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2004-11-11 Vincent Untz <vincent@vuntz.net>
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2004-11-10 Gregory Leblanc <gleblanc@gnome.org>
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<h2>Candidates for the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors</h2>
<p>1. Jonathan Blandford<br />
<p>
I am a long-time member of the GNOME community, and an employee of Red
Hat, Inc. I have been active on the Board for the past three years. I
also have previously been on the release team, and am currently on the
sysadmin team.</p>
<p>
I am primarily interested in continuing to work with Tim and Jody to
ensure that our finances remain in good shape. We've had a better year
financially, this past year, and I expect that we'll be able to continue
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: Red Hat<br />
Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.joorg/archives/foundation-list/2004-November/msg00013.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2004-November/msg00013.html</a>
<p>
<strong>1. Jonathan Blandford</strong><br />
Affiliation: <em>Red Hat</em><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>
<blockquote>
I am a long-time member of the GNOME community, and an employee of Red
Hat, Inc. I have been active on the Board for the past three years. I
also have previously been on the release team, and am currently on the
sysadmin team. I am primarily interested in continuing to work with Tim
and Jody to ensure that our finances remain in good shape. We've had a
better year financially, this past year, and I expect that we'll be able
to continue 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.
</blockquote>
<p>2. Bryan Clark<br />
<p>
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</p>
Affiliation: Red Hat<br />
<p>
<strong>2. Bryan Clark</strong><br />
Affiliation: <em>Red Hat</em><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>
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<p>3. Murray Cumming<br />
<p>SUMMARY NEEDED
</p>
<br />
Affiliation: None <br />
<p>
<strong>3. Murray Cumming</strong><br />
Affiliation: <em>None</em><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>
<blockquote>
I am a dedicated member of the release-team and maintainer of the C++
bindings. I believe in building and identifying consensus, in order to
create the environment in which GNOME's talent can thrive productively. I
would like the Board to continue its good work but be a little more
organised.
</blockquote>
<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>
<strong>4. Rodney Dawes</strong><br />
Affiliation: <em>Novell, Inc.</em><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>
<blockquote>
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.
</blockquote>
<p>5. Miguel de Icaza <br />
<p>SUMMARY NEEDED
</p>
<br />
Affiliation: Novell, Inc.<br />
<p>
<strong>5. Miguel de Icaza</strong><br />
Affiliation: <em>Novell, Inc.</em><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>
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<p>6. Christian Schaller <br />
<p>SUMMARY NEEDED
</p>
<br />
Affiliation: Fluendo S.L.<br />
<p>
<strong>6. Christian Schaller</strong><br />
Affiliation: <em>Fluendo S.L.</em><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>
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<p>7. Jody Goldberg<br />
<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 />
<p>
<strong>7. Jody Goldberg</strong><br />
Affiliation: <em>Novell, Inc.</em><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>
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<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 />
<p>
<strong>8. Bill Haneman</strong><br />
Affiliation: <em>Sun Microsystems</em><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>
<blockquote>
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!".
</blockquote>
<p>9. Dom Lachowicz<br />
<p>SUMMARY NEEDED
</p>
<br />
Affiliation: None<br />
<p>
<strong>9. Dom Lachowicz</strong><br />
Affiliation: <em>None</em><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>
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<p>10. 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 />
<p>
<strong>10. Michael Meeks</strong><br />
Affiliation: <em>Novell, Inc.</em><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>
<blockquote>
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 &amp;
code-sharing with other projects eg. Mozilla &amp; OpenOffice.org.
</blockquote>
<p>11. 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 />
<p>
<strong>11. Federico Mena-Quintero</strong><br />
Affiliation: <em>Novell, Inc.</em><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>
<blockquote>
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.
</blockquote>
<p>12. 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: None<br />
<p>
<strong>12. David Neary</strong><br />
Affiliation: <em>None</em><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>
<blockquote>
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.
</blockquote>
<p>13. 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 />
<p>
<strong>13. Tim Ney</strong><br />
Affiliation: <em>GNOME Foundation</em><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>
<blockquote>
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.
</blockquote>
<p>14. Anne Østergaard<br />
<p>SUMMARY NEEDED
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<br />
Affiliation: None<br />
<p>
<strong>14. Anne Østergaard</strong><br />
Affiliation: <em>None</em><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>
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<p>15. Germán Poó-Caamaño<br />
<p>SUMMARY NEEDED
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<br />
Affiliation: None<br />
<p>
<strong>15. Germán Poó-Caamaño</strong><br />
Affiliation: <em>None</em><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>
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<p>16. 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 />
<p>
<strong>16. Leslie Proctor</strong><br />
Affiliation: <em>None</em><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>
<blockquote>
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.
</blockquote>
<p>17. Owen Taylor<br />
<p>SUMMARY NEEDED
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<br />
Affiliation: Red Hat<br />
<p>
<strong>17. Owen Taylor</strong><br />
Affiliation: <em>Red Hat</em><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>
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<p>18. 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 />
<p>
<strong>18. Daniel Veillard</strong><br />
Affiliation: <em>Red Hat</em><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>
<blockquote>
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.
</blockquote>
<p>19. Luis Villa<br />
<p>SUMMARY NEEDED
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<br />
Affiliation: Novell, Inc.<br />
<p>
<strong>19. Luis Villa</strong><br />
Affiliation: <em>Novell, Inc.</em><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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<h2>Additional Election-related Information</h2>