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This page lists every candidate in the [[Community_Council/Council_election_Q1_2010|March 2010]] Maemo [[Community Council]] election, in alphabetical order. A brief summary of their declaration is given, along with a link to their full position and a link to individual Q&A responses where appropriate. | This page lists every candidate in the [[Community_Council/Council_election_Q1_2010|March 2010]] Maemo [[Community Council]] election, in alphabetical order. A brief summary of their declaration is given, along with a link to their full position and a link to individual Q&A responses where appropriate. | ||
| - | There is also a [http://mobiletablets.blogspot.com/2010/03/maemo-community-council-candidates.html Q&A | + | There is also a [http://mobiletablets.blogspot.com/2010/03/maemo-community-council-candidates.html single Q&A with all candidates] available at mobiletablets.blogspot.com. |
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"I've been involved with Maemo in one way or another since the earliest days of the 770, I love this platform, I love this community, and I'd like to help make it the best it can be."<ref>[http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004127.html '''Ryan Abel's''' nomination]</ref> | "I've been involved with Maemo in one way or another since the earliest days of the 770, I love this platform, I love this community, and I'd like to help make it the best it can be."<ref>[http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004127.html '''Ryan Abel's''' nomination]</ref> | ||
| - | [http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004128.html Q&A response | + | [http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004128.html Q&A response] |
== Randall Arnold / [http://maemo.org/profile/view/texrat/ Texrat] == | == Randall Arnold / [http://maemo.org/profile/view/texrat/ Texrat] == | ||
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"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."<ref>[http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/003993.html '''Randall Arnold's''' nomination]</ref> | "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."<ref>[http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/003993.html '''Randall Arnold's''' nomination]</ref> | ||
| - | [http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004013.html Q&A response | + | [http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004013.html Q&A response] |
== Andrew Black / [http://maemo.org/profile/view/andrewfblack andrewfblack] == | == Andrew Black / [http://maemo.org/profile/view/andrewfblack andrewfblack] == | ||
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"I'm mostly known for my activities relating to Python and Qt (which was also the object of my talk on the last Summit), but am also a member of the Testing squad and have a dozen or so applications and libraries in the repositories (like AppWatch, QuickBrownFox, PyQt, support libraries for Easy Debian on Diablo, etc)."<ref>[http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004126.html '''Attila Csipa's''' nomination]</ref> | "I'm mostly known for my activities relating to Python and Qt (which was also the object of my talk on the last Summit), but am also a member of the Testing squad and have a dozen or so applications and libraries in the repositories (like AppWatch, QuickBrownFox, PyQt, support libraries for Easy Debian on Diablo, etc)."<ref>[http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004126.html '''Attila Csipa's''' nomination]</ref> | ||
| - | [http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004126.html Q&A response | + | [http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004126.html Q&A response] |
== Andrew Flegg / [http://maemo.org/profile/view/jaffa/ Jaffa] == | == Andrew Flegg / [http://maemo.org/profile/view/jaffa/ Jaffa] == | ||
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"Having moved up through each generation, I've tried to be active and involved in all aspects of the Maemo community. The last six months, having stepped back from the council, have given me a new perspective. The biggest issue I've seen is one of communication and clear facilitation. We need to reduce the overhead and streamline community action."<ref>[http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004118.html '''Andrew Flegg's''' nomination]</ref> | "Having moved up through each generation, I've tried to be active and involved in all aspects of the Maemo community. The last six months, having stepped back from the council, have given me a new perspective. The biggest issue I've seen is one of communication and clear facilitation. We need to reduce the overhead and streamline community action."<ref>[http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004118.html '''Andrew Flegg's''' nomination]</ref> | ||
| - | [http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004121.html Q&A response | + | [http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004121.html Q&A response] |
== Andrea Grandi / [http://maemo.org/profile/view/andy80/ andy80] == | == Andrea Grandi / [http://maemo.org/profile/view/andy80/ andy80] == | ||
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"I joined the Maemo Community since the first Maemo device was out (Nokia 770) and I've been always so excited for being able to contribute to this project. In the past I've attended at both Maemo Summit doing a short talk. During last summer I collaborated with PyMaemo team during a stage at Igalia and at the moment I'm developing a couple of applications using Python and Qt."<ref>[http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004035.html '''Andrea Grandi's''' nomination]</ref> | "I joined the Maemo Community since the first Maemo device was out (Nokia 770) and I've been always so excited for being able to contribute to this project. In the past I've attended at both Maemo Summit doing a short talk. During last summer I collaborated with PyMaemo team during a stage at Igalia and at the moment I'm developing a couple of applications using Python and Qt."<ref>[http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004035.html '''Andrea Grandi's''' nomination]</ref> | ||
| - | [http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004055.html Q&A response | + | [http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004055.html Q&A response] |
== Cosimo Kroll / [http://maemo.org/profile/view/zehjotkah/ zehjotkah] == | == Cosimo Kroll / [http://maemo.org/profile/view/zehjotkah/ zehjotkah] == | ||
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"I see myself as an interface between the average user and the developers/advanced user, because I understand, what developers/advanced users say, and can translate this into simple language. I can't code myself, so this is the best way to help the community in my opinion."<ref>[http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004125.html '''Cosimo Kroll's''' nomination]</ref> | "I see myself as an interface between the average user and the developers/advanced user, because I understand, what developers/advanced users say, and can translate this into simple language. I can't code myself, so this is the best way to help the community in my opinion."<ref>[http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004125.html '''Cosimo Kroll's''' nomination]</ref> | ||
| - | [http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004125.html Q&A response | + | [http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004125.html Q&A response] |
== Javier S. Pedro / [http://maemo.org/profile/view/javispedro/ javispedro] == | == Javier S. Pedro / [http://maemo.org/profile/view/javispedro/ javispedro] == | ||
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"The biggest issue to solve when you have a set of volunteers is how to make the most of the limited amount of time they are willing to contribute to a project. However, instead of attacking this problem, one can decide to try to increase this amount of time -- developers (and I guess most people :) ) tend to "always find more time" for tasks they like."<ref>[http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004109.html '''Javier Pedro's''' nomination]</ref> | "The biggest issue to solve when you have a set of volunteers is how to make the most of the limited amount of time they are willing to contribute to a project. However, instead of attacking this problem, one can decide to try to increase this amount of time -- developers (and I guess most people :) ) tend to "always find more time" for tasks they like."<ref>[http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004109.html '''Javier Pedro's''' nomination]</ref> | ||
| - | [http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004109.html Q&A response | + | [http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004109.html Q&A response] |
== Arek Stopczynski / [http://maemo.org/profile/view/hopbeat/ hopbeat] == | == Arek Stopczynski / [http://maemo.org/profile/view/hopbeat/ hopbeat] == | ||
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"Why I would like to become part of the council? I can provide user&developer insight plus I don't often get emotional: I believe in listening to others (and telling them they have no idea what they are talking about, if this is the case; but not before they are heard)"<ref>[http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004104.html '''Arek Stopczynski's''' nomination]</ref> | "Why I would like to become part of the council? I can provide user&developer insight plus I don't often get emotional: I believe in listening to others (and telling them they have no idea what they are talking about, if this is the case; but not before they are heard)"<ref>[http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004104.html '''Arek Stopczynski's''' nomination]</ref> | ||
| - | [http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004107.html Q&A response | + | [http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004107.html Q&A response] |
== Steven Yeager / [http://maemo.org/profile/view/yodude/ YoDude] == | == Steven Yeager / [http://maemo.org/profile/view/yodude/ YoDude] == | ||
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"I believe that the Community Council we elect should have some representation from the average customer/user base. I also believe that the forums are, and will continue to be the communication means of choice for many engaged users. I also believe that some of the future leaders of our community will come from within the ranks of these engaged users."<ref>[http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004098.html '''Steven Yeager's''' nomination]</ref> | "I believe that the Community Council we elect should have some representation from the average customer/user base. I also believe that the forums are, and will continue to be the communication means of choice for many engaged users. I also believe that some of the future leaders of our community will come from within the ranks of these engaged users."<ref>[http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-March/004098.html '''Steven Yeager's''' nomination]</ref> | ||
| - | [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=570079&postcount=96 Q&A response | + | [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=570079&postcount=96 Q&A response] |
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