> Hi there, > > I'd like to apply for the board elections as a candidate., So I will > follow the steps, misc has outlined in his mail to all association > members. > I am cc'ing mageia-discuss, because I think, the whole project should > at least know, who the board candidates are and what they are doing. > > First, let me tell you abit about me: > In real life, I am a 33 year old "dual student" (meaning I work in > parallel in a company), I am working as a web developer (mainly using > php) and I live in the south-west of Germany. > Now about my Mageia life: I was joining the Mageia mls and irc > channels in the beginning, being a long time Mandriva user and member > of the German mandrivauser.de community. Together with wobo I helped > in the creation of the i18n team. In the beginning I was i18n > substitute leader and when wobo had to step down for personal reasons, > I was elected its team leader. > Next to that I was helping rda a bit on the website and I am in > packaging and documentation team. > > The reasons, why I apply for the board: > I think, being a board member is an important task. You have to be > dedicated to the project and you have to represent it in the public. > It's more about a duty to the project then about having a somewhat > shining position. > I was first thinking about applying to the board, when wobo asked me > to do so, telling me he had to step down from that position as well, > because he feels, he can no longer take an active position in the > project as he did in the beginning. > Although I am more involved in the technical fields of the project > then wobo was, being an i18n and doc team member makes me part of the > non technical fields as well. > So I would add to the manifoldness of the board. > > Oliver
I support Oliver's candidature - aside from any perceived national imbalance 8-), and his obvious talents, I'm impressed by the amount he packs into his life! If you want something done, ask a busy person. Oliver, if you burn out, you can always come and collapse at my place... Cheers! -- Trish Fraser, VVMZ4 91L2V -35.67896, 142.66637 Wed Mar 7 07:07:17 EST 2012 GNU/Linux 1997-2011 #283226 linuxcounter.net hermes up 2 day(s), 59 hour(s), 50 min. kernel 2.6.38.8-desktop-10.mga --
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