[maemo-community] My maemo.org community council nominations

[From: Attila Csipa]

On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Kathy Smith <kathy at revdkathy.com> wrote:

>  While Im deeply honoured to be included in Texrat's list of nominations,
> I have to be honest about my abilities. The longer I have spent in the
> community, the more I have become aware of my limitations: I have neither
> technical skills nor business experience.
>
> As a result, while part of me would love to be engaged and involved at the
> level of the council, I strongly suspect I'd be a bit of a lame duck and a
> bit useless. I'd find it hard to promote myself as a candidate, as I think
> there are people far better skilled and equipped than I for the role.
>
> On this basis, I feel I must decline, because I honestly don't think
> there's room on a five-person council for someone with so little proper
> background.
>
>
I honestly feel there is no 'proper background' skill-wise for things like
the Council, and tech skills or business experience are not mandatory at
all. Indeed, while those can be helpful (when championing a particular
issue), remember that you don't need to be an engineer with serious tooling
in order to address things - sometimes all it takes is knocking at the right
door or having an unburdened perspective, something often overlooked given
how technically oriented and passionate a good many of us are.


Best regards,
Attila
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