So the rat runs again! What a surprise! Your dedication to process, community and MaemoMeeGo knows no bounds!
I third the nomination of "El Rato de Texas!" Jeremiah On Mar 3, 2010, at 8:34 PM, Nathan Anderson wrote: > Randall, > > Aughhhhhh.... Oh no, not again..... Oh wait it is TexRat; I > second... :) > > Nathan > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Randall Arnold > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 12:49 PM > To: Maemo Community > Subject: Council nomination: me again > > As noted earlier, I intend to run again (see below) > > Randall (Randy) Arnold > maemo.org community council > http://tabulacrypticum.wordpress.com/ > > > ----- Original message ----- > From: "Randall Arnold" <[email protected]> > To: "Maemo Community" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Council] maemo.org council: intent to run again for 2010 > Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:27:06 -0600 > > Greetings Maemo community! For Moblin folks with no current maemo.org ties > this is mostly an FYI (although I encourage you to engage in the process if > you are interested). > > I was going to hold off on this announcement but given the high demand for > guidance vis-a-vis the Maemo-Moblin-MeeGo transformation I felt it would be a > good idea to announce my candidacy for re-election along with my intentions > (platform). > > As many on the Maemo side know I was originally involved with the Maemo > devices as a Nokia factory QA engineer and in 2009 transitioned into more of > a community-support role when my Nokia position was eliminated. > > I will list my recent efforts, new projects and future plans as follows: > > Recent Efforts > > As a council member I championed the welcoming of new members and rolled out > a volunteer program called Maemo Greeters with a very simple goal: ask > members to include helpful links in their talk.maemo.org signatures, thus > easily propogating helpful info throughout the forum. The program was more > successful than I had even imagined, growing through user suggestions to > include multiple languages and a variety of resources and approaches. I see > value in continuing this at MeeGo. > > Another initiative was Community Outreach. With the guidance of the > maemo.org community I developed flyers and began reaching out to > user/developer/enthusist groups who would potentially have interest. Along > with Ed Page and Andrew Black (and input from others as well), we began > working on outreach policies, procedures and budget. I believe this is also > important to continue for MeeGo. > > I have also been a strong advocate for the community device owners, > successfully working with Nokia to resolve a quality issue with micro USB > connectors coming out of N900s. I will continue to use my blog as a > fact-based pulpit for user advocacy. > > New Projects > > One item I think has paramount importance is Bugzilla. It's critical to make > sure the MeeGo bug tracking structure supports the various needs a > multi-device OS platform will encounter. Nokia Pilots has a very rich and > robust tracking system and my hope is that we will be allowed to benchmark > against it and possibly even duplicate its structure if that proves to have > merit. I have volunteered to participate in this effort. > > Following that, I have been putting together a presentation for getting > feedback mechanisms of various types onto Maemo devices, including a bug > reporting wizard. I believe this should be carried into MeeGo and am > refactoring my presentation accordingly. > > I would also like to take the lessons learned (especially my own) from > maemo.org Brainstorm for creation of a similar but better system for MeeGo. > > Future Plans > > I see the creation of a discussion forum as a great need. Just as we created > new email lists for MeeGo as opposed to renaming or reusing maemo.org lists, > I believe we should create an entirely new forum that reflects this "reboot". > Yes that will be hectic for those who will "live in both worlds" for a while > but I am uncomfortable with plopping a huge legacy forum on top of the > incoming Moblin contingent. Let's all start into this on equal footing! > > I also plan to learn QT + Python development to better understand the needs > of developers (as well as for personal growth). > > Platform > > My belief is that almost every user is a potential > developer/designer/tester/evangelist/etc and should be approached in that > spirit. They need to feel instantly welcomed in any community with which > they identify. Making MeeGo's goals and infrastructure clear and open is > foremost among my interests. I wlll continue working tirelessly to be a face > of and for the community. I will be approachable and sympathetic to sincere > constructive criticism. > > Voting > > Please see these discussions at talk.maemo.org for voting details: > > http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=44623 > http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=44036 > > I'm nervous about this big advent but excited too. I intend to do what I can > to make the change positive. Thanks for your vote! > > Randall (Randy) Arnold > maemo.org community council > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Ovi Store: Fresh apps and more > http://store.ovi.com/?cid=ovistore-fw-bac-na-acq-na-ovimail-g0-na-4 > http://tabulacrypticum.wordpress.com/ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Ovi Mail: Create an account directly from your phone > http://mail.ovi.com > _______________________________________________ > maemo-community mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-community
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