-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thanks Alex! Ted will send out the complete candidate list and some instructions for the voters to the mailing list soon :)
Kind regards, Maren Am 19.08.2015 um 12:18 schrieb Alex Valavanis: > Hi Maren, > > Responses below! > > Best wishes, > > > Alex > > == Name == Alexander (Alex) Valavanis > > == Professional affiliation == School of Electronic and Electrical > Engineering University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT United Kingdom > > == Statement of contribution to Inkscape == I have been an Inkscape > developer since May 2011, with over 550 contributions committed to > the project's code. My main involvement has been in improving the > quality and maintainability of the code, and making the best use of > the programming language features and software libraries available > on the many different operating systems used by Inkscape's diverse > user community. Specifically, I led the migration of Inkscape to > the new GTK+ 3 graphical user interface library, which will > "future-proof" our code, allow us to make much better use of > touchscreens, and provide better support for OS X. I set up and > maintain the Inkscape personal package archives (PPAs), which > enable Ubuntu and Debian users to access both the latest stable > version of Inkscape and daily builds of our experimental code. I > have also taken a lot of interest in improving the build systems, > which are used for building the Inkscape program from its source > code. I have aimed to ensure that Inkscape can be built reliably on > a wide range of systems, and I have liaised closely with the > downstream Ubuntu and Debian package maintainers to make sure that > we receive user bug reports and distribute new versions of Inkscape > to users as efficiently as possible. I was very grateful for the > opportunity to attend the Inkscape Hackfest in 2015, and to meet > with other developers and board members to work on the code and > discuss the future roadmap for the project. > > == Personal statement == It is a true honour to have been nominated > as a board member for Inkscape. I fully appreciate the high regard > in which the project is held by its users, and the wider free > software community. My role in Inkscape has, so far, focused > mainly on the technical side of improving the quality and longevity > of the project, and I am eager now to support the project at board > level. It was a real pleasure to meet some of the other board > members in person at the Hackfest earlier this year and I look > forward to the opportunity to work together with them. As a > Research Fellow at the University of Leeds, UK, I have experience > in the financial planning of small to medium-scale ($1000 - $1.5 > million) technical projects, and am confident in my ability to take > on board responsibilities for Inkscape. I am also interested in > the inter-project collaboration aspects of board membership, > particularly in promoting the development of shared libraries and > resources for common use with other free-software projects. > > > > On 17 August 2015 at 11:02, Maren Hachmann > <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Alex, > > Great :D - and, yeah, it's holiday time... I hope you had some > nice days, cause now, we've got a task for you ;). > > But I guess you already know that the next thing that you'll need > to do in this process is write up the set of statements about > yourself for the mailing list (which we will put there when it's > time): > > * Name (legal name required when elected): * Current professional > affiliation * Statement of contribution to Inkscape or related > technologies * A personal statement > > (The statements need not be long, a few sentences for each should > suffice - we want voters to read through them and to not frighten > the candidates ;)) > > Please send your answers out soon, so we can stick to our (new) > schedule (voting can start on 20th or 21st). > > Thank you very much and kind regards, Maren > > > > > Am 17.08.2015 um 11:49 schrieb Alex Valavanis: >>>> Dear Maren, >>>> >>>> Sorry for the slow reply. I just got back from vacation. I'm >>>> honoured to have been nominated, even if I have been rather >>>> absent from the project recently! I'll certainly accept >>>> candidacy. >>>> >>>> Best wishes, >>>> >>>> Alex >>>> >>>> On 15 Aug 2015 11:12 am, "Maren Hachmann" >>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Alex, >>>> >>>> a fellow Inkscaper has nominated you as a candidate for the >>>> Inkscape Board elections. >>>> >>>> Would you accept candidacy? >>>> >>>> For more info about board duties and the election process, >>>> please refer to >>>> https://inkscape.org/en/about/governance/board-duties/. >>>> >>>> Please let us know if you are interested in running for this >>>> position, or if you have any questions or concerns please >>>> contact the elections committee at >>>> [email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]> . >>>> >>>> If you choose not to run, for any reason, no worries - and >>>> thank you very much for giving it your consideration. >>>> >>>> Best regards, Maren Hachmann (member of Inkscape elections >>>> committee) >>>> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJV1HV+AAoJELavtZto4hQPfOgP/R3SCi5CmHBfZmXh+IAB7mBR /uzZy0oG1WUoWl/38q+Z9kcmVbmfEX4ah4dwkm+sxXlte1ymwTZQSGNoZ3SQV+Da agPxk6LhM88G0H+ZIAGL6kf1ybogtQ+fLm5S00ZsK01yjOThjTe3Nu6dgW5QH9OH 2o50PcbKzpJYjN+E+QbcK9sfftvZor1SELf+G8HdN8CWvMRdsI9wLEH9YOuI8X9e EHVFu9c709oYpZbN4t6mGVZgvNZO4cdy+Ko3FMxCcAGB1Qawo0krvKdp2YU3leAs 6CDN7uP0NJnv/7q6xLqqvRBDSvTGM3Mr3Z08zT9uq+cARvbCAqp1OcsoUrVKa+u3 HV7v9pqzEL6opFmy8UbARGu+4qkSHPuZQ/Y6Y1lrJ1J/eAheJplTX1UzsG//nJPh 2gionGQrI8i32MlVO7241GpkLfuVu5rB2ydlWaAV937UBPCnLmZXCbPTxxSJdaFS fLGFSGdZbSGYPQQqOeFbMaHPS20gsMC3Lunru1fiSZUy0hPyXrmbmZIhZqfhSNtW sgIAsXe2FC9/+ezsdeW89X2orVzaq6d3kLgxFweVBm7P4mRnERWluOfMCrK35Geu z4jbp9x19y7VcDD8rfdN3ytDV5e4KWsYxGXuGLNGn0bQZyNf3j3Ja+8JE+nqLcEr AOvgKllMQXQascc492CA =IlkQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~inkscape.elections.committee Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~inkscape.elections.committee More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
