I did send this email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and foundation-list@gnome.org, but in a conversation a short while later I was convinced that I could best help the Foundation by not being on the BoD; I cancelled the foundation-list posting and asked on #sysadmin for the [EMAIL PROTECTED] ticket to be killed, but clearly it didn't happen in time. For the avoidance of doubt, I am not standing in this election. Sorry for the confusion.
Thomas On 17/11/2007, Baris Cicek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Announcement of Thomas Thurman, which is sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (#4039) > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Name: Thomas Thurman > Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Nick: marnanel > Affl: Devon IT, King of Prussia, PA, US > Blog: http://marnanel.livejournal.com > Biog: http://marnanel.org > > 75-word summary: > > I believe in freedom and respect, and that is why I use, create, and > maintain free software; the last year as a GNOME developer has been > full of new challenges for me, and I wish I had thought to help > sooner. I want to find ways to help others find that path. After much > thought over whether I should stand, I decided I could, and that the > question of "should" was better left to you. > > The rest: > > I am passionate about freedom, and I am passionate about respect, and > I believe these are two sides of the same coin. I have been using free > software near-exclusively for around ten years, but I very much regret > not having joined a free software project as large as GNOME sooner > than I did. I want to help people become users of free software > because it contributes to their autonomy. I want to help users become > developers of free software because it contributes further to their > autonomy. This is about freedom, and it is about respect. > > I have thought long and hard over whether to stand. I am acutely aware > of how easily time can be squeezed away in volunteer work, and I know > Metacity and FUSA can always use more. (Many of you know that I've > also lost time in the last year to health issues, which have in the > last few months responded well to treatment.) Much of the reason I am > teaching my daughter to program-- and for many years when I lived in > the UK I worked as a leader on a summer camp doing the same-- is the > one I gave above, that a person is freer when they can maintain their > own software, and that they become a more productive member of > society; I want to encourage all our users to try to improve their > software, to see that "free" doesn't mean "for nothing", to be more > than just consumers. The Gnome Love programme is an inspiration and a > challenge, and the only way we will grow is if people see our work as > more than just a way of saving themselves a few quid. However you > vote, let's rise to that challenge. > > As to who I am: > > Along with Elijah and Havoc, I maintain Metacity; I also maintain FUSA > (the user switcher applet), but most of my efforts are directed > towards Metacity at present. I also try to help out in small ways with > internationalisation (I studied computational linguistics in grad > school, for a while) in Britsh English and Welsh. I am a British > citizen sharing a rather geeky house in the Philadelphia suburbs with > two other grown-ups and one child. I have been fascinated with > programming since I was seven, and been paid for doing it for about > the last ten years. You can find a slightly out-of-date resume at > <http://marnanel.org/resume>. If you want to know anything else, ask > here, or come and find me on IRC. > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-announce mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-announce > _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list