Hi Olivier! You have great skills. I support you.
Additionally, there is a curious point in your candidacy: you are the only candidate who lives below the Equator. I think that TDF is a fantastic global and plural organization and your election to the Board can improve it more and more. Good luck! Best regards, Gustavo Pacheco. 2011/10/4 David Emmerich Jourdain <jourd...@gmx.de> > Hi Olivier, > > I recognize you as an important person for the propagation of LibreOffice, > specially in Brazil, for your performance inside and outside of TDF. > > You never refused to perform you role as a member from TDF, neither to > promote LibreOffice in all possible instances. > > You got my vote, dude! ;-) > > Best, > > David > > 2011/9/29 Jomar Silva <homem...@gmail.com> > > > Excellent, Olivier ! > > > > I truly believe that you are a key person in LO development and adoption > in > > Brazil, and I support your candidacy. > > > > Best, > > > > Jomar > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Olivier Hallot <olivier.hal...@documentfoundation.org> > > Sender: olivier.hallot....@gmail.com > > Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:08:12 > > To: <steering-disc...@documentfoundation.org>; < > > discuss@documentfoundation.org> > > Reply-To: steering-disc...@documentfoundation.org > > Subject: [steering-discuss] Candidacy for Board of Directors > > > > I thereby announce my candidacy for a Board of Directors seat at the > > Document Foundation > > > > My name is Olivier Hallot, I am a 53 old electronic engineer living in > Rio > > de Janeiro, Brazil. I am a former researcher and executive of IBM and > > Oracle. I am involved with open source software since 2001, where I > started > > working into the translation of OpenOffice.org for Brazilian Portuguese. > I > > am a former member of the OpenOffice.org Community Council and founder of > > The Document Foundation, as well as a member of the Steering Committee. > > Today I am working as consultant in a large LibreOffice deployment > project > > in a Brazilian enterprise and I am advising several LibreOffice projects > > and > > initiatives in Brazil. > > > > My Document Foundation resumé > > > > Since early 2010 I got involved into the design and birth of the Document > > Foundation and I became member of the Steering Committee since the > > beginning. During the last 12 month I have been participating into the > > decisions of the SC and I worked to allocate as much Brazilian resources > as > > I could to TDF. I still hold the position of translator for Brazilian > > Portuguese (a market place well above one million users) and I have > > contributed into several bug reports and features lists necessary for > large > > enterprise deployments. I also did some bug fixing directly into the > code, > > less than I would like to, but time is short and the matter is complex. I > > have used my professional connections to leverage LibreOffice and TDF in > > many public companies and in government and I am actively pursuing the > goal > > to increase the number of contributors to LO development. > > > > Why am I applying for the BoD? > > > > After one year of existence, the enormous amount of TDF members energy > and > > sharp professionalism lead us to great achievements. We rock. The road > > ahead > > however seems to be another challenge for the Foundation: Secure the > > positions already obtained and move to address the needs of the multiple > > faces of the community, from individuals to enterprises, while > > understanding > > the marketplaces forces that will drive TDF ahead. Of great importance, > it > > will be necessary to design and implement the correct business model for > > the > > Foundation sustainability and LibreOffice evolution. These are fields I > am > > willing to contribute with my industry experience, connections and > personal > > energy. > > > > I am available for further questions. > > > > Kind regards > > > > -- > > Olivier Hallot > > Founder and Steering Commitee Member > > The Document Foundation > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to > > steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org > > Problems? > > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > List archive: > > http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/steering-discuss/ > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > > deleted > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to > > steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org > > Problems? > > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > List archive: > > http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/steering-discuss/ > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > > deleted > > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
