2012/3/6 Oliver Burger <[email protected]>: > Hi there, > > I'd like to apply for the board elections as a candidate., So I will > follow the steps, misc has outlined in his mail to all association > members. > I am cc'ing mageia-discuss, because I think, the whole project should > at least know, who the board candidates are and what they are doing. > > First, let me tell you abit about me: > In real life, I am a 33 year old "dual student" (meaning I work in > parallel in a company), I am working as a web developer (mainly using > php) and I live in the south-west of Germany. > Now about my Mageia life: I was joining the Mageia mls and irc > channels in the beginning, being a long time Mandriva user and member > of the German mandrivauser.de community. Together with wobo I helped > in the creation of the i18n team. In the beginning I was i18n > substitute leader and when wobo had to step down for personal reasons, > I was elected its team leader. > Next to that I was helping rda a bit on the website and I am in > packaging and documentation team. > > The reasons, why I apply for the board: > I think, being a board member is an important task. You have to be > dedicated to the project and you have to represent it in the public. > It's more about a duty to the project then about having a somewhat > shining position. > I was first thinking about applying to the board, when wobo asked me > to do so, telling me he had to step down from that position as well, > because he feels, he can no longer take an active position in the > project as he did in the beginning. > Although I am more involved in the technical fields of the project > then wobo was, being an i18n and doc team member makes me part of the > non technical fields as well. > So I would add to the manifoldness of the board. > > Oliver
As leaving member of the board I support the candidature of Oliver. IMHO he is the right person to represent the rest of the world in the otherwise french board. :) -- wobo
