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= Fedora Board Nominations =
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This is the nomination page for [[Board/Elections| Fedora Board elections]] .
The following [[Elections|elections]] will take place in January 2014:


In December 2008 there are two seats up for election.
* [[Board_nominations|Fedora Project Board]] (two seats)
* [[Development/SteeringCommittee/Nominations|FESCo (Engineering)]] (four seats)
* [[FAmSCo_nominations|FAmSCo (Ambassadors)]] (three seats)


== [[User:Mdomsch|Matt Domsch]] (mdomsch) ==
All dates and times noted are UTC time.
* ''' Goal statement''': Fedora defines and exhibits the best in Free and Open Source software development and release practices, government, and inclusion, and serves as a role model for other communities.
* '''Past work summary''': Member of the Board since its inception in April 2006.  Member of Fedora Infrastructure.  Fedora [[Infrastructure/Mirroring|Mirror Wrangler]] and author of [http://fedorahosted.org/mirrormanager MirrorManager].  Fedora packaging sponsor, maintaining 17+ packages.  Monthly I rebuild the entire rawhide tree to catch [[FTBFS|Fails to Build From Source]] failures.  I have been actively involved in the development of Red Hat Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Fedora since 1999.
* '''Future plans''': Encourage more ways for our millions of users to become active contributors and evangelists.
* '''Anything else you want to add''': I speak only for myself, not my employer, unless otherwise noted. But if you like Dell gear, I'll take credit too. :-)


== [[DimitrisGlezos|Dimitris Glezos]] (glezos) ==
= Fedora Board Elections January 2014 =


Nominated by [[MaxSpevack]]
For the last election, please look at [https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Board_nominations&oldid=341168 NominationsmayJune2013]


* ''' Goal statement''': Make Fedora one of the best communities to join as a contributor, enjoying a highly productive ecosystem, a clear meritocratic governance model, and strong connections with upstream communities.
There are two seats up for elections this period:
* E1: currently held by [[User:Misc| Michael Scherer]]
* E2: currently held by [[User:Jreznik|Jaroslav Reznik]]


* '''Past work summary''': Fedora Localization Steering Committee chair and Documentation Steering Committee member. Development lead of [http://transifex.org/ Transifex] and Fedora's Translation Infrastructure, presenting them in 10+ international conferences. Worked on the establishment of the Localization Project as a True Fedora Project (tm), coordinated the development migration of Fedora's software repositories to Fedora servers, and led the adoption of translation-specific dates on the Fedora Release Schedule. Founded and currently speaks on behalf of the Greek Fedora Team.
More information on board seats history is available [[History_of_Board_seats|here]]


* '''Future plans''': Bring the Fedora Foundation topic again on the table and allow Fedora enjoy much wider support and resource contribution. Continue and further increase the Board's openness and close touch with the community itself (polls, votes, any method of direct democracy) and be the liaison between the Board and our European community. In general, stand on the shoulder of giants and continue walking the great path we're already on.
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* '''Anything else you want to add''': A FUDCon on the Parthenon (in hope we won't get arrested)... or.. on a sandy beach on a Greek island next to crystal-clear waters? Hmm. Hmmmmm.
== Candidate Template ==
 
=== Introduction===
== [[MichaelDeHaan|Michael DeHaan]] (mpdehaan) ==
 
Nominated by [[JefSpaleta]]
 
* '''Goal statement''':  The most important thing Fedora can do is listen to and enable our userbase, they are the future of the distribution.  I want to do everything I can to increase the ability of /everyone/ to contribute and get involved in Fedora, including lowering barriers to entry for new contributors and letting folks know of opportunities they might not be aware of and how to get involved in projects.  Seek to convert users to contributors, especially in the academic and IT spaces that are underutilized.  The Seneca cooperation is brilliant, let's do more of that and reach out to colleges and universities wherever possible.  I also want to do everything I can to help EPEL along, promote Fedora Hosted, and encourage more developers to host projects there -- so they can take advantage of all Fedora has to offer.  We need to get more open-source ISV's involved with EPEL and find solutions to the things that prevent them from doing so.  I also think we need to do a better job marketing ourselves and promoting our successes, so that the rest of the open source community can learn from us and be aware that Fedora is the wonderful innovative community-run place that it actually is.
 
* '''Past work summary''':  I started the [http://fedorahosted.org/cobbler Cobbler] project and am one of the co-creators of [http://fedorahosted.org/func Func], examples of Fedora Hosted / [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL EPEL] projects designed to get systems-administrators involved in the open source development process and sharing tools among one another.  I also am working on [http://fedorahosted.org/ekg EKG] to help better understand how our communities tick and how to make them more effective, as well as being one of the proponents of getting [https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/ Spacewalk] open sourced within Red Hat.
 
* '''Future plans''':  Build on EKG to identify which projects can use more love and where the future excitement is.  Use the resultant data to connect projects with each other.  Bring new projects and users into Fedora. Listen to users.  Reach out to new audiences.  Blog extensively.  Help make decisions that are right for our users.  Declare war on small nations that are easily conquered.  Ignore that last part :)
 
* '''Anything else you want to add''':  I like llamas.  And Python.
 
== [[JoshBoyer|Josh Boyer]] (jwb) ==
* ''' Goal statement''': Work to actively balance the needs of our user base with the resources we have.  Leverage community interests to promote Fedora where it has not traditionally been used (e.g. Secondary Architectures.)  Encourage all Fedora users to contribute in one form or another.
* '''Past work summary''': Member of FESCo for the past three terms.  Member of Rel-Eng (on temporary hiatus).  Maintain a number of packages.  Part of the PowerPC Secondary Arch team.
* '''Future plans''': Attempt to help educate, encourage, and enable our community members to continually improve Fedora.
* '''Anything else you want to add''': I speak only for myself, not my employer, unless otherwise noted.  If you have questions for me, feel free to email me or ask them on IRC.
 
== Name (IRC nickname) ==


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= Candidates =


== Name (IRC nickname) ==
==[[User:Yn1v|Neville A. Cross - YN1V]]==
Nicaraguan, using fedora since FC4, contributor since 2008, power user, zero programming skills, major in business administration, Amateur Radio.
* '''Goal statement:''' Help mature the LATAM community, so the region will have more contributors able to participate in meanaingful ways to events like FLOCK.
* '''Past work summary:''' Ambassador since 2008, Mentor (inactive), Freemedia coordinator, Famsco member twice in the past, Fedora Communitic Credit Card holder, organizing Fedora Release parties in Managua since Fedora 11.
* '''Future plans:''' Raise awareness that LATAM need a different approach for growing collaborator community. Get more small events building contributors skills to grow collaborators number. Raise awareness of the key skills needed to contribute to Fedora Project. Promote the idea of "pet projects" so people can get something concrete for learning how to contribute. Raise awareness of the gap for LATAM possible contributors and look for ways to create bridges.
* '''Anything else you want to add:''' Having new contributors in Nicaragua have sparked in me to follow more close how people get on board, the why and the obstacle that they have found. As non technical person I would like provide a more or less fresh eyes on how to create ramps to get on board of Fedora Project as contributor. For Beefy Miracle release party we had a hot dog cart.


* '''Goal statement''':
==[[User:Hguemar| Haïkel Guémar (number80)]]==
* '''Past work summary''':
* '''Goal statement:''' Ensure that Fedora community grows steadily and in a healthy way.
* '''Future plans''':
* '''Past work summary:'''  
* '''Anything else you want to add''':
** Fedora Cloud WG member
** Package maintainer since 2006 (sponsor)
** Active Ambassador since 2006
** Fedora Community Member since 2004
* '''Future Plans:'''
** Improve our recruiting process: make new contributors feel more welcome, push outreach programs
** [[Fedora.next]] is changing the shape of how we build and *think* Fedora, (servant) leadership is needed to make the transition smoother. The board may have to serve as a mediator.
** Collaborate more tightly with our sister community aka CentOS
[[Category:Board]]

Revision as of 12:37, 14 January 2014

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The nomination period is CLOSED
The nomination period ended at 23:59:59 UTC on January 13, 2014.

The following elections will take place in January 2014:

All dates and times noted are UTC time.

Fedora Board Elections January 2014

For the last election, please look at NominationsmayJune2013

There are two seats up for elections this period:

More information on board seats history is available here

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Eligible Voters
Voting eligibility is determined by a community member's Fedora Account System (FAS) memberships.

To vote for the Fedora Project Board you must have cla_done in FAS.

Candidate Template

Introduction

  • Goal statement:
  • Past work summary:
  • Future plans:
  • Anything else you want to add:

Questionnaire

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Candidates

Neville A. Cross - YN1V

Nicaraguan, using fedora since FC4, contributor since 2008, power user, zero programming skills, major in business administration, Amateur Radio.

  • Goal statement: Help mature the LATAM community, so the region will have more contributors able to participate in meanaingful ways to events like FLOCK.
  • Past work summary: Ambassador since 2008, Mentor (inactive), Freemedia coordinator, Famsco member twice in the past, Fedora Communitic Credit Card holder, organizing Fedora Release parties in Managua since Fedora 11.
  • Future plans: Raise awareness that LATAM need a different approach for growing collaborator community. Get more small events building contributors skills to grow collaborators number. Raise awareness of the key skills needed to contribute to Fedora Project. Promote the idea of "pet projects" so people can get something concrete for learning how to contribute. Raise awareness of the gap for LATAM possible contributors and look for ways to create bridges.
  • Anything else you want to add: Having new contributors in Nicaragua have sparked in me to follow more close how people get on board, the why and the obstacle that they have found. As non technical person I would like provide a more or less fresh eyes on how to create ramps to get on board of Fedora Project as contributor. For Beefy Miracle release party we had a hot dog cart.

Haïkel Guémar (number80)

  • Goal statement: Ensure that Fedora community grows steadily and in a healthy way.
  • Past work summary:
    • Fedora Cloud WG member
    • Package maintainer since 2006 (sponsor)
    • Active Ambassador since 2006
    • Fedora Community Member since 2004
  • Future Plans:
    • Improve our recruiting process: make new contributors feel more welcome, push outreach programs
    • Fedora.next is changing the shape of how we build and *think* Fedora, (servant) leadership is needed to make the transition smoother. The board may have to serve as a mediator.
    • Collaborate more tightly with our sister community aka CentOS
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