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[foundation-web] Land material for 2022 elections

commit 1d39b9d17e4ce115070a21abc9b167ac25bdb9d4
Author: Andrea Veri <averi redhat com>
Date:   Tue Jun 7 10:38:44 2022 +0200

    Land material for 2022 elections

 foundation.gnome.org/vote/2022/Makefile.am    |   6 +-
 foundation.gnome.org/vote/2022/candidates.wml | 121 ++++++++++++++
 foundation.gnome.org/vote/2022/electorate.txt | 222 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 foundation.gnome.org/vote/2022/index.wml      |   9 ++
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diff --git a/foundation.gnome.org/vote/2022/Makefile.am b/foundation.gnome.org/vote/2022/Makefile.am
index bf94b04..deb2e27 100644
--- a/foundation.gnome.org/vote/2022/Makefile.am
+++ b/foundation.gnome.org/vote/2022/Makefile.am
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ urlpath = /vote/2022
  
 page_SCRIPTS = \
        index.html \
-       rules.html
+       rules.html \
+    candidates.html
 
 page_DATA = \
-       timeline.ics
+       timeline.ics \
+    electorate.txt
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/rules.common
diff --git a/foundation.gnome.org/vote/2022/candidates.wml b/foundation.gnome.org/vote/2022/candidates.wml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" 
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd";>
+<html>
+
+  <head>
+    <title>GNOME Foundation 2022 Elections Candidates</title>
+    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
+  </head>
+
+  <body>
+    <div id="content">
+    <h1>Candidates for the GNOME Foundation 2022 Elections</h1>
+
+    <p>
+      Below you find the list of candidates running for the
+      GNOME Foundation Board of Directors in 2022. We encourage everyone
+      to check the candidates' full candidacy statements, and follow related 
+      discussions on <a 
href="https://discourse.gnome.org/c/community/elections-and-referendums/336";>Discourse</a>.
+    </p>
+
+    <p>
+      When deciding who to vote for, please consider
+      the various tasks under the responsibility of the Board of Directors. This
+      <a href="../overview.html">overview</a> might be helpful. The board makes 
+      a number of important decisions and performs many tasks which require time,
+      effort and the ability to work and communicate with others. The Board of 
+      Directors will represent GNOME to companies and the world. It is a good idea
+      to strive for a well-balanced Board consisting of people with various backgrounds,
+      skills, and perspectives.
+    </p>
+
+    <p>
+      Additional elections details can be found on the
+      <a href="https://foundation.gnome.org";>GNOME Foundation Web Site</a>.
+    </p>
+
+    <h2>Candidates for the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors</h2>
+
+    <ol>
+        <p>
+            <li><strong>Sammy Fung</strong><br />
+                Affiliation: <em>N/A</em><br />
+                <blockquote>
+I'm announcing my candidacy for the GNOME Foundation board of directors election. Currently, I am the lead 
of the GNOME Asia committee [1]. If I am elected to be a board member, it enables me to share my opinions and 
experiences in & from the Asia community with the board directly.
+
+After my 10-year involvement at GNOME Asia Committee, I suggest that the young outreach is an important task 
to sustain the GNOME and open source community. By connecting global GNOME & F/OSS contributors and local 
open source communities, it enables that more students will become the future contributors in the GNOME and 
open source communities.
+                </blockquote>
+            </li>
+        </p>
+
+        <p>
+            <li><strong>Jeremy Allison</strong><br />
+            Affiliation: <em>Google</em><br />
+                <blockquote>
+I would respectfully like to submit my candidacy for the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors.  I am the 
co-creator of the Samba Free Software Project, and am employed as Samba maintainer by Google's Open Source 
Programs Office.
+
+My vision for GNOME is the following. I often give talks at Free and Open Source software conferences 
looking out onto a sea of glowing Apple logos from MacOSX laptops. I'd really like to change that so that 
most of these attendees are using a desktop built with Free and Open Source Software technologies. I'd also 
like to see the same change take place in companies and governments using desktop technology.
+
+I believe that GNOME is the best chance for Free Software to make this change and provide truly 
democratizing technology, accessible for everyone. I have been a user of a Free Software desktop since the X 
Windows days (pre-Linux and GNOME) and all my personal (and work) machines run Linux desktops a full GNOME 
desktop, or a desktop based on GNOME technology (Unity).
+
+We should also be mindful of the fact that any use of Free and Open Source Software for users is better than 
none, and not be shy about promoting the use of other Free Software desktop technologies such as the KDE, or 
other Open Source desktops where it is clear that using GNOME is not going to be an option.
+
+I serve on the Board of Directors of the <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/";>Software Freedom 
Conservancy</a> and on the Board of Directors of <a href="https://oasis-open.org";>OASIS</a>, a non-profit 
creating and maintaining worldwide IT standards. I am also on the GNOME Foundation advisory board and on the 
Document Foundation (creators of LibreOffce) advisory board.
+
+Whilst being a Google employee, I have a strong independent voice outside of my employer, and believe in 
standing up for what is right, not just what is convenient for corporate users of Free and Open Source 
Software.
+
+I believe the right way forward for GNOME is in partnership with our users, developers and financial backers 
to help create a strong independent Foundation that will focus on improving GNOME and advocating for the use 
of GNOME technologies everywhere that our technology will help serve the public good.
+
+I have a long experience dealing with the sometimes thorny politics of Free and Open Source Software, and 
would love to be able to use my expertise to help the GNOME Foundation.
+                </blockquote>
+            </li>
+        </p>
+
+        <p>
+            <li><strong>Regina Nkemchor Adejo</strong><br />
+            Affiliation: <em>IKEA, Pranet Initiative</em><br />
+                <blockquote>
+I will like to announce my candidacy for the GNOME Foundation board of directors 2022 election. As a GNOME 
foundation member for three years now, my goal has been to support diversity within the GNOME project. Hence, 
since being elected as a board member, my activities have been around promoting diversity within the GNOME 
project. I have highlighted this in my talks at GUADEC, participation in the Linux App Summit (LAS), and 
building the GNOME Africa community.
+
+I have collaborated with other outstanding boards of directors for two years to create a strategic direction 
for the GNOME project. Welcome newcomers, establish a diverse and sustainable Linux app ecosystem, and 
funding local-first applications for the GNOME desktop are three initiatives that have been a priority for us 
to expand. The welcome newcomer's initiative will aid in the success of programs like Google Summer of Code 
(GSOC), Outreachy, and GNOME University outreach within the GNOME project. Through these initiatives, we 
could engage individuals to devote their time to run these programs, including paid mentors, and create 
resources to help newcomers in the future, such as developer documentation, examples, and tutorials. The main 
goal of a diverse and sustainable Linux app ecosystem initiative is to increase the financial sustainability 
of users in our community, which influences the variety of people who can afford to join and stay in our 
community. The funding Local-first
  applications GNOME desktop and apps aim to provide users with simple and dependable access to technology by 
seeking philanthropic and grant funding. As someone who shares the belief that a consistent board is 
beneficial for the Foundation's ability to set, refine and execute strategies over more extended periods. It 
will be a pleasure to serve on the board again as it continues to push strategic actions toward achieving the 
aims of these highlighted initiatives for the global growth and expansion of the GNOME project.
+
+As a maintainer of GNOME Africa, I have collaborated with a team of brilliant community volunteers to bring 
the GNOME project to African space. Today, Africans are accepted into initiatives like Google Season of Docs 
and Outreachy within the GNOME project. With the recently selected GNOME African university ambassadors, 
strategic efforts are ongoing to bring GNOME projects into African universities. The GNOME onboard Africa 
event is steadily becoming an annual event where experienced GNOME maintainers assist newcomers from Africa 
in understanding how to contribute to the GNOME project. These efforts would not have been feasible without 
the members and contributors of GNOME, who have always volunteered to support us on this journey. I firmly 
believe in the value collaboration brings to open source. I aim to continue this endeavour by collaborating 
with more individuals and organizations within and outside the GNOME community to strengthen and broaden the 
GNOME project's influence acr
 oss Africa.
+
+As an observer in the Community Health Analytics Open-Source Software Project (CHAOSS) (A Linux Foundation 
Project), I have contributed to developing metrics on occasional contributors within open-source projects. A 
data-driven approach to diversity within the GNOME project could help measure and improve our health in 
diversity. With diversity metrics in place, we can thrive for improvements in our community, which can 
further help us take strategic steps that could motivate newcomers to join GNOME and feel a sense of 
belonging. Hence, if selected for this next term of the board in 2022, I intend to collaborate with members 
and contributors in brainstorming around diversity and inclusion metrics that would help improve our effort 
of diversity within the GNOME projects globally.
+
+My career journey has been a variety of experiences that have  improved my leadership and problem-solving 
skills. For over ten years, I have worked on database projects and development as a consultant to 
organizations within the information technology industry and educational institutes. My consulting experience 
has helped me build my marketing, people, and collaborative skills. I have worked as a faculty member where I 
collaborated with non-profits within the educational sector in Nigeria, developing programs and digital 
content for public schools. I designed digital educational program content and improved my marketing, 
management, and fundraising skills. As a founder of a non-profit (Pranet Initiative), I am collaborating with 
Tech She Can UK (non-profit) with intelligent volunteers to raise awareness for early technology skills among 
children living in rural communities in Nigeria. We are introducing open digital lesson plans for kids in 
rural communities to bring more girls int
 o technology early. Also, I am working as a software engineer focusing on backend development at IKEA.
+
+Joining the GNOME project has allowed me to contribute towards building a diverse and sustainable free 
software that everyone can trust. It will be a privilege to continue in this capacity and serve on a Board of 
directors next spring 2022. As a Linux user, I am proud of our impact on desktop applications and the 
open-source space. I would like to use this medium to thank all GNOME contributors, volunteers and staff 
serving in their various capacities in consistently releasing different versions of GNOME and aiding 
usability. Thank you all. 
+                </blockquote>
+            </li>
+        </p>
+        <p>
+            <li><strong>Robert McQueen</strong><br />
+                Affiliation: <em>Endless OS Foundation</em><br />
+                <blockquote>
+I am announcing my intention to stand for re-election to the GNOME Foundation board of directors in the 
upcoming 2022-24 election. My employer affiliation is Endless OS Foundation. In brief, I would like to make 
sure the GNOME Foundation is well set-up with a new Executive Director; continue supporting efforts to bring 
diverse contributors and make the Linux desktop attractive to users; and use my and others experience on the 
board to make sure the Foundation is governed and run effectively. As I am already serving on the board as 
President, on the Executive and Finance Committees and managing the Executive Director, some members may 
already be aware with what I've been working on and why. Should I be re-elected, my top priorities would be 
as follows: 1. Ensure a smooth transition to the new Executive Director In February I announced together with 
Neil McGovern that he would be moving on from his role of Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation this 
year. For the board this is a k
 ey time in terms of ensuring the Foundation is set up for success with another strong leader who can carry 
our vision and strategy forward, support the team, guide the community and represent the Foundation 
externally to build up new partnership and funding opportunities. As President I am working with Neil and 
Thibault as the Chair to launch the search process - we have been working on better articulation of our 
strategy so that it's clear to candidates what the board is hoping for them to achieve, consulting with 
recruitment agencies who will help the Foundation cast the net a little wider for potential applicants, and 
we've prepared a draft job description ready to launch the search in the next couple of weeks. It's my hope 
that if re-elected and I have the ongoing support of the board, I can continue my part in this process and 
help maintain consistency for the board and get the Foundation well set up with a new Executive Director in 
place for the coming years. 2. Complete the n
 ext phase of setup for Flathub The Linux desktop has had commercial investment coming and going in waves 
over the past 20 years, depending on what’s been happening in the tech sector. Throughout that time, one 
thing that has not been possible – and is possible on every other successful device platform – is for 
developers to build apps which add value to the to the platform, and get paid for their work. The consequence 
of this is a barrier that prevents individuals from diverse backgrounds from engaging in and remaining in our 
community, if they are not lucky enough to have a salaried role to work on the desktop, or not otherwise 
supported with time/money to spare to contribute more altruistically. Thanks to support from Endless 
Philanthropy, the GNOME Foundation has been sponsoring work to add transactions and donations to Flathub to 
bring direct financial incentives to participants in our community, work which I have been closely involved 
in specifying and managing as one of 
 the individuals that helped to set Flathub up 5 years ago. We hope to reduce friction for retaining 
contributors from different backgrounds, as well as boosting the availability of apps to attract and retain 
users on the Linux desktop more broadly. In parallel with the development, I have been working with Neil and 
a nascent Flathub governance team including representatives from KDE and the Flathub community to work out 
the accounting, legal and governance questions which arise when Flathub starts handling funds on behalf of 
application developers. I'd like to see this through, and make sure that Flathub is set up in a way that 
allows it to handle payments safely from a legal/liability/financial perpective, has clear and transparent 
governance that reassures participants and sponsors, and ideally raises funds so that we can invest in 
improving the security, end-user story and developer experience. 3. Promote good governance of the Foundation 
As a former company founder and current n
 onprofit CEO with several years of experience sitting on nonprofit boards, I'm comfortable and familiar with 
the legal and financial aspects of 501(c)(3) compliance, overseeing the Foundation's finances and inputting 
into the budget as part of the Finance Committee, helping to guide the board and highlighting when we need to 
seek professional advice. I've also helped to establish the Executive Committee to help move some of the week 
to week issues out of the regular board meetings, freeing time for more in-depth conversations and reducing 
the time commitment for other directors. I'm comfortable in saying I am not able to do this alone; the whole 
point of having multiple directors on the board is that mine should just be one voice in a far more detailed 
conversation, but I believe I have useful perspectives and experience to share with the board, and as you've 
seen I've been working to try and bring new perspectives into our discussions as well. I'd like to continue 
supporting and im
 proving governance of the Foundation through the board and committees, work with Neil and the subsequent 
Executive Director to set up our new initiatives, increase partnerships and fundraising for the Foundation, 
and ensure that the Foundation uses our funds effectively to advocate for and contribute to the GNOME 
project. 
+
+                </blockquote>
+            </li>
+        </p>
+    </ol>
+
+    <h2>Additional Elections-related Information</h2>
+
+    <p>
+      Note, that according to the
+      <a 
href="https://gitlab.gnome.org/Infrastructure/foundation-web/-/blob/master/foundation.gnome.org/about/bylaws.pdf";>Bylaws</a>
 Article VIII Section 2d
+      the Board cannot have more than two members affiliated with one same company. If more than 2 people 
from one
+      company are elected, only the top 2 candidates will join the Board.
+      You will be able to vote for up to 4 candidates of your choice, with no
+      restrictions in terms of affiliation. You cannot vote more than once for the same candidate.
+    </p>
+
+    <p>
+      If you have any futher question, please consult the
+      <a href="rules.html">Rules for this election</a> or write to
+      <a href="https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/MembershipCommittee/-/issues";>GitLab</a>.
+    </p>
+
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/foundation.gnome.org/vote/2022/electorate.txt b/foundation.gnome.org/vote/2022/electorate.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..539fca9
--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
+Adam Janos
+Adebola Ogunyemi
+Adrien Plazas
+Alberto Fanjul
+Alberto Ruiz
+Alejandro Domínguez
+Alejandro Valdés
+Aleksander Morgado
+Alex Angelou
+Alexander Larsson
+Alexander Mikhaylenko
+Alexandre Franke
+Alexandru Băluț
+Allan Day
+Andre Klapper
+Andrea Veri
+Andrew Geoffrey
+Antoine Jacoutot
+Antoni Boucher
+António Jorge
+Aron Xu
+Arun Raghavan
+Aryeom Han
+Ask Hjorth
+Ayooluwa Olosunde
+Bartłomiej Piotrowski
+Bastien Nocera
+Baurzhan Muftakhidinov
+Benjamin Otte
+Bilal Elmoussaoui
+Bin Li
+Britt Yazel
+Carlos Garcia
+Carlos Garnacho
+Carlos Soriano
+Caroline Henriksen
+Cassidy James
+Cesar Fabian
+ChangSeok Oh
+Christian Fredrik
+Christian Hergert
+Christopher Davis
+Claude Paroz
+Claudio Wunder
+Corentin Noël
+DaeHyun Sung
+Daiki Ueno
+Dan Nicholson
+Dan Yeaw
+Daniel Espinosa
+Daniel Garcia
+Daniel Landau
+Daniel Mustieles
+Daniel Patricio
+Daniel Șerbănescu
+David King
+Debarshi Ray
+Dhanuka Warusadura
+Efstathios Iosifidis
+Ekaterina Gerasimova
+Emin Tufan
+Emmanuele Bassi
+Evan Welsh
+Evangelos Paterakis
+Fabiano Fidêncio
+Fabio Duran
+Fabio Tomat
+Federico Mena
+Felipe Borges
+Felix Häcker
+Felix Riemann
+Florian Müllner
+Francesco Masala
+Francisco Diéguez
+Frederic Muller
+Frederic Peters
+Frédéric Crozat
+Georges Basile
+Germán Poo-Caamaño
+Gomez Guillaume
+Guido Günther
+Guillaume Bernard
+Günther Wagner
+Hans de
+Heather Ellsworth
+Iain Lane
+Ian Santopietro
+Ignacio Casal
+Isaac Ferreira
+Isaque Galdino
+Ivan Molodetskikh
+Iñigo Martínez
+Jakub Steiner
+James Westman
+Jan-Michael Brummer
+Javad Rahmatzadeh
+Javier Jardón
+Jean Felder
+Jean-François Fortin
+Jehan Pagès
+Jens Georg
+Jeremy Bicha
+Jim Hall
+Jiri Eischmann
+Joanmarie Diggs
+Jonas Dreßler
+Jonas Ådahl
+Jonathan Blandford
+Jonathan Kang
+Jordan Petridis
+Jordi Mallach
+Juan Pablo
+Julian Hofer
+Julian Sparber
+Julita Inca
+Jussi Pakkanen
+Karen Sandler
+Ken VanDine
+Khairul Aizat
+Kjartan Maraas
+Kristi Progri
+Kukuh Syafaat
+Kévin Commaille
+Link Dupont
+Luna Jernberg
+Mantoh Nasah
+Manuel Genovés
+Manuel Haro
+Manuel Quiñones
+Marcin Kolny
+Marco Trevisan
+Marcus Lundblad
+Margaret Ford
+Marinus Schraal
+Martin Abente
+Mathieu Bridon
+Matthias Clasen
+Max Huang
+Maximiliano Sandoval
+Melissa Wu
+Michael Catanzaro
+Michael Hill
+Michael Natterer
+Michael Terry
+Milo Casagrande
+Mirko Brombin
+Mohammed Sadiq
+Morten Welinder
+Nathan Follens
+Nathan Willis
+Neil McGovern
+Nick Richards
+Nick Wellnhofer
+Niels De
+Nirbheek Chauhan
+Nuritzi Sanchez
+Ole Aamot
+Oliver Propst
+Olivier Crête
+Olivier Fourdan
+Ondrej Holy
+Onuoha Maryann
+Pamela Chestek
+Pascal Nowack
+Pascal Terjan
+Pat David
+Patrick Griffis
+Paulo Galardi
+Peace Ojemeh
+Phaedrus Leeds
+Philip Chimento
+Philip Withnall
+Philippe Normand
+Pietro di
+Piotr Drąg
+Rafael Fontenelle
+Rafael Mardojai
+Rasmus Thomsen
+Ravgeet Dhillon
+Regina Nkemchor
+Richard Hughes
+Rico Tzschichholz
+Robert Ancell
+Robert Mader
+Robert McQueen
+Robert Roth
+Rosanna Yuen
+Sam Hewitt
+Sam Thursfield
+Sammy Fung
+Samson Goddy
+Scott Reeves
+Sebastian Dröge
+Sebastian Keller
+Seong-ho Cho
+Shaun McCance
+Shobha Tyagi
+Sonny Piers
+Sophie Herold
+Sri Ramkrishna
+Sébastien Wilmet
+Thibault Martin
+Thibault Saunier
+Thomas Bechtold
+Tim Lunn
+Tim-Philipp Müller
+Tobias Bernard
+Tobias Mueller
+Trần Ngọc
+Umang Jain
+Valentin David
+Victor Toso
+Vivia Nikolaidou
+Will Thompson
+Xabier Rodriguez
+Yosef Or
+Yudhi Satrio
+Yuki Okushi
+Yuri Konotopov
+Zander Brown
+Zeeshan Ali
+Zhao Qiang
diff --git a/foundation.gnome.org/vote/2022/index.wml b/foundation.gnome.org/vote/2022/index.wml
index 2cad4a2..25ac2f4 100644
--- a/foundation.gnome.org/vote/2022/index.wml
+++ b/foundation.gnome.org/vote/2022/index.wml
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@
         <li>
             <a href="../overview.html">Overview of the Board of Directors role</a>
         </li>
+        <li>
+            <a href="electorate.txt">List of registered voters</a>
+        </li> 
+        <li>
+            <a href="candidates.html">List of candidates for Board of Directors</a>
+        </li>
+        <li>
+            <a href="../../vote.php?election_id=34">Interface to vote</a>
+        </li>
     </ul>
   </body>
 </html>
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