It seems that it is becoming a tradition that most nominations turn up on the last day. I was almost getting worried that the dreaded alternative clauses of lack of interest might be invoked, but, just like last term, in the end it seems that there is a very good 'offer' to the community. My view of the importance of the next term have already been summarized in <a href="http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-September/004410.html" target="_blank">http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2010-September/004410.html</a>, but I would like to emphasize once more - barring the financials, it's up to the community where (and in what form) <a href="http://maemo.org" target="_blank">maemo.org</a> will or will not go - and there is no better representative than the Community Council to have a legitimate representation. That's why I would like to see people with a can-do approach on the Council, trying to solve/deal with hot and not too pleasant topics (and I feel the next term will not be in short supply). Remember, anyone can rant, but it takes a special kind of talent to turn discontent into constructive action, and I'm glad the list of candidates is in no shortage of such folks. I must note that recently there were a lot of question of what a Council's role really is - something I wrote about at <a href="http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=782684" target="_blank">http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=782684</a> so I would really like if things like this get a bit more visibility during the candidate question/grilling part so these things become more apparent to people who only recently became eligible voters - the future Council won't be able to bring a new Flash 10 to our N900s any more or less than the current one can. Personally - apart from responding to any 'routine' formal candidate questionnaires - I plan on blogging (as promised) a retrospection on what issues the current Council encountered, how it dealt with it and what was achieved (an example of which is <a href="http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=784034" target="_blank">http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=784034</a>). I must say I thought quite a bit whether I should accept the nomination or not, considering my professional interests, but in the end I think that the community itself is the best judge to say l whether what I do/did benefits it and if it requires my services for a second term or not. Thus, to formally round the number of candidates to 10:<br>
<br><br>On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 5:54 AM, Randall Arnold <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:texrat@ovi.com" target="_blank">texrat@ovi.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr">whom I would like to nominate:<br>
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attila77<br>
</div></blockquote><div> <br>I accept the nomination. Also, as per Council nomination rules I'm stating that I'm currently working at Forum Nokia in a developer support/consultancy role.<br></div></div>