[board-discuss] Candidacy to the BoD elections: Osvaldo Gervasi

[Osvaldo Gervasi]

Hi,

with the present message I want to express my wish to participate in the
elections for the next BoD

*Who am I*

Osvaldo Gervasi, 60 years, married, 1 daughter (28) and 2 sons (26,17).
Associate Professor (Information Processing Systems) at Perugia University,
Italy.

Presently Director at TDF and member of the LibreOffice Documentation Team.

>From 2007 to 2013 President of the Open Source Competence Center (CCOS) of
Regione Umbria, as such promoter of the LibreUmbria project.

Member of TDF since 2013, Migration and Trainer Certified Professional.

Fan of LibreOffice since the beginning of the Project (before fan of
OpenOffice,
which I promoted in particular since 2007) and of FLOSS in General.

Member of the Team of LibreDifesa project.


*Why I apply for the new BoD seat:*

I want to run for a seat in the next BoD after two years of the exciting
experience as Director,
to have the chance to further contribute to the project.

I want to promote LibreOffice among University students, in particular
Engineers and Computer
Scientists in order to let them approach the development of such a great
software with the moral
incentive of TDF, removing the barriers that they may encounter and
facilitating their work.

I would also stimulate students and teachers to select, for the Bachelor
and Master Thesis,
a task related to LibreOffice development, with a special attention to CODE
and LibreOffice On Line.
In fact, I think we have to increase the number of developers.

I think that is necessary to stimulate and promote donations.

Furthermore, I think that it is necessary to morally support local
communities in promoting LibreOffice
and Open Formats, particularly among young generations


Full name: Osvaldo Gervasi

Emails: ogerv...@libreoffice.org, osvaldo.gerv...@gmail.com

Affiliation: The University of Perugia, Italy


*My official Candidacy Statement:*

I want to run for a seat in the next BoD after two years of the exciting
experience as Director, to have the
chance to further contribute to the project. In particular I want to
promote LibreOffice among University students,
in particular Engineers and Computer Scientists in order to let them
approach the development of such a great
software with the help of TDF, removing the barriers that they may
encounter and facilitating their work.


If you have any question, please feel free to contact me (mobile phone: +39
3485109938)

-- 
Osvaldo Gervasi
Director, The Document Foundation
Dip. Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Perugia
Via Vanvitelli, 1
06123 Perugia (Italy)

Mobile: +393485109938
hangout: osvaldo.gerv...@gmail.com

[board-discuss] Board candidate: Simon Phipps

[Simon Phipps]

Dear TDF members,

Having just completed two years on the board at The Document Foundation
performing less visible work related to contracts, trademarks, copyrights
and staffing, I am willing to serve as a director again for the next two
years if elected and thus submit myself as a candidate.

Candidate statement:
"I've been involved with the LibreOffice project in some way since the
OpenOffice.org launch in 2000. I still believe LibreOffice is one of
software freedom movement's most important projects. I have previously
served both as Membership Chair and and as a Director and have extensive
business experience which I have used to TDF's advantage. Now independent,
I'd be honoured to serve again; my priority will be the new challenges of
the cloud era."

Personal information:
My full name is Simon Phipps
I am nominated in a personal capacity and have no corporate affiliations
relevant to the role.
Work: I am a director of Meshed Insights Ltd. (management consulting) and
Meshed Management Ltd. (property management)
Pro-bono roles: I also serve of the Board of the Open Source Initiative
(where I am currently President), of the Open Rights Group, and of Public
Software CIC.
I may be contacted as si...@webmink.com

Best regards,

Simon