[maemo-community] Self-Nomination for the Maemo Board Members delegation...

[From: robert bauer]

Great news Tim.  Glad to see you back here.

Rob (SD69)

On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Tim Samoff <tim at samoff.com> wrote:

> Clearly, I'm excited (or something). I'll resubmit this after the
> nomination period begins. ;)
>
> Tim
>
>
> Tim Samoff wrote:
> > Hello Maemo Community!
> >
> > While I've been silent on the mailing list and TMO for a while, I've
> > continued to lurk and participate in other venues like Twitter and
> > Facebook. In fact, I still submit Maemo news to mwkn.net often.
> >
> > But, that's all moot in my mind.
> >
> > Most of you who know me will hopefully agree that I am passionate,
> > dedicated, hard working member who has put countless time and effort
> > into the Maemo cause. I have served on three terms of the Maemo
> > Community Council (one of those terms as the Chair); I have spearheaded
> > several community efforts (the m.o website redesign, contests,
> > application development, UI/UX improvement, conferences, etc.); I have
> > presented talks; I've volunteered; etc.
> >
> > Most of your who know me will also know that none of this work was done
> > from a developer's point of view. I came to the Maemo Community as a
> > user (the N800 was my first Maemo device) and that's how I initially got
> > involved. My first involvement was in the discussion forums (back then
> > it was still itT) [0]. Then, I moved on to lodging bug reports [1].
> > Then, since I am a designer, I began helping folks with graphics and UI
> > design. The list could go on and on, but my main point is just that I am
> > really still who I was back when my N800 first arrived in the mail: a
> > passionate user. In fact, my main handset (by choice, not by necessity)
> > is the Nokia N950.
> >
> > One must possess 100 Karma points or more to be nominated for this
> > position. I have 1,586 [2].
> >
> > While I haven't been interested in taking part in Council business over
> > the last couple of years, I am still very interested in seeing the
> > advancement of (and even helping to steer) the community into the
> > future. I don't see a lot of hope for Maemo as a specific "product" of
> > any sort (which, in the end, may end up disqualifying me from running
> > for this position), but I am still very hopeful for the community at
> > large. Maemo is more than just a product anyway, it's a philosophy. And,
> > more than any other open source community that I've been involved with,
> > Maemo community members are the most transparent, dedicated, and
> > involved in the life of that philosophy.
> >
> > I would be honored to come back aboard with a group of whose job is to
> > negotiate this community's future.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tim Samoff (timsamoff)
> >
> >
> > [0] http://bit.ly/UHQYnK
> > [1] http://bit.ly/PfAjDZ
> > [2] http://bit.ly/OEcTJb
> >
>
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