Errantly sent this reply to Rik Mills instead of the List. My bad! -- Paul O. Loughman
Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: Paul Loughman <[email protected]> > Date: September 4, 2017 at 9:36:23 AM CDT > To: Rik Mills <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Kubuntu Council Elections 2017 - Call for Nominations - Rik Mills > > Rik became a member on Kubuntu Forums . Net on May 28, 2016 and has been an > active KFN member on an almost daily basis. His knowledge of Kubuntu and KDE, > both as a developer and a Kubuntu Team Member, have made him an invaluable > member and a rare resource for us. We are extremely grateful that he is part > of 'our team', and I believe he would make an excellent Kubuntu Council > Member. > > -- > Paul O. Loughman aka "Snowhog" > Kubuntu Forums . Net > Administrator > Sent from my iPad > >> On Sep 4, 2017, at 6:45 AM, Rik Mills <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I wish to nominate myself to stand for the Kubuntu Council in the 2017 >> elections. >> >> My name is Rik Mills, and I have been a Kubuntu Member for nearly a >> year, and a Kubuntu Developer since February. >> >> My LP profile can be found at: https://launchpad.net/~rikmills >> >> Since getting involved in Kubuntu I have tried to make daily (or nearly >> so) contributions to the project, including areas such as >> (non-exhaustively) development, packaging, uploads, administering our >> CI, website announcements, advocacy and user help on forums and social >> media, collaborating with other projects, and more..... I have made >> contributions to KDE Neon and KDE also, hopefully to the benefit of both >> ends. >> >> Things I would like to accomplish on the Council would include: >> >> 1) Increase our social media and outreach presence, both to help users >> and promote the project and get useful user feedback. At the moment this >> is some somewhat piecemeal, and I think we can do better in both >> organisation and breadth. >> >> 2) Bring more people such as packagers, documenters, coders, artists etc >> into the project. This may go hand in hand with aim (1), but we also >> need to still improve the visibility and clarity of the entry path to >> contributing in the many possible areas we have. One example may be the >> restart of Kubuntu Ninja dojo sessions on BigBlueButton or similar, as >> the value of practical live sessions such as that can encourage people >> more than volumes of wiki pages and docs (not that those are not crucial >> also). >> >> 3) Work better with other projects for our mutual benefit. There has >> certainly been good progress with this in the last 12 months, but I feel >> we can still do better. We have huge common interest with projects such >> as KDE Neon, that I don't think are fully explored. The same for other >> ubuntu flavours, such as lubuntu where shared resources on Qt/KDE >> essentials such as update manager/notifications, installer front end, >> better driver manager and more would benefit us all. >> >> There is a lot more that could be said, but this is a nomination, not a >> manifesto, so I will stop there. >> >> Thank you all. >> >> Rik Mills >> Kubuntu Developer >> >>> On 29/08/17 00:20, Clive Johnston wrote: >>> Hello Kubuntu community! >>> >>> Unfortunately, we overlooked that three (3) of our Kubuntu Council >>> members are expiring shortly! It was only brought to our attention today >>> (big heart felt apologies for that!). >>> >>> The terms for the following Council members are due to expire on the 9th >>> September 2017: >>> >>> Aaron Honeycutt >>> Clay Weber >>> Ovidiu-Florin Bogdan >>> >>> I hereby call for nominations for the Kubuntu Council to elect three >>> (3) members and hope that Aaron Honeycutt, Clay Weber and >>> Ovidiu-Florin Bogdan will continue to serve until we have the names of >>> the new Council members. >>> >>> I will update the Kubuntu Calendar to reflect these new dates, >>> and include deadlines for announcing the next election/call for nominations. >>> >>> The term is for two years, spanning 11th September 2017 to 11th >>> September 2019. >>> >>> As in the past, the election will be conducted using CIVS >>> (Condorcet Internet Voting Service) >>> - http://www.cs.cornell.edu/andru/civs.html >>> <http://www.cs.cornell.edu/andru/civs.html> and the top three ranking >>> vote recipients will be elected. Good stuff! >>> >>> *Schedule:* >>> >>> Nomination period: Now to the 4th September 2017 >>> Ballot Preparation: 4th September to the next day >>> Voting Period: 4th September to 11th September >>> End Poll/Results Announced: 11th September >>> New Term Begins: 11th September 2017 >>> >>> This schedule shortens all the timelines. Please nominate yourselves or >>> others quickly, so we can get to voting quickly. Please mention what you >>> would like to accomplish within the Kubuntu project (Why people should >>> vote for you) >>> >>> *Eligibility:* >>> >>> All Kubuntu Members ( https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-members/+members >>> <https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-members/+members> ) are eligible to be >>> nominated and to vote. If you have a public email address in Launchpad, >>> you need take no further action to receive your voting ballot. If you do >>> not have a public email address, please >>> contact me off-list with the address you'd like your ballot sent >>> to, otherwise you will be unable to vote. >>> >>> *Nominations:* >>> >>> All Kubuntu members are eligible. The Kubuntu Council is intended >>> to represent all of the Kubuntu community. Applications from >>> involved non-developers are encouraged. If you are nominating someone >>> else, please confirm their willingness to serve before nominating them. >>> Nominations should be done in public via either kubuntu-users >>> or kubuntu-devel mailing lists. If there is some extraordinary >>> reason that precludes that, contact me directly. >>> >>> *Commitment:* >>> >>> The Kubuntu Council is the leadership body of Kubuntu. Members of >>> the council are expected to be active in the Kubuntu community/project. >>> It has three primary roles: >>> >>> - Approve development plans for future Kubuntu releases >>> - Approve Kubuntu membership applications >>> - Resolve disputes within the Kubuntu project >>> >>> The time commitment is not large. Meetings are generally only once every >>> several months and conducted via IRC. However, we do need the Kubuntu >>> Council to lead the community, not sit back and only attend meetings. >>> >>> *Questions:* >>> >>> If there are questions, you can contact me (preferably) via this mailing >>> list or (if really necessary) via direct mail. I can also be found on >>> Freenode IRC in #kubuntu, #kubuntu-council or #kubuntu-devel, nickname: >>> clivejo >>> >>> Many thanks to all and please remember "time is of the essence". >>> >>> Happy nominating and voting, >>> Clive >>> >>> >> >> >>
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