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<h1>Candidates for the GNOME Foundation 2007 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-announce/">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-announce/">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. Brian Cameron</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/foundation-announce/2007-November/msg00011.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2007-November/msg00011.html</a>
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I am running for the Board because I believe I can help make the GNOME
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foundation and community successful. 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 (dis)ability level. Much progress has
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been made in making the GNOME the free desktop choice for ISV's, yet
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I think more can be done to encourage its use as the premier free
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desktop integration choice.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>2. Behdad Esfahbod</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-announce/2007-November/msg00012.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2007-November/msg00012.html</a>
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<blockquote>
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I'm running for the Board again because I believe I've learned a lot
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being on the board this year and have just started to be productive and
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useful as a board member. I believe that the work the board has to do,
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while not as fun as hacking, is of extreme importance to the well
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functioning of GNOME, and I'm willing to put my time where my mouth is.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>3. George Kraft</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>IBM</em><br />
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Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2007-November/msg00002.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2007-November/msg00002.html</a>
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I think the GNOME desktop is great, and I'm an advocate of the project.
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I believe that simplicity and ease of use is important for the desktop;
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however, with my recent GNOME accessibility experience I've learned that
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usability is multifaceted. I'm not a "rock star" programmer; however, I
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would like to offer my leader experience as a former LSB chairman. I
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believe it's important for the board to facilitate the talents of its
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project members.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>4. Og Maciel</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>rPath</em><br />
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Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2007-November/msg00004.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2007-November/msg00004.html</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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</blockquote>
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<strong>5. John (J5) Palmieri</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>Red Hat, Inc. and OLPC</em><br />
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Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2007-November/msg00005.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2007-November/msg00005.html</a>
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I am running for the board because I believe GNOME needs to reach out
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and get more people involved, not just in development of code. We are
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already really good at that and though there is always room for
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improvement there are areas that need a bit more push to get going.
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Areas such as marketing, art and outreach, while having been growing
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recently, need to be brought up and given more visibility within the
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community.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>6. Lucas Rocha</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>Nokia</em><br />
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Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2007-November/msg00008.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2007-November/msg00008.html</a>
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I've been an active GNOME contributor since 2005. Since then I got involved in
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a bunch of different (technical and non-technical) activities inside the
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project by maintaining (Eye of GNOME and zenity) and contributing to some of
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our software modules, co-coordinating projects (Google Summer of Code in GNOME,
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GNOME Journal, GNOME Roadmap, GNOME Brasil, ...), side-contributing to some
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teams (Web, Marketing, ...), organizing events, and other misc stuff.</blockquote>
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<strong>7. Vincent Untz</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble</em><br />
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Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2007-November/msg00003.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2007-November/msg00003.html</a>
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I found my way in GNOME five years ago and I never left: I love the
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project and I love the community. And of course, I care about both too.
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While my contributions were technical ones at first, I've found out
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that I enjoy doing non-technical stuff. I believe I understand quite
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well our community and I can help the Foundation continue to do the
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right thing for the project. </blockquote>
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<strong>8. Diego Escalante Urrelo</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-announce/2007-November/msg00007.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2007-November/msg00007.html</a>
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I'm running for the Board because I want to help GNOME in areas where
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I haven't yet helped, but I feel capable of doing it.
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I'm totally devoted to GNOME as a project and as a group, I've met
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wonderful friends thanks to GNOME and learned lots of incredible
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things. I'm confident that my skills and experience working with
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people and doing administrative tasks will be useful to the Board.</blockquote>
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<strong>9. Luis Villa</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-announce/2007-November/msg00010.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2007-November/msg00010.html</a>
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I'll be running again for the Board this year. This will be an unusual
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candidacy. I will not be running to do various and sundry board tasks;
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I'll be running to do exactly one thing:<br/>
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* legal work- a vote for me is a vote that says 'Luis should be
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the coordinator of all GNOME-related legal issues.'
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</blockquote>
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<strong>10. Jeff Waugh</strong><br />
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Affiliation: <em>Waugh Partners</em><br />
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Full statement at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2007-November/msg00001.html">http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2007-November/msg00001.html</a>
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I love GNOME. I am passionate, motivated, and dedicated to building our
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success, both outwardly - a foot on every desktop; and inwardly - making
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sure our developer and user communities are rocking all the time. I believe
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I've earned the trust of the GNOME community to represent it, both as a
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communicator outside the project, and as a mediator and leader within our
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community. I am here to help GNOME rock.
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</blockquote>
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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 Sunday, November 25th, 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 9th.
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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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