Great news Tim. Glad to see you back here.<br><br>Rob (SD69)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Tim Samoff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tim@samoff.com" target="_blank">tim@samoff.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Clearly, I'm excited (or something). I'll resubmit this after the<br>
nomination period begins. ;)<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
Tim<br>
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<br>
Tim Samoff wrote:<br>
> Hello Maemo Community!<br>
><br>
> While I've been silent on the mailing list and TMO for a while, I've<br>
> continued to lurk and participate in other venues like Twitter and<br>
> Facebook. In fact, I still submit Maemo news to <a href="http://mwkn.net" target="_blank">mwkn.net</a> often.<br>
><br>
> But, that's all moot in my mind.<br>
><br>
> Most of you who know me will hopefully agree that I am passionate,<br>
> dedicated, hard working member who has put countless time and effort<br>
> into the Maemo cause. I have served on three terms of the Maemo<br>
> Community Council (one of those terms as the Chair); I have spearheaded<br>
> several community efforts (the m.o website redesign, contests,<br>
> application development, UI/UX improvement, conferences, etc.); I have<br>
> presented talks; I've volunteered; etc.<br>
><br>
> Most of your who know me will also know that none of this work was done<br>
> from a developer's point of view. I came to the Maemo Community as a<br>
> user (the N800 was my first Maemo device) and that's how I initially got<br>
> involved. My first involvement was in the discussion forums (back then<br>
> it was still itT) [0]. Then, I moved on to lodging bug reports [1].<br>
> Then, since I am a designer, I began helping folks with graphics and UI<br>
> design. The list could go on and on, but my main point is just that I am<br>
> really still who I was back when my N800 first arrived in the mail: a<br>
> passionate user. In fact, my main handset (by choice, not by necessity)<br>
> is the Nokia N950.<br>
><br>
> One must possess 100 Karma points or more to be nominated for this<br>
> position. I have 1,586 [2].<br>
><br>
> While I haven't been interested in taking part in Council business over<br>
> the last couple of years, I am still very interested in seeing the<br>
> advancement of (and even helping to steer) the community into the<br>
> future. I don't see a lot of hope for Maemo as a specific "product" of<br>
> any sort (which, in the end, may end up disqualifying me from running<br>
> for this position), but I am still very hopeful for the community at<br>
> large. Maemo is more than just a product anyway, it's a philosophy. And,<br>
> more than any other open source community that I've been involved with,<br>
> Maemo community members are the most transparent, dedicated, and<br>
> involved in the life of that philosophy.<br>
><br>
> I would be honored to come back aboard with a group of whose job is to<br>
> negotiate this community's future.<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
> Tim Samoff (timsamoff)<br>
><br>
><br>
> [0] <a href="http://bit.ly/UHQYnK" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/UHQYnK</a><br>
> [1] <a href="http://bit.ly/PfAjDZ" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/PfAjDZ</a><br>
> [2] <a href="http://bit.ly/OEcTJb" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/OEcTJb</a><br>
><br>
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