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<a href="documentation.html">Documentation</a> :
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<a href="membership.html">Membership</a> :
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Elections :
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<a href="ballot-summary.html">List of candidates</a> :
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<a href="overview.html">Director Overview</a> :
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<a href="election-2000.html">2000</a> :
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<H2>Candidates for Fall 2001 GNOME Foundation Elections</H2>
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<P>Nov 10, 2001</P>
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<P><BR></P>
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<P>Below you will find a list of candidates who are running for the
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GNOME Foundation Board of Directors. A short summary statement from
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each candidate and a link to their full candidacy announcement is
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provided to help you learn more about them. We encourage all voters
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to read the full candidacy statements and related discussions on
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foundation-list@gnome.org
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(<A HREF="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/</A>).</P>
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<P>When deciding who you should vote for, please carefully consider
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the various tasks the Board of Directors must perform. This overview
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(<A HREF="overview.html">http://foundation.gnome.org/overview.html</A>)
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may be helpful. Keep in mind that the board will make a number of
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important decisions and will also have to perform many tasks which
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require a significant amount of time and effort and the ability to
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work and communicate with other people, companies, and the media. The
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board of directors will represent GNOME to companies and the world in
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a very real way. It is a good idea to strive for a well-balanced
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board consisting of people with various backgrounds, skills, and
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perspectives.</P>
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<P>Additional election details can be found at the end of this
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message and on <A HREF="http://foundation.gnome.org">http://foundation.gnome.org</A>
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(where you can also find this document).</P>
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<P>If you have any questions, please send them to either
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foundation-list@gnome.org or to us at elections@gnome.org.</P>
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<P>The elections committee.</P>
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<P><BR><BR>
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<P><B>CANDIDATES FOR THE GNOME FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS</B>
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<P>1. JONATHAN BLANDFORD
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I have been involved with GNOME since 1997. I have spent a lot of time
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working on many core parts of GNOME, and feel like I have a very good
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idea of how the project works. I very interested in helping to improve
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the desktop experience, I would like to see GNOME spend more time on the
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small, incremental improvements that make a desktop usable.
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Affiliation Red Hat. Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00020.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00020.html</a>
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<P>2. CHEMA CELORIO
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"
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I have been contributing to GNOME over the past few years, I want to be
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on the board because I want to help GNOME even further. I have a very
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good relationship with a number of GNOME contributors as well as a very
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good understanding of the GNOME community and what drives GNOME forward.
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I am confident that we can make GNOME the best desktop available and I
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work hard everyday to make it happen.
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"
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Affiliation Ximian. Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00021.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00021.html</a>
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<P>3. RHETT CREIGHTON
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The future is now, and that future is: Bowling Balls. Do you realize that
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if GNOME starts making bowling balls, we stand to net profit
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$11,000?! That's right, eleven big ones. Net profit, mind you.
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"
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No affiliation. Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00007.html">
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http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00007.html</a>
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<P>4. MIGUEL DE ICAZA
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Have been an active contributor to the free software movement since 1992.
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Started the GNOME project when various freedom issues arose that would
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threaten the future of a fully free system. I am one of the founders of
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Ximian, one of the GNOME companies, where we employ around 40 GNOME hackers
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that develop free software. "
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Affiliation Ximian. Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00018.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00018.html</a>
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<P>5. GLYNN FOSTER
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"
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Easy going 23 year old from Dublin, Ireland seeks position on
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GNOME Foundation Board ono. Will trade communication, energy
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and commitment for an honest, hard working life with comfy
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seat. Will ensure that GNOME remains a happy go-lucky-project that
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people are excited to work on. Previous experience includes
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gnome-session hacks and being on GNOME Foundation Membership &
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Elections Committee. Loves Guinness & climbing. Hates celery.
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Answers to the name of Gman. Email glynn.foster@sun.com after 8pm.
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Affiliated with Sun Microsystems. Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00010.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00010.html</a>
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<P>6. NAT FRIEDMAN
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"
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The foundation could be doing more to help GNOME be more unified,
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move faster, and have more visibility. Things I would like to see
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include more focus on the desktop itself, more in-person events
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and a coordinated GNOME Office.
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I've been contributing to GNOME since 1998 and co-maintained
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Bonobo for a while. I wrote the first draft of the foundation's
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charter. I co-founded Ximian, and these days, I'm in charge of our
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product development. "
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Affiliation Ximian. Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00022.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00022.html</a>
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<P>7. JIM GETTYS
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I'd like to continue to be on the board to help Gnome reach its potential.
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I feel that we are about a year from having the ingredients to make open
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source desktops viable for the mass market and would like to do what I
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can to help make this happen. As part of this, I believe interoperability
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is a key ingredient, and will work to encourage Gnome to invest in this
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area."
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Affiliation Compaq. Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00024.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00024.html</a>
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<P>8. JODY GOLDBERG
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I have been a free software advocate since the early 90s, and have
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contributed to several projects, from G++ and Wine, to Nethack and a
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pager for CDE. As the current maintainer of Gnumeric I'm on the
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front lines of what users like and dislike in GNOME. Our
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technologies are good. Our integration could use some work. I'd
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like to work towards improving communication between the far flung
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elements of GNOME to improve that.
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Affiliation Ximian. Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00025.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00025.html</a>
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<P>9. TELSA GWYNNE
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I do docs, bugs, and hassling developers. I don't code. I also make last
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minute decisions.
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No affiliation. Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00030.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00030.html</a>
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<P>10. BILL HANEMAN
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"
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Bill Haneman AKA 'that Accessibility guy'. "I've been programming over
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20 years, an active Gnome hacker since Dec. 2000. I maintain the Gnome
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Accessibility Project (atk, at-spi), co-moderate
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gnome-accessibility-list, and contribute to Gtk+, libglade,
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libbonoboui. I'm employed by Sun Microsystems Ireland. While wearing
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the 'Gnome Board hat' I would work hard to take a broad view of what's
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best for Gnome. My hopes for Gnome's future include platform
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development/maturation, universal accessibility, interoperability, and
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extensibility.
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"
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Affiliated with Sun Microsystems. Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00011.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00011.html</a>
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<P>11. JAMES HENSTRIDGE
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I have been hacking on gnome for over 3 years, and have been involved in language
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binding development, gtk/gnome platform library development and also some work on
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apps. I am Australian, which may be a good or bad thing, depending on your point
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of view :) If elected I can represent these interests on the board. I served on
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the GNOME Steering committee from its creation until the Foundation elections last
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year, where I was one of the unsuccessful candidates.
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No affiliation. Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00019.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00019.html</a>
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<P>12. GEORGE LEBL
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I have been with the GNOME project since '97, maintain several packages, and
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have been 'half-part' of the steering committee. I also pretended to work for
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Eazel for over a year. I want the GNOME community to stay as chaotic and
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open as it has always been. So elect me or I'll smack you with a GEGL.
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No affiliation. Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00005.html">
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http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00005.html</a>
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<P>13. CHRIS LYTTLE
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Expatriate Kiwi living in the USA. Been involved with running non-profit
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businesses. Contributor to the Gnome Documentation Project and GnuCash.
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No affiliation. Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00015.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00015.html</a>
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<P>14. IAN MCKELLAR
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I'm an ex-Eazel hacker from Australia who is living in California. I
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have some experience running anarchic organizations like GNOME (on a
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smaller scale) and a strong belief in Free Software.
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No affiliation. Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00026.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00026.html</a>
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<P>15. MICHAEL MEEKS
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"
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Lots of experience of Gnome both technically and relationally, I
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continue to promote Gnome widely at conferences and to companies.
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We must finance and encourage small interest group meetings as
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well as GUADEC to increase real contact time.
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We need to bifurcate the project - the core environment and
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the applications built on top of it, so we can release core
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improvements more quickly, with a stable API, yet rapidly innovate in
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the applications.
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Affiliation Ximian. Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00014.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00014.html</a>
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<P>16. FEDERICO MENA-QUINTERO
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I'd like to see the GNOME hackers focus more on the desktop and,
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in particular, the user experience now that the GNOME 2.0 platform is almost complete.
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I am a co-founder of the GNOME project, and prior to that I was the
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maintainer of the GIMP. I worked at Red Hat Advanced Development Labs
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(RHAD Labs) for a year and a half, and have been working for Ximian
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since January 2000 on the Evolution Calendar.
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Affiliation Ximian. Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00029.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00029.html</a>
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<P>17. TIM NEY
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I've presented GNOME to government officials on several continents;
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built public awareness of GNOME around the world through the media,
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seminars and trade shows; secured funding, hardware and services
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to support GNOME. I see 2002 as the year GNOME reaches beyond the
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hacker community and to schools, corporations and governments.
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My contribution is to build bridges, develop strategy, policy and
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projects that are inclusive and appeal to a wider geography of
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developers and users.
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Affiliation GNOME Foundation. Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00027.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00027.html</a>
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<P>18. BASTIEN NOCERA
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I'm a relative newcomer to the Gnome world as a programmer, with my main
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interests in multimedia, all ease-of-use concerns (accessibility
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included), and portability. I've never run for any elections on such a
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Board, but I have some experience in strongly opinionated discussions (with
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politics, and not hackers ;), and being French, I have a big mouth as well.
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Hmm, couple of words to go...I like bitter ale.
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No affiliations Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00002.html">
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http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00002.html</a>
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<P>19. HAVOC PENNINGTON
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I have several years of experience with GNOME, and want to help ensure
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continuity between the current board and the new one. My main goal on
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the board is to build up GNOME as a self-sufficient and long-term
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organization with solid infrastructure for keeping things running
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smoothly. I work on GTK+, GConf, packaging GNOME for Red Hat, and
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various less important projects.
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Affiliated with Red Hat. Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00008.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00008.html</a>
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<P>20. CHRIS PHELPS
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GNOME is the smoothest desktop I've ever used, and I intend to do
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anything and everything I can to keep our development rolling. My
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personal peeve is that GNOME is an awesome development environment
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without a respectable IDE. I intend to work on this to make GNOME more
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attractive to all kinds of developers. Yeah, that's about it...
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"
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No affiliation. Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00004.html">
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http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00004.html</a>
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<P>21. ARIEL RIOS
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My experience ranges from developing on Guile to numerous other contributions
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including technical reviews for Gtk+ and GNOME related books. I have been hacking
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in GNOME since the first years of the project. I have attended many conferences
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as a promoter of Free Software and GNOME. My main goal is to seek that GNOME will
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turn into a feasible solution against proprietary software turning into a powerful
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stable API that will be available for everyone.
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No affiliation. Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00017.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00017.html</a>
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<P>22. RICHARD STALLMAN
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I've been working for GNOME since years before there was a GNOME. In
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1983, while formulating plans for the GNU operating system, I decided
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it should include a window system. After two desktop initiatives that
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didn't pan out, I found Miguel, who launched our third desktop
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project--GNOME. As president of the Free Software Foundation and Chief
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GNUisance of the GNU Project, I have had years of experience working with
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contributors both individual and corporate.
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Affiliation. Free Software Foundation. Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00028.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00028.html</a>
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<P>23. ANDY TAI
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I have been a strong supporter for the GNU Project and
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a long time observer of the GNOME Project. I maintains
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the advocacy site free-soft.org and the GUI Toolkit
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and Framework Page, the definite reference for GUI
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toolkits on the Internet. I understand the major
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weakness of the GNOME architecture at this stage. If
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I am elected, the first thing I will push is to merge
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gnome-specific widgets into gtk+, so there are less
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number of libraries to link against :-)
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No affiliation. Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00013.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00013.html</a>
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<P>24. DANIEL VEILLARD
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I am French, long time Gnomer and Linux addict, maintainer of
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libxml, libxslt and rpmfind. I served on the Gnome Board for last
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year and I am used to non-profit organizations and the negotiation
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needed to reach consensus in a group. I will focus on the reuse
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of standards, internationalization and keeping trust relationship at an
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individual level. I think those are needed to keep hacking on Gnome fun
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and getting acceptance in new communities. Affiliation Red Hat.
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Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00001.html">
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<P>25. JEFF WAUGH
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We need to improve the project's outreach, both within the Free Software
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community and outside it, through documentation, publicity, and making
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good information easy to get to. Some work on infrastructure can make
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other tasks and goals easier, such as contributing and releasing. We need
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more GNOME love and better cooperation. All of this, openly and
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transparently, without interrupting our awesome hacker's hacking time! I'm
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wacky enough to believe we can do it, too. :)
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No affiliation. Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00016.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00016.html</a>
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<P><B>ADDITIONAL ELECTION-RELATED INFORMATION</B>
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<P>Ballots will be sent out via e-mail to everyone who's registered
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to vote on Tuesday, November 13, to the address provided with
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registration. If you need to change the address to which you want
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your ballot sent, please contact elections@gnome.org ASAP. People
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will vote by returning the ballot via e-mail. A public archive of the
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20.</P>
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<P>Also, keep in mind that there is a 4-person maximum on the number
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of people affiliated with any one company that can be on the board:
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if more than 4 persons from one company get elected, only the top 4
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vote getters will get on. You will be able to vote for up to 11
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candidates of your choice, with no restrictions, except that you
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cannot vote more than once for the same candidate.</P>
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<P>Additional election-related materials are available at
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<A HREF="http://foundation.gnome.org">http://foundation.gnome.org</A>.</P>
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