<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Kathy Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kathy@revdkathy.com" target="_blank">kathy@revdkathy.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">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. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">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.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">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.</font></div>
<div><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br>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.<br>
</div></div><br><br>Best regards,<br>Attila<br>