. Luis Villa<br />
&quot;
Getting adjusted on the board is a long-term process- I thought I'd have
a massive list of accomplishments from my first term, and I'm
disappointed to say I don't. That said, I now have a deep understanding
of the board, what our shortcomings are, and feel like we can do a lot in
the next year while becoming more focused on what is most important-
supporting GNOME development and developers.
&quot;<br />
Affiliation: Novell Inc.<br />
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2003-November/msg00001.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2003-November/msg00001.html</a>
<p>3. Murray Cumming<br />
<p>SUMMARY NEEDED
</p>
<br />
Affiliation: None <br />
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. Bill Haneman<br />
&quot;
I want to help build on the momentum the current Board is gaining, since
it takes time for a new Board to get traction; I'm an active GNOME hacker
and lead of the GNOME Accessibility Project, an increasingly visible
aspect of GNOME; However I will focus on the 'big picture' GNOME
perspective. I think there are key tasks that the Board (and perhaps only
the Board) can effectively do; for instance propose policy regarding the
GNOME foot/logo and trademark, issue "GNOME-wide" press releases, and
liase between the Advisory Board and the developer community. Beyond
that, however, I think development policy is best set by developers.
&quot;<br />
Affiliation: Sun Microsystems Inc.<br />
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2003-November/msg00002.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2003-November/msg00002.html</a>
<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>
</p>
<p>5. Leslie Proctor<br />
&quot;
I've been working with GNOME since the very beginning - I did the media
relations around the launch of GNOME. Having a marketing dweeb on the
board has some advantages - I look at things through different eyes. If
I were a member of the board, I could spot potential marketing
opportunities early and more often. I wouldn't have to play catch up as
often as I do and could take full advantage of our accomplishments to
make some noise for ourselves. I can also be useful in fund raising - I
have a great deal of experience in this arena as well. Most importantly -
I'm a good team player, am very diplomatic and I communicate well.
&quot;<br />
Affiliation: None<br />
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2003-November/msg00003.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2003-November/msg00003.html</a>
<p>5. Miguel de Icaza <br />
<p>SUMMARY NEEDED
</p>
<br />
Affiliation: Novell, Inc.<br />
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. Nat Friedman<br />
&quot;
Vote for me because I care deeply about the success of the foundation,
GNOME, and the open source dekstop; because I've devoted the last five
years of my life to advancing the Linux desktop; because I believe that
we are engaged in a peaceful and bloodless revolution to end poverty,
hunger and disempowerment; and because I will keep pushing until we have
won. Also in some circles I am known as "the lambada king."
&quot;<br />
Affiliation: Novell Inc.<br />
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2003-November/msg00004.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2003-November/msg00004.html</a>
<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>
</p>
<p>7. Jody Goldberg<br />
&quot;
I'd like to keep a focus on GNOME development and improving our platform.
Co-existing with other projects is useful, but it would be far more
effective if the disparate efforts could share a platform, rather than
writing bridges between. In my opinion the Getty's 'Drain the swamp'
doctrine makes activities like, freedesktop.org, and small share-able
libraries like libgsf good contenders for pulling communities together.
&quot;<br />
Affiliation: Novell Inc.<br />
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2003-November/msg00005.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2003-November/msg00005.html</a>
<p>Who am I
- 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. Jonathan Blandford<br />
&quot;
I am a long-time member of the GNOME community, and an employee of Red
Hat, Inc. Having been active on the Board for two years and treasurer for
the past year, I am aiming to serve again.
&quot;<br />
Affiliation: Red Hat Inc.<br />
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2003-November/msg00006.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2003-November/msg00006.html</a>
<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>9. Owen Taylor<br />
&quot;
I'd like to use the experience I have in the technical and organizational
side of GNOME to continue the good work the current board has done in
moving things forward smoothly, sort out remaining sticky areas, promote
cooperation with other parts of the free software world to solve problems
for users, and expand the visibility of GNOME in the broader computing
world.
&quot;<br />
Affiliation: Red Hat Inc.<br />
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2003-November/msg00007.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2003-November/msg00007.html</a>
<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>10. Dave Camp<br />
&quot;
I've been working on GNOME for awhile, and really care about its success
and adoption. The board is starting to play a crucial role in this -
getting the developers together with each other (fund raising), and
getting the developers together with customers (marketing). I can help
get stuff done.
&quot;<br />
Affiliation: Novell Inc.<br />
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2003-November/msg00008.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2003-November/msg00008.html</a>
<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>11. Sri Ramkrishna<br />
&quot;
Having been convinced to run. I'm running for Foundation Board of
Directors. I believe my background as a softare engineer at Intel
Corporation will provide experience and a different outlook from others
who have backgrounds more devoted directly to Linux and the desktop. I'm
also a damn good socialite. :-)
&quot;<br />
Affiliation: Intel<br />
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2003-November/msg00020.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2003-November/msg00020.html</a>
<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>12. Malcolm Tredinnick<br />
&quot;
I would particularly like to help bring GNOME to more third-party
developers, encouraging them to build applications that utilise the GNOME
platform. I have had dealings with almost all of the other nominees and
should be able to work well with them pushing GNOME out into the world.
Resolving currently outstanding issues and continuing to move forwards
should be important to the board and I think I can provide some
enthusiasm to assist with this.
&quot;<br />
Affiliation: CommSecure<br />
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2003-November/msg00009.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2003-November/msg00009.html</a>
<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>13. Jeff Waugh<br />
&quot;
I love GNOME. I am passionate, motivated, and dedicated to building our
success, both outwardly - a foot on every desktop; and inwardly - making
sure our developer and user communities are rocking all the time. I have
a strong and involved presence on the Board. I am an active member of the
community without affiliation with the major GNOME contributing
companies, and can strike a balance between these sometimes conflicting
positions. Lastly, I am here to help GNOME rock.
&quot;<br />
Affiliation: Flow Communications<br />
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2003-November/msg00010.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2003-November/msg00010.html</a>
<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>
</p>
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