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<h1>Candidates for the GNOME Foundation 2004 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://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. Jonathan Blandford</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>Red Hat</em><br />
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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>
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I am a long-time member of the GNOME community, and an employee of Red
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Hat, Inc. I have been active on the Board for the past three years. I
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also have previously been on the release team, and am currently on the
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sysadmin team. I am primarily interested in continuing to work with Tim
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and Jody to ensure that our finances remain in good shape. We've had a
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better year financially, this past year, and I expect that we'll be able
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to continue this trend. We have made great strides in our ability as a
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foundation to hold and fund conferences, and we should be able to do even
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more this year. I'd also like to make our budgeting more transparent and
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public.
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<strong>2. Bryan Clark</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>Red Hat</em><br />
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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>
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I am an active and devoted member of GNOME and its usability team, I
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believe I've contributed to most core modules through ui-reviews and
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similar usability discussion. I believe the foundation has done and
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excellent job so far and I hope to see that continue while also becoming
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more transparent to the community at large. The foundation needs to
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continue to help GNOME reach out to new developers and expand its
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worldwide community of contributors.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>3. Murray Cumming</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>None</em><br />
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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>
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I am a dedicated member of the release-team and maintainer of the C++
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bindings. I believe in building and identifying consensus, in order to
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create the environment in which GNOME's talent can thrive productively. I
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would like the Board to continue its good work but be a little more
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organised.
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<strong>4. Rodney Dawes</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>Novell, Inc.</em><br />
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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>
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I agree with Tim. As far as contributions to GNOME go, I maintain
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intltool, gnome-icon-theme, evolution-webcal, and the background portion
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of control-center. I've also contributed code to most other GNOME modules
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as well.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>5. Miguel de Icaza</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>Novell, Inc.</em><br />
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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>
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I would like to run for the Gnome Foundation Board of Directors. I
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submit my application for the consideration of the elections committee
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and the Foundations' membership. Promote Linux on the desktop, push for
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training and development events on the Gnome platform.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>6. Christian Schaller</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>Fluendo S.L.</em><br />
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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>
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I wish to run for the board in order to be in a position to help the
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GNOME community reach out to new groups and organizations. I want to
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help pushing the foundation forward in regards to setting overall
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policies and vision.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>7. Jody Goldberg</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>Novell, Inc.</em><br />
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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>
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<strong>8. Bill Haneman</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>Sun Microsystems</em><br />
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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>
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IMO Board issues for the next year will include leveraging grassroots
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GNOME support around the world, and facilitating use of the GNOME "brand"
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while defending GNOME and Free Software. Forging and strengthening
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relationships is important too. I work on GNOME software every
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day; as maintainer of multiple cvs modules, and as an architect
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of the GNOME Accessibility Project. "GNOME is for everybody!".
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<strong>9. Dom Lachowicz</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>None</em><br />
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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>
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If elected to the Gnome Foundation, I hope to make Gnome a more
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integrated and fulfilling experience to users and developers alike. We
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must attract new users and developers. This can be accomplished through
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encouraging technical consensus and continuing to foster a strong spirit
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of community. We must continue to organize and sponsor events such as
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GUADEC and the Gnome Summit and must coordinate efforts with grass-roots
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organizations, such as universities and LUGs.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>10. Michael Meeks</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>Novell, Inc.</em><br />
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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>
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At last count, Gnome was suffering from a lack of clear, well
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articulated, technical leadership, with no mechanism for generating
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technical consensus (particularly where this requires compromise). This
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in general leads to directional atrophy, wasted effort, and violence
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towards domestic pets. The board shouldn't provide this leadership, but
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can encourage it. Furthermore it seems obvious that the Gnome environment
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should be further strengthened by compromise, alignment &
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code-sharing with other projects eg. Mozilla & OpenOffice.org.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>11. Federico Mena-Quintero</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>Novell, Inc.</em><br />
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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>
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My interest is in propagating the use of Gnome in Latin America: help
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local groups make the best use of Gnome and free software in general. I
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want to ensure that Gnome has a clear direction from the viewpoint of
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regional efforts: that it can be integrated into local GNU/Linux
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distributions easily, that it provides a good technology base for custom
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setups, that it is easy for developers to learn, and that it is
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adequately localized.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>12. David Neary</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>None</em><br />
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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>
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Even though I'm probably an unknown to most of the GNOME developers, I
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have been around for quite a while, primarily in the GIMP project. Last
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year, I was involved in organising GUADEC, and also brought the GIMP
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under the GNOME Foundation umbrella, with help from Tim Ney and the
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current board. I'm more an organiser than a coder, and I actually like
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doing board-type activities. The board has a lot to offer to the
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community, especially in the realm of communication and organisation -
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being on the board doesn't mean running things, so much as letting other
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people know what needs running, and harnessing that enthusiasm.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>13. Tim Ney</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>GNOME Foundation</em><br />
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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>
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I nominate myself for a seat on the 2005 GNOME Foundation Board of
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Directors: For the GNOME Foundation to fulfill its mission, it needs the
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combined efforts of hackers and non-hackers alike. One of my main
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contributions to GNOME has been to organize and raise funds for GUADEC,
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the Summit and now other regional events in Brazil and Spain. For GNOME
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to scale to the widest geography of development, recognition and use, we
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need to assemble more resources to help provide training accessible to
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all.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>14. Anne Østergaard</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>None</em><br />
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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>
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I will work for explaining the values and goals of The GNOME Foundation
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more clearly to the general public in order to attract new and active
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members, and for GNOME website to be a natural place to find clear
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information about our cutting edge software and how to start up new
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initiatives locally.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>15. Germán Poó-Caamaño</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>None</em><br />
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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>
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SUMMARY NEEDED
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<strong>16. Leslie Proctor</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>None</em><br />
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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>
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I've been involved with GNOME since the beginning, doing marketing,
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organizing trade show presence, helping to organize GUADEC and other
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stuff like that. I'm an incumbent member of the board.
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<strong>17. Owen Taylor</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>Red Hat</em><br />
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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>
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I've been working on GNOME technology since 1996. I'd like to continue
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using the experience I have in the technical and organizational side of
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GNOME to promote cooperation with other parts of the free software world
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to solve problems for users, and to expand the visibility of GNOME in
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the broader computing world.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>18. Daniel Veillard</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>Red Hat</em><br />
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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>
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I am French, long time Gnomer and Linux addict, maintainer of libxml,
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libxslt and rpmfind. I served on the Gnome Board for three years and I am
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used to non-profit organizations and the negociations needed to reach
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consensus in a group. I will focuse on the reuse of standards,
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internationalization and keeping trust relationship at an individual
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level. I think those are needed to keep hacking on Gnome fun and getting
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acceptance in new communities. Growing GNOME presence worldwide in
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mindshare, users and developpers is the next challenge of the Board.
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<strong>19. Luis Villa</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>Novell, Inc.</em><br />
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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>
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<h2>Additional Elections-related Information</h2>
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Ballots will be sent out via e-mail to everyone who's registered to vote
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on Friday, November 19th, 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 December 8th.
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Also, keep in mind that there is a 4-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 4 persons from one company get elected, only the top 4 vote getters
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will get on. You will be able to vote for up to 11 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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