From aa589873ce1fda5336d32becc49dc3f36686565a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glynn Foster Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 15:34:25 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fix election rules to reflect new dates. 2001-11-17 Glynn Foster * electionrules.html: Fix election rules to reflect new dates. --- ChangeLog | 6 + ballot-summary.html | 448 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- 2 files changed, 230 insertions(+), 224 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 9907822..d0b655f 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2001-11-20 Glynn Foster + + * ballot-summary.html: Revised order to reflect + the order on the ballots that are being sent out + Nov 20th. ie. alphabetical + 2001-11-17 Glynn Foster * electionrules.html: Fix election rules to diff --git a/ballot-summary.html b/ballot-summary.html index 60051d6..fb0986a 100644 --- a/ballot-summary.html +++ b/ballot-summary.html @@ -79,57 +79,30 @@ foundation-list@gnome.org or to us at elections@gnome.org.

CANDIDATES FOR THE GNOME FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

-

1. DANIEL VEILLARD +

1. JONATHAN BLANDFORD " -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. +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. " -Full statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00001.html +Affiliation Red Hat. Full statement at http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00020.html

-

2. BASTIEN NOCERA +

2. CHEMA CELORIO " -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. +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. " -No affiliations Full statement at -http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00002.html +Affiliation Ximian. Full statement at http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00021.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 +

3. 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 @@ -139,19 +112,17 @@ No affiliation. Full statement at http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00008.html +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

-

7. GLYNN FOSTER +

5. GLYNN FOSTER " Easy going 23 year old from Dublin, Ireland seeks position on GNOME Foundation Board ono. Will trade communication, energy @@ -165,7 +136,52 @@ 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 +

6. 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 +

+ +

7. 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 +

+ +

8. 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 +

+ +

9. 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 +

+ +

10. 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 @@ -180,7 +196,149 @@ extensibility. Affiliated with Sun Microsystems. Full statement at http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00011.html

-

9. ANDY TAI +

11. 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 +

+ +

12. 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 +

+ +

13. 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 +

+ +

14. 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 +

+ +

15. 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 +

+ +

16. 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 +

+ +

17. 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 +

+ +

18. 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 +

+ +

19. 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 +

+ +

20. 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 +

+ +

21. 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 +

+ +

22. 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 +

+ +

23. ANDY TAI " I have been a strong supporter for the GNU Project and a long time observer of the GNOME Project. I maintains @@ -195,29 +353,21 @@ 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 +

24. DANIEL VEILLARD " -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. +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. " -Affiliation Ximian. Full statement at http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00014.html +Full statement at +http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00001.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 +

25. JEFF WAUGH " We need to improve the project's outreach, both within the Free Software community and outside it, through documentation, publicity, and making @@ -230,156 +380,6 @@ 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 -

-