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<h1>Candidates for the GNOME Foundation 2004 Elections</h1>
<p>
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
<a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/">foundation-list@gnome.org</a>.
</p>
<p>
When deciding who you should vote for, please carefully consider
the various tasks the Board of Directors must perform. This
<a href="../overview.html">overview</a> 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.
</p>
<p>
Additional elections details can be found on the
<a href="../../">GNOME Foundation Web Site</a>.
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<p>
If you have any questions, please send them to either
<a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/">foundation-list@gnome.org</a>
or to us at <a
href="mailto:elections@gnome.org">elections@gnome.org</a>.
</p>
<h2>Candidates for the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors</h2>
<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>
<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>
<blockquote>
I am an active and devoted member of GNOME and its usability team, I
believe I've contributed to most core modules through ui-reviews and
similar usability discussion. I believe the foundation has done and
excellent job so far and I hope to see that continue while also becoming
more transparent to the community at large. The foundation needs to
continue to help GNOME reach out to new developers and expand its
worldwide community of contributors.
</blockquote>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<blockquote>
I would like to run for the Gnome Foundation Board of Directors. I
submit my application for the consideration of the elections committee
and the Foundations' membership. Promote Linux on the desktop, push for
training and development events on the Gnome platform.
</blockquote>
<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>
<blockquote>
I wish to run for the board in order to be in a position to help the
GNOME community reach out to new groups and organizations. I want to
help pushing the foundation forward in regards to setting overall
policies and vision.
</blockquote>
<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>
<blockquote>
SUMMARY NEEDED
</blockquote>
<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>
<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>
<blockquote>
If elected to the Gnome Foundation, I hope to make Gnome a more
integrated and fulfilling experience to users and developers alike. We
must attract new users and developers. This can be accomplished through
encouraging technical consensus and continuing to foster a strong spirit
of community. We must continue to organize and sponsor events such as
GUADEC and the Gnome Summit and must coordinate efforts with grass-roots
organizations, such as universities and LUGs.
</blockquote>
<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 &
code-sharing with other projects eg. Mozilla & OpenOffice.org.
</blockquote>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<blockquote>
I will work for explaining the values and goals of The GNOME Foundation
more clearly to the general public in order to attract new and active
members, and for GNOME website to be a natural place to find clear
information about our cutting edge software and how to start up new
initiatives locally.
</blockquote>
<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>
<blockquote>
SUMMARY NEEDED
</blockquote>
<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>
<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>
<blockquote>
I've been working on GNOME technology since 1996. I'd like to continue
using the experience I have in the technical and organizational side of
GNOME to promote cooperation with other parts of the free software world
to solve problems for users, and to expand the visibility of GNOME in
the broader computing world.
</blockquote>
<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>
<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>
<blockquote>
SUMMARY NEEDED
</blockquote>
<h2>Additional Elections-related Information</h2>
<p>
Ballots will be sent out via e-mail to everyone who's registered to vote
on Friday, November 19th, to the address provided with registration. If
you need to change the address to which you want your ballot sent, please
contact <a
href="mailto:elections@gnome.org">elections@gnome.org</a>
as soon as possible. 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 December 8th.
</p>
<p>
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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