Hi,
2013/11/27 Florian Effenberger <flo...@documentfoundation.org> > I hereby nominate Volker Merschmann as a candidate for the next Board of > Directors. > > Volker has been a volunteer of the project ever since, with many > contributions to the website and the project's public representation. In > all his doings, Volker has always considered the needs of localization, > documentation and other native language groups, and has a wide view on the > interests and requirements of the community. > > Within LibreOffice specifically, Volker has been a strong contributor to > our wiki, which is a key tool for collaboration. He is bringing in his time > and experience not only to help editing wiki content and bringing structure > to it, but also with guiding new users and helping to combat spam - as > such, he has been a great support for the community. > > Being located in Germany, Volker has also contributed to the local > marketing project, supporting the community on events like the CeBIT in > Hannover. > > I enjoyed working with Volker for nearly a decade now, during which I met > him as trustworthy, honest, reliable, experienced and confident community > member. > > For the new challenges TDF has to face, for developing it further, and for > including the wider community and their interest in this process, I think > he would be an ideal candidate for the next board, representing the > community, and I hope he accepts this nomination. > > Thx Florian for the nomination. It is an honour for me. I hereby accept my nomination as a candidate. Full Name: Volker Merschmann Mail: merschm...@gmail.com no corporate affiliation Most things about my life in and with OOo/LO/TDF have been told by the nomination above. In my "other life" I am working as a structural engineer in Hannover, Germany. Although this deals with the computer all day calculating all the houses, bridges, etc., there is no relation to LO/TDF in my work. So I would like to participate in the board as a member of the wider non-technical community. There are a lot of people around at the mailing-lists, wiki and so on, who are doing the small bits at the farer edges of the project. They do not know how to write a patch, compiling the whole thing or even just editing a web page. But they are valuable parts of the project, should be heard, and therefore represented. Volker -- Volker Merschmann Member of The Document Foundation http://www.documentfoundation.org
