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Candidates for GNOME Foundation Elections

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Oct 26, 2000

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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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The elections committee.

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CANDIDATES FOR THE GNOME FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS +

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1. MARTIN BAULIG. "I'm a 24 years old student and working for +SuSE on GNOME. * Gnome-libs 2.0 - it is very important to be +attractive to developers of other Free Software, to have +well-designed, well-documented APIs which are a pleasure to use. * +GNOME is official part of the GNU Project and it becomes more and +more important to know where we're coming from and to stick to our +roots. * Doing Talks and Shows in Germany." Affiliated with +SuSE. Full statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00076.html.

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2. CHEMA CELORIO. "I have been doing unpaid work for GNOME on +a daily basis for the last year. Mainly in gedit and gnome-print. And +I LOVE IT ! I have developed very good personal relationships with +different members of the GNOME community. I want GNOME to remain a +community effort, a fun project to work on and a project that has +healthy relationships with the companies it interacts with. I want +GNOME to continue being widely open to new contributors." Full +statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00056.html.

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3. KENNETH CHRISTIANSEN. "I will work on making Gnome work +better with internationalization, so that people in non-english +speaking countries can start using Gnome for real. This requires a +lot of work, and everyone in the Gnome community will have to settle +on some common guidelines for dealing with this. Due to my long +involvement in Gnome Translation Project I have quite some idea of +how we can do this, and is personally interested in working hard for +archieving this. No corporate affiliations!" Full statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00067.html.

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4. RHETT CREIGHTON. "I am a Jr. undergrad student at MIT, and +I'd like to see Gnome succeed, like all of you. If I win, I don't +promise to do a better job than most of you could do, but I do +promise to do it while eating a truckload of bananas. Really, I want +to use the position to impress chicks, I mean, help guide the +direction of Gnome toward what I think will make it the ideal +computing platform.". Full statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00237.html.

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5. BART DECREM. "As the Foundation's coordinator, I have +helped build a structure that maintains the power in GNOME with the +hackers while providing ways for corporate partners to have their +voice heard. I see my role as a facilitator who ensures that the +foundation will function in an open and effective manner, and to help +bring corporate partners on board who will bring GNOME to many +millions of new users without violating our principles." +Affiliated with Eazel. Full statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00047.html.

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6. MIGUEL DE ICAZA. Co-founder of the GNOME project; one of the +principal contributors to gnome-libs, Bonobo, and Gnumeric, among +many other modules; currently serves on the board of directors of the +Free Software Foundation; pushed to create both the interim Steering +Committee and the GNOME Foundation: sees his role in the foundation +as "to continue doing the same work I have been doing for free +software and GNOME in the future, with the backup of the Foundation." +Affiliated with Helix Code. Full statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00194.html.

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7. CHRISTOPHER GABRIEL. "I'm a 22 years old fellow born in +Italy. * Completely dedicated to free software, following GNOME since +some times in the first few months. * No affiliation with any company +making money from GNOME. * Official maintainer of GNU packages. * +Largely responsible for much of the free software grass-roots +community effort in Italy. Having me on the board, you will have +someone who will remind other board members of the importance of +things." Full statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00064.html.

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8. JUANTOMAS GARCIA. Spent last three years promoting GNU/Linux +and free software in Spain, to companies and the Spanish government, +among others: "GNOME needs more than code, it needs lots of +input and work on and over it... The board needs to have a real +criticism from the inside that's brave enough to point out whatever +is wrong with GNOME... I'm Spanish and European (and very proud of +it) and Europe needs more GNOME action indeed." Full statement +at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00077.html.

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9. JIM GETTYS. Co-wrote X Window System, upon which GNOME is +built; currently pushing Linux and X on handhelds. Experience with X +Consortium, W3C, IETF. Worked on the GNOME Foundation announcement +and startup this summer: "In short, I'd really like to see open +source desktops succeed. Interoperability is a key to this, and +applications (both open source and commercial) are another. We MUST +avoid the GUI wars that crippled UNIX desktops in the 1980's to +change the world." Affiliated with Compaq. Full statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00193.html.

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10. BERTRAND GUIHENEUF. "I am CEO of Henzai, Paris, a company +dedicated to making Gnome the standard GUI for small Internet +Appliances. I am co-maintainer of gnome-objc but was more known to +have started Evolution, in particular the camel library. My job at +Henzai gives me particular skills for project managment. Once on the +board I want to push the creation of the European foundation. I also +plan to lobby for a complete cross-platform Gnome." Affiliated +with Henzai. Full statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00062.html.

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11. THOMPSON HAYNER. "I am an independent thinker. I make my +living charging high fees to companies to run web-based free software +for them (primarily Latin American hospitals). I invest half my money +primarily in underprized fiber optic companies, give myself an +allowance of $64,000 a year, and give the rest to various charities, +and do Random Acts of Kindness (for example, recently hired an +attorney to help a Vietnamenese girl I barely know fight to bring her +brother and sister over)." Full statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00143.html.

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12. JOHN HEARD. "jheard@eng.sun.com. * Initiated and manage +the Sun GNOME Project. * Initiated and manage the OpenOffice.org +initiative and making it a fully integrated part of the GNOME Office +suite. * Working to establish the GNOME Accessibility project. * +Participant in the establishment of the GNOME Foundation on behalf of +the Sun GNOME team, working closely with quite a few GNOME members. * +A 14+ year open systems "bigot" in Sun (with T-shirts to +prove it :-))." Affiliated with Sun Microsystems. Full statement +at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00221.html.

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13. JAMES HENSTRIDGE. "I am from Australia and have been +hacking on GNOME since 1998. I have worked on various parts of GNOME +ranging from some of the base libraries used by many applications to +language bindings (python) to applications (dia). I hope to represent +these views on the foundation board. I am a member of the current +GNOME Steering Committee. I am not currently employed by any GNOME +company at present -- I am a student finishing off my honours year." +Full statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00053.html.

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14. KEVIN KNERR. "Is a GNOME user and contributor (AquaX, +sawfish lisplets, etc.) * has nearly 25 years experience w/ computing +(programming, system administration, tech support, data processing) * +is experienced in the administrative tasks the Board will perform * +is committed to GNOME and Free Software, and wishes to see GNOME +flourish in the midst of commercial software * has no corporate +affiliation with GNOME (employed in tech support for an ISP that +won't support Linux)." Full statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00063.html.

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15. TUOMAS KUOSMANEN. "I have been involved in the GNOME +community from the very beginning, working on the user interface. I +have very big interest in making the GNOME friendly and easy for both +new and experienced users. This is not easy, but I still want to +offer my help and try my best. I have good relationships towards +others and I try to live in peace with different kinds of people. +They say I have good patience." Affiliated with Helix Code. Full +statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00204.html.

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16. GEORGE LEBL. "I am George (Jiri in Czech) Lebl. I am a +long time GNOME developer, and maintainer of gnome-core, +gnome-applets, pong, gob, grapevine, dr-genius, and have hacked on +many other things including gnome-libs. I'm an undergraduate at SDSU +trying to finish a CS and a Math degree, and have a part time +position at Eazel. I'm also a half member of the interim GNOME +steering comittee. cHickeN ChIckeN ChIckeN ChIckeN ChIckeN cHicKeN +ChickEn ChickEn ChickEn ChicKEn." Affiliated with Eazel. Full +statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00025.html.

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17. ELLIOT LEE. "You, the people who have made GNOME happen, +deserve the best possible help in getting GNOME where you want it to +go. Using my knowledge of software development and project +coordination, my goal will be to help you out with all the +distractions, problems, and boring work that GNOME and its foundation +need doing, so that you can focus on having fun contributing." +Affiliated with Red Hat. +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00222.html.

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18. RAPH LEVIEN. "I am Raph Levien, author of Libart and +current maintainer of Ghostscript. I've been involved in Gnome since +the beginning, particularly in areas of 2D graphics and imaging. I do +consulting through my company, artofcode LLC, including work for +Eazel, and commercial licensing of Ghostscript, but consider myself a +strong independent voice against corporate interests. I did not +invent the Internet, but did take the initiative in developing it to +its current degenerated state." Affiliated with Eazel. Full +statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00220.html.

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19. KJARTAN MARAAS. "My name is Kjartan Maraas and I have +been involved with the GNOME project since late 1997. I'm Norwegian +and translations was what got me tangled up in this project. Since +march this year I have been a member of the steering committee as +coordinator of GNOME's internationalization project, and this area is +what I'd spend my time working on improving if I were to be elected +for the board." Full statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00197.html.

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20. MICHAEL MEEKS. "Having enjoyed working with many Gnome +contributors, I would be delighted to represent their interests on +the board. * Soon Bonobo ( which I help maintain ) will be everywhere +and vital to the Gnome release schedule, as well as to everyone +building on it. * I have loved presenting the ethics of free software +and selling the Gnome vision to many different groups of people at +various conferences. * I will push what is best for Gnome, over +HelixCode." Affiliated with Helix Code. Full statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00078.html.

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21. DAN MUETH. "I am the GNOME Documentation Project +coordinator and a steering committee member. I have a strong personal +interest in seeing GNOME succeed and providing users with a powerful, +easy-to-use free desktop. As a boardmember I will: (1)Ensure GNOME +leverages the contributions of individuals and corporations to +produce the best desktop possible. (2)Identify and address GNOME's +weaknesses. (3)Improve communication with other projects, +corporations, and the public. After finishing my physics PhD I will +work at Eazel." Affiliated with Eazel. Full statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00071.html.

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22. ESKIL HEYN OLSEN. "I'm Eskil, one of the two gnome-pilot +maintainers (meaning I've been hacking gnome since June 1998), Being +snatched up by Eazel, I moved from Denmark to USA, and therefore now +hack Nautilus related stuff fulltime. Other merits must speak for +themselves." Affiliated with Eazel. Full statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00069.html.

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23. HAVOC PENNINGTON. "My goal as a GNOME hacker is to make +free OS's a viable alternative for all users. At Red Hat Labs our job +is to make sure the Linux development platform facilitates that. On +the board, I'd like to work on infrastructure to make the project run +more smoothly: bug tracking, roadmaps, task lists, communication +between maintainers. I want to see GNOME get bigger, better, and more +fun, always remaining focused on technical excellence." +Affiliated with Red Hat. Full statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00058.html.

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24. ETTORE PERAZZOLI. "Who: Hacker, Project Manager for +Evolution. Other major contributions: gnome-libs, Bonobo, gnome-vfs, +Nautilus. Contributor since pre-1.0. * Program: Make GNOME a +successful standard without betraying the original ideals. Convey +energy from all the various parties involved, making sure the +commercial needs of the companies involved don't cripple the +technical qualities. Pay attention to the needs of hackers, to make +sure the fun factor isn't lost. Value volunteer contributions. Make +GNOME a success outside the US." Affiliated with Helix Code. +Full statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00131.html.

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25. BRUCE PERENS. "Please read http://www.perens.com/Bio.html +and other material at www.Perens.com to learn who I am and how I have +helped Free Software since 1987 and Unix since 1981. The board should +leave GNOME's technical direction to the developers. As a GNOME +Foundation director, I plan to concentrate on: Soliciting for +government and corporate grants to fund Free Software development, +_especially_documentation_. Building relationships between business +and Free Software. Public Relations and Publicity. Getting people to +release more code!" Full statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00022.html.

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26. LESLIE PROCTOR. "I oversaw PR for the GNOME launch in +1999. My efforts resulted in NY Times, Wired, Newsweek, etc. +articles. I've conducted media relations for GNOME at subsequent +conferences and ongoing, as needed. I coordinated the FSF/GNOME +booths at every LinuxWorld Expo, among others - on a shoestring +budget. I'm a senior resource executive at Alexander Ogilvy PR, a +top-tier agency. I offer strategic direction to account teams across +three different agencies. I can bring PR, marketing and +conferences/events expertise." Full statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00236.html.

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27. FEDERICO MENA QUINTERO. Co-founder of the GNOME project; +maintained the GIMP, split off GTK+ from the GIMP for use in other +applications (including GNOME); wrote large portions of the GNOME +libraries (including the GNOME Canvas), the original GNOME Panel, +gnomecal, GMC; currently maintain parts of gnome-libs, gdk-pixbuf, +EOG, the GNOME Programming Guidelines, and the Evolution calendar; "I +have given several GNOME-related talks at local and international +conferences."; "I am neurotic about software and +documentation quality." Affiliated with Helix Code. Full +statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00140.html.

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28. ARIEL RIOS. Currently maintain gnome-guile, guile-gtk, galway, +glibwwww, gnumeric guile plugin; has given numerous speeches +advocating GNOME and Free Software in Canada, USA, and Mexico: "I +am from Mexico so I can represent the Hispanoamerican region... I do +not work for any corporation and I wish to represent no other +interests besides GNOME and those of Free Software. I do believe in +freedom and equality among all of the members of the GNOME +community." Full statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00160.html.

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29. ARLO ROSE. "I'm the Human Interface lead for the Nautilus +project, and am in the process of forming a GNOME HI group that will +raise community and developer awareness of usability and visual +issues with GNOME projects. I'd like to have a seat on the board so I +can strengthen awareness for good human interface design, raise the +standards for the GNOME desktop look and feel, and act as the voice +for usability issues in our community." Affiliated with Eazel. +Full statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00219.html.

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30. JOE SHAW. "I have been involved in the GNOME community +from the start, contributing to several modules. I'm the maintainer +of Achtung and author of Helix's installer and updater. I'm outspoken +against corporate dominance of the foundation, but know they need to +be well-represented. I feel that the board needs a good +hacker/non-hacker mix. GNOME needs to become more aggressive with its +conference/show policies and GNOME 2.0 development needs to take hold +now." Affiliated with Helix Code. Full statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00060.html.

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31. MACIEJ STACHOWIAK. "While I have hacked on many free +software projects (most notably Nautilus, see +http://advogato.org/person/mjs +for others), I think the strongest qualifications I have are +non-technical. First, I have a talent for making processes more +transparent, as with my work on GNOME 1.4 coordiation. Second, I am +good at communicating both inside and outside the project. Finally, I +believe in free software, openness and honesty, and I'm willing to +stand up to anyone for these beliefs." Affiliated with Eazel. +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00024.html.

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32. OWEN TAYLOR. "As co-maintainer of GTK+ and the designer +of Pango, I think I'm in a good position to handle coordination of +GNOME with these important core technologies. I also have a strong +interest in language bindings and component technology, as +represented by the CORBA::ORBit Perl bindings for CORBA. If I am +elected to the board, I will continue to push GNOME in the areas of +internationalization and an easy-to-use development platform." +Affiliated with Red Hat. +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00049.html.

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33. DANIEL VEILLARD. "I am French, a long time Gnomer and +Linux addict, the maintainer of libxml and rpmfind. I work for W3C +and I am used to non-profit organizations and the negociations needed +to get a group to reach consensus. 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." Affiliated with +W3C. Full candidacy statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00093.html.

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ADDITIONAL ELECTION-RELATED INFORMATION +

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Anyone who's contributed to GNOME (beyond just being a user or +occasional bug-filer) may participate in the elections. To register +to vote, send e-mail to membership@gnome.org. with your name, email +address, and a short list of how you contributed to GNOME. [eg: Havoc +Pennington (GConf, GTK+, gnome-libs, odd jobs)]. The deadline to +register to vote is Monday, October 30.

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Ballots will be sent out via e-mail to everyone who's registered +to vote on Wednesday, November 1, 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 +8.

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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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Additional election-related materials are available at +http://foundation.gnome.org.

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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 @@ -41,332 +73,348 @@ foundation-list@gnome.org or to us at elections@gnome.org.

CANDIDATES FOR THE GNOME FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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1. MARTIN BAULIG. "I'm a 24 years old student and working for -SuSE on GNOME. * Gnome-libs 2.0 - it is very important to be -attractive to developers of other Free Software, to have -well-designed, well-documented APIs which are a pleasure to use. * -GNOME is official part of the GNU Project and it becomes more and -more important to know where we're coming from and to stick to our -roots. * Doing Talks and Shows in Germany." Affiliated with -SuSE. Full statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00076.html.

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2. CHEMA CELORIO. "I have been doing unpaid work for GNOME on -a daily basis for the last year. Mainly in gedit and gnome-print. And -I LOVE IT ! I have developed very good personal relationships with -different members of the GNOME community. I want GNOME to remain a -community effort, a fun project to work on and a project that has -healthy relationships with the companies it interacts with. I want -GNOME to continue being widely open to new contributors." Full -statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00056.html.

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3. KENNETH CHRISTIANSEN. "I will work on making Gnome work -better with internationalization, so that people in non-english -speaking countries can start using Gnome for real. This requires a -lot of work, and everyone in the Gnome community will have to settle -on some common guidelines for dealing with this. Due to my long -involvement in Gnome Translation Project I have quite some idea of -how we can do this, and is personally interested in working hard for -archieving this. No corporate affiliations!" Full statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00067.html.

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4. RHETT CREIGHTON. "I am a Jr. undergrad student at MIT, and -I'd like to see Gnome succeed, like all of you. If I win, I don't -promise to do a better job than most of you could do, but I do -promise to do it while eating a truckload of bananas. Really, I want -to use the position to impress chicks, I mean, help guide the -direction of Gnome toward what I think will make it the ideal -computing platform.". Full statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00237.html.

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5. BART DECREM. "As the Foundation's coordinator, I have -helped build a structure that maintains the power in GNOME with the -hackers while providing ways for corporate partners to have their -voice heard. I see my role as a facilitator who ensures that the -foundation will function in an open and effective manner, and to help -bring corporate partners on board who will bring GNOME to many -millions of new users without violating our principles." -Affiliated with Eazel. Full statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00047.html.

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6. MIGUEL DE ICAZA. Co-founder of the GNOME project; one of the -principal contributors to gnome-libs, Bonobo, and Gnumeric, among -many other modules; currently serves on the board of directors of the -Free Software Foundation; pushed to create both the interim Steering -Committee and the GNOME Foundation: sees his role in the foundation -as "to continue doing the same work I have been doing for free -software and GNOME in the future, with the backup of the Foundation." -Affiliated with Helix Code. Full statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00194.html.

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7. CHRISTOPHER GABRIEL. "I'm a 22 years old fellow born in -Italy. * Completely dedicated to free software, following GNOME since -some times in the first few months. * No affiliation with any company -making money from GNOME. * Official maintainer of GNU packages. * -Largely responsible for much of the free software grass-roots -community effort in Italy. Having me on the board, you will have -someone who will remind other board members of the importance of -things." Full statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00064.html.

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8. JUANTOMAS GARCIA. Spent last three years promoting GNU/Linux -and free software in Spain, to companies and the Spanish government, -among others: "GNOME needs more than code, it needs lots of -input and work on and over it... The board needs to have a real -criticism from the inside that's brave enough to point out whatever -is wrong with GNOME... I'm Spanish and European (and very proud of -it) and Europe needs more GNOME action indeed." Full statement -at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00077.html.

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9. JIM GETTYS. Co-wrote X Window System, upon which GNOME is -built; currently pushing Linux and X on handhelds. Experience with X -Consortium, W3C, IETF. Worked on the GNOME Foundation announcement -and startup this summer: "In short, I'd really like to see open -source desktops succeed. Interoperability is a key to this, and -applications (both open source and commercial) are another. We MUST -avoid the GUI wars that crippled UNIX desktops in the 1980's to -change the world." Affiliated with Compaq. Full statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00193.html.

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10. BERTRAND GUIHENEUF. "I am CEO of Henzai, Paris, a company -dedicated to making Gnome the standard GUI for small Internet -Appliances. I am co-maintainer of gnome-objc but was more known to -have started Evolution, in particular the camel library. My job at -Henzai gives me particular skills for project managment. Once on the -board I want to push the creation of the European foundation. I also -plan to lobby for a complete cross-platform Gnome." Affiliated -with Henzai. Full statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00062.html.

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11. THOMPSON HAYNER. "I am an independent thinker. I make my -living charging high fees to companies to run web-based free software -for them (primarily Latin American hospitals). I invest half my money -primarily in underprized fiber optic companies, give myself an -allowance of $64,000 a year, and give the rest to various charities, -and do Random Acts of Kindness (for example, recently hired an -attorney to help a Vietnamenese girl I barely know fight to bring her -brother and sister over)." Full statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00143.html.

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12. JOHN HEARD. "jheard@eng.sun.com. * Initiated and manage -the Sun GNOME Project. * Initiated and manage the OpenOffice.org -initiative and making it a fully integrated part of the GNOME Office -suite. * Working to establish the GNOME Accessibility project. * -Participant in the establishment of the GNOME Foundation on behalf of -the Sun GNOME team, working closely with quite a few GNOME members. * -A 14+ year open systems "bigot" in Sun (with T-shirts to -prove it :-))." Affiliated with Sun Microsystems. Full statement -at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00221.html.

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13. JAMES HENSTRIDGE. "I am from Australia and have been -hacking on GNOME since 1998. I have worked on various parts of GNOME -ranging from some of the base libraries used by many applications to -language bindings (python) to applications (dia). I hope to represent -these views on the foundation board. I am a member of the current -GNOME Steering Committee. I am not currently employed by any GNOME -company at present -- I am a student finishing off my honours year." -Full statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00053.html.

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14. KEVIN KNERR. "Is a GNOME user and contributor (AquaX, -sawfish lisplets, etc.) * has nearly 25 years experience w/ computing -(programming, system administration, tech support, data processing) * -is experienced in the administrative tasks the Board will perform * -is committed to GNOME and Free Software, and wishes to see GNOME -flourish in the midst of commercial software * has no corporate -affiliation with GNOME (employed in tech support for an ISP that -won't support Linux)." Full statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00063.html.

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15. TUOMAS KUOSMANEN. "I have been involved in the GNOME -community from the very beginning, working on the user interface. I -have very big interest in making the GNOME friendly and easy for both -new and experienced users. This is not easy, but I still want to -offer my help and try my best. I have good relationships towards -others and I try to live in peace with different kinds of people. -They say I have good patience." Affiliated with Helix Code. Full -statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00204.html.

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16. GEORGE LEBL. "I am George (Jiri in Czech) Lebl. I am a -long time GNOME developer, and maintainer of gnome-core, -gnome-applets, pong, gob, grapevine, dr-genius, and have hacked on -many other things including gnome-libs. I'm an undergraduate at SDSU -trying to finish a CS and a Math degree, and have a part time -position at Eazel. I'm also a half member of the interim GNOME -steering comittee. cHickeN ChIckeN ChIckeN ChIckeN ChIckeN cHicKeN -ChickEn ChickEn ChickEn ChicKEn." Affiliated with Eazel. Full -statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00025.html.

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17. ELLIOT LEE. "You, the people who have made GNOME happen, -deserve the best possible help in getting GNOME where you want it to -go. Using my knowledge of software development and project -coordination, my goal will be to help you out with all the -distractions, problems, and boring work that GNOME and its foundation -need doing, so that you can focus on having fun contributing." -Affiliated with Red Hat. -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00222.html.

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18. RAPH LEVIEN. "I am Raph Levien, author of Libart and -current maintainer of Ghostscript. I've been involved in Gnome since -the beginning, particularly in areas of 2D graphics and imaging. I do -consulting through my company, artofcode LLC, including work for -Eazel, and commercial licensing of Ghostscript, but consider myself a -strong independent voice against corporate interests. I did not -invent the Internet, but did take the initiative in developing it to -its current degenerated state." Affiliated with Eazel. Full -statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00220.html.

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19. KJARTAN MARAAS. "My name is Kjartan Maraas and I have -been involved with the GNOME project since late 1997. I'm Norwegian -and translations was what got me tangled up in this project. Since -march this year I have been a member of the steering committee as -coordinator of GNOME's internationalization project, and this area is -what I'd spend my time working on improving if I were to be elected -for the board." Full statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00197.html.

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20. MICHAEL MEEKS. "Having enjoyed working with many Gnome -contributors, I would be delighted to represent their interests on -the board. * Soon Bonobo ( which I help maintain ) will be everywhere -and vital to the Gnome release schedule, as well as to everyone -building on it. * I have loved presenting the ethics of free software -and selling the Gnome vision to many different groups of people at -various conferences. * I will push what is best for Gnome, over -HelixCode." Affiliated with Helix Code. Full statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00078.html.

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21. DAN MUETH. "I am the GNOME Documentation Project -coordinator and a steering committee member. I have a strong personal -interest in seeing GNOME succeed and providing users with a powerful, -easy-to-use free desktop. As a boardmember I will: (1)Ensure GNOME -leverages the contributions of individuals and corporations to -produce the best desktop possible. (2)Identify and address GNOME's -weaknesses. (3)Improve communication with other projects, -corporations, and the public. After finishing my physics PhD I will -work at Eazel." Affiliated with Eazel. Full statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00071.html.

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22. ESKIL HEYN OLSEN. "I'm Eskil, one of the two gnome-pilot -maintainers (meaning I've been hacking gnome since June 1998), Being -snatched up by Eazel, I moved from Denmark to USA, and therefore now -hack Nautilus related stuff fulltime. Other merits must speak for -themselves." Affiliated with Eazel. Full statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00069.html.

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23. HAVOC PENNINGTON. "My goal as a GNOME hacker is to make -free OS's a viable alternative for all users. At Red Hat Labs our job -is to make sure the Linux development platform facilitates that. On -the board, I'd like to work on infrastructure to make the project run -more smoothly: bug tracking, roadmaps, task lists, communication -between maintainers. I want to see GNOME get bigger, better, and more -fun, always remaining focused on technical excellence." -Affiliated with Red Hat. Full statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00058.html.

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24. ETTORE PERAZZOLI. "Who: Hacker, Project Manager for -Evolution. Other major contributions: gnome-libs, Bonobo, gnome-vfs, -Nautilus. Contributor since pre-1.0. * Program: Make GNOME a -successful standard without betraying the original ideals. Convey -energy from all the various parties involved, making sure the -commercial needs of the companies involved don't cripple the -technical qualities. Pay attention to the needs of hackers, to make -sure the fun factor isn't lost. Value volunteer contributions. Make -GNOME a success outside the US." Affiliated with Helix Code. -Full statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00131.html.

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25. BRUCE PERENS. "Please read http://www.perens.com/Bio.html -and other material at www.Perens.com to learn who I am and how I have -helped Free Software since 1987 and Unix since 1981. The board should -leave GNOME's technical direction to the developers. As a GNOME -Foundation director, I plan to concentrate on: Soliciting for -government and corporate grants to fund Free Software development, -_especially_documentation_. Building relationships between business -and Free Software. Public Relations and Publicity. Getting people to -release more code!" Full statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00022.html.

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26. LESLIE PROCTOR. "I oversaw PR for the GNOME launch in -1999. My efforts resulted in NY Times, Wired, Newsweek, etc. -articles. I've conducted media relations for GNOME at subsequent -conferences and ongoing, as needed. I coordinated the FSF/GNOME -booths at every LinuxWorld Expo, among others - on a shoestring -budget. I'm a senior resource executive at Alexander Ogilvy PR, a -top-tier agency. I offer strategic direction to account teams across -three different agencies. I can bring PR, marketing and -conferences/events expertise." Full statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00236.html.

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27. FEDERICO MENA QUINTERO. Co-founder of the GNOME project; -maintained the GIMP, split off GTK+ from the GIMP for use in other -applications (including GNOME); wrote large portions of the GNOME -libraries (including the GNOME Canvas), the original GNOME Panel, -gnomecal, GMC; currently maintain parts of gnome-libs, gdk-pixbuf, -EOG, the GNOME Programming Guidelines, and the Evolution calendar; "I -have given several GNOME-related talks at local and international -conferences."; "I am neurotic about software and -documentation quality." Affiliated with Helix Code. Full -statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00140.html.

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28. ARIEL RIOS. Currently maintain gnome-guile, guile-gtk, galway, -glibwwww, gnumeric guile plugin; has given numerous speeches -advocating GNOME and Free Software in Canada, USA, and Mexico: "I -am from Mexico so I can represent the Hispanoamerican region... I do -not work for any corporation and I wish to represent no other -interests besides GNOME and those of Free Software. I do believe in -freedom and equality among all of the members of the GNOME -community." Full statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00160.html.

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29. ARLO ROSE. "I'm the Human Interface lead for the Nautilus -project, and am in the process of forming a GNOME HI group that will -raise community and developer awareness of usability and visual -issues with GNOME projects. I'd like to have a seat on the board so I -can strengthen awareness for good human interface design, raise the -standards for the GNOME desktop look and feel, and act as the voice -for usability issues in our community." Affiliated with Eazel. -Full statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00219.html.

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30. JOE SHAW. "I have been involved in the GNOME community -from the start, contributing to several modules. I'm the maintainer -of Achtung and author of Helix's installer and updater. I'm outspoken -against corporate dominance of the foundation, but know they need to -be well-represented. I feel that the board needs a good -hacker/non-hacker mix. GNOME needs to become more aggressive with its -conference/show policies and GNOME 2.0 development needs to take hold -now." Affiliated with Helix Code. Full statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00060.html.

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31. MACIEJ STACHOWIAK. "While I have hacked on many free -software projects (most notably Nautilus, see -http://advogato.org/person/mjs -for others), I think the strongest qualifications I have are -non-technical. First, I have a talent for making processes more -transparent, as with my work on GNOME 1.4 coordiation. Second, I am -good at communicating both inside and outside the project. Finally, I -believe in free software, openness and honesty, and I'm willing to -stand up to anyone for these beliefs." Affiliated with Eazel. -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00024.html.

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32. OWEN TAYLOR. "As co-maintainer of GTK+ and the designer -of Pango, I think I'm in a good position to handle coordination of -GNOME with these important core technologies. I also have a strong -interest in language bindings and component technology, as -represented by the CORBA::ORBit Perl bindings for CORBA. If I am -elected to the board, I will continue to push GNOME in the areas of -internationalization and an easy-to-use development platform." -Affiliated with Red Hat. -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00049.html.

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33. DANIEL VEILLARD. "I am French, a long time Gnomer and -Linux addict, the maintainer of libxml and rpmfind. I work for W3C -and I am used to non-profit organizations and the negociations needed -to get a group to reach consensus. 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." Affiliated with -W3C. Full candidacy statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2000-October/msg00093.html.

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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. +" +Full statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00001.html +

+ +

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 +

+ +

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 +

+ +

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 +

+ +

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 +

+ +

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 +

+ +

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 +

+ +

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 +

+ +

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 +

+ +

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 +

+ +

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 +

+ +

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 +

+ +

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 +

+ +

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 +

+ +

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 +

+ +

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 +

+ +

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 +

+ +

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 +

+ +

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 +

+ +

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 +

+ +

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 +

+ +

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 +

+ +

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 +

+ +

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 +

+ +

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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Anyone who's contributed to GNOME (beyond just being a user or -occasional bug-filer) may participate in the elections. To register -to vote, send e-mail to membership@gnome.org. with your name, email -address, and a short list of how you contributed to GNOME. [eg: Havoc -Pennington (GConf, GTK+, gnome-libs, odd jobs)]. The deadline to -register to vote is Monday, October 30.

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Ballots will be sent out via e-mail to everyone who's registered -to vote on Wednesday, November 1, to the address provided with +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 -8.

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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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Additional election-related materials are available at http://foundation.gnome.org.

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    General Information :  Rules & Timeline :  + List of candidates :  Director Overview :  2000
    diff --git a/elections.html b/elections.html index 40c8a03..1153582 100644 --- a/elections.html +++ b/elections.html @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
    General Information :  Rules & Timeline :  + List of candidates :   Director Overview :  2000
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