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<h1>Candidates for the GNOME Foundation 2009 Elections</h1>
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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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<a href="http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Elections2009/">Foundation Board Elections 2009</a>
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and <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/">foundation-list@gnome.org</a>.
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When deciding who you should vote for, please carefully consider
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the various tasks the Board of Directors must perform. This
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<a href="../overview.html">overview</a> may be helpful. Keep in mind that
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the board will make a number of important decisions and will also have to
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perform many tasks which require a significant amount of time and effort
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and the ability to work and communicate with other people, companies, and
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the media. The board of directors will represent GNOME to companies and
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the world in a very real way. It is a good idea to strive for a
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well-balanced board consisting of people with various backgrounds,
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skills, and perspectives.
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Additional elections details can be found on the
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<a href="../../">GNOME Foundation Web Site</a>.
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If you have any questions, please send them to either
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<a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/">foundation-list@gnome.org</a>
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or to us at <a
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href="mailto:elections@gnome.org">elections@gnome.org</a>.
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<h2>Candidates for the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors</h2>
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<strong>1. Behdad Esfahbod</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>Red Hat</em><br />
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Full statement at <a href="http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Elections2009/BehdadEsfahbod">http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Elections2009/BehdadEsfahbod</a>
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I've been serving on board for 2.5 years now and have been holding the
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title of President of the Foundation and Chairman of the board for the
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current term. Fortunately the experience is not as painful as it used
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to be, thanks to Stormy. I think we are in a very good shape on the
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organization side, but there's a storm coming (no pun), with all the
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GNOME 3 planning, messaging, marketing, etc. So I like to stay on board
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to help with it all.
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<strong>2. Brian Cameron </strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>Sun Microsystems, Inc.</em><br />
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Full statement at <a href="http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Elections2009/BrianCameron">http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Elections2009/BrianCameron</a>
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I am running for re-election for the board because I love GNOME, the
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community, and free software. I also believe that I can help make the
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GNOME foundation and community successful. I have done work with GNOME
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accessibility and feel strongly that the community needs to further
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outreach to meet the free desktop needs for all people, regardless of
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income, location, gender, or level of ability.
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<strong>3. Diego Escalante Urrelo</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>SMB Training till end of May (not GNOME related), then, none</em><br />
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Full statement at <a href="http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Elections2009/DiegoEscalanteUrrelo">http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Elections2009/DiegoEscalanteUrrelo</a>
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I'm Diego, 21, from Lima - Perú. Some of you know me as a pesky bug
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triager, others as an even peskier (is that even a word?) patch
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submitter and others as a pesky almost spam mail source.
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I've been doing GNOME related stuff since 2006 although I really got
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more involved only in 2007, since then I've done code work for Epiphany
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and other modules, mostly fixes or small features (I did woohoo bar for
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Ephy! -firefox stole my idea, I swear). I'm deeply in love with GNOME as
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a project and community :-).
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Since December 2008 I've been serving in the Board replacing Jeff.
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<strong>4. Germán Póo-Caamaño</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>None</em><br />
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Full statement at <a href="http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Elections2009/GermánPóoCaamaño">http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Elections2009/GermánPóoCaamaño</a>
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I am a contributor since 2000 and I am running for the
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Foundation Board because I want to help Gnome and its community
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from a different perspective and bringing an independent voice.
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I want to see the communication from Foundation Board's to its
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community improved. I will work to empower contributors, work
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groups and local communities.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>5. Hubert Figuiere</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>None</em><br />
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Full statement at <a href="http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Elections2009/HubertFiguiere">http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Elections2009/HubertFiguiere</a>
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I have been involved with Free Software for a decade or so, mostly
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working on the application side: AbiWord, gnote, etc. I have attended
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several Free Software conferences as resources permitted and given talk
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on several occasion. I have a true faith in GNOME and what it brings to
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users of Free Software, and I truly believe that's where the future is.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>6. Jorge Castro</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>Canonical Ltd.</em><br />
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Full statement at <a href="http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Elections2009/JorgeCastro">http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Elections2009/JorgeCastro</a>
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I would like to extend my contributions to GNOME. I work with
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community people on a daily basis and I know my organizational skills
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will benefit the project. To use an ice hockey term I prefer to just
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"put my head down and skate" to get things done. I know this will be
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hard work but I am committed to helping GNOME be successful.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>7. Lucas Rocha</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>litl</em><br />
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Full statement at <a href="http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Elections2009/LucasRocha">http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Elections2009/LucasRocha</a>
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I've been part of the Foundation Board for almost 2 years now. My impression is
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that the Foundation is gradually improving every year as an organization. GNOME
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is in a very important moment now with a lot of important changes to come. I
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think I can be very helpful on making sure Board supports the community in the
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best way possible towards the GNOME 3 goals.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>8. Og Maciel</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em> rPath Inc</em><br />
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Full statement at <a href="http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Elections2009/OgMaciel">http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Elections2009/OgMaciel</a>
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The GNOME Project has allowed me to take my first steps into the world
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of collaborative projects and long nights of translation sprints. Due
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to my open minded attitude, I have been able to get involved in many
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different projects and work with a great number of interesting people.
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My passion is in the community aspect of these projects and how to
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better integrate new comers and volunteers with the rest of the
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community. I am also extremely interested in how we, the open source
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community as a whole, can leverage this immense pool of ideas and
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projects, and use it to the benefit of all.
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If elected to the board, I will bring in my experience of building
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communities and guiding/enabling users to become more active in the
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GNOME Project. After all, the GNOME Project IS about people! I will
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also push to make accessibility a high priority for the project.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>9. Srinivasa Ragavan</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>Novell</em><br />
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Full statement at <a href="http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Elections2009/SrinivasaRagavan">http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Elections2009/SrinivasaRagavan</a>
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I love GNOME, free software and the community. I care for it. I'm
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contributing to GNOME for the last 6 years, by means of code, bugs,
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patches and features. I want to contribute more in non-code terms being
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in the board. I'm confident I can do it. Every GNOME board I have seen
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is awesome, unique and ever-improving. I'm sure, I would add my best to
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it.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>10. Vincent Untz</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>Novell</em><br />
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Full statement at <a href="http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Elections2009/VincentUntz">http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Elections2009/VincentUntz</a>
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Hi, here I am, Vincent, 7 gnome-years old now. I'm running for the
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Foundation Board this year, after thinking hard about it. I believe the
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Foundation is doing great; it's certainly not perfect, but my feeling is
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that things have improved in the past few years. Being on the Board is
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the way I choose to make sure this goes on. Of course, I could pretend
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I'm perfect and... wait, I'm not perfect?
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</blockquote>
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<h2>Additional Elections-related Information</h2>
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<p>
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Ballots will be sent out via e-mail to everyone who's registered to vote
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on Tuesday, June 3rd, to the address provided with registration. If
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you need to change the address to which you want your ballot sent, please
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contact <a
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href="mailto:elections@gnome.org">elections@gnome.org</a>
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as soon as possible. People will vote by returning the ballot via e-mail.
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A public archive of the ballot returns will be available after the
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elections end on June 17th.
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</p>
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<p>
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Also, keep in mind that there is a 2-person maximum on the number of
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people affiliated with any one company that can be on the board: if more
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than 2 persons from one company get elected, only the top 2 vote getters
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will get on. You will be able to vote for up to 7 candidates of your
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choice, with no restrictions, except that you cannot vote more than once
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for the same candidate.
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