Application received from Mike Newman (mike gtnorthern demon co uk)

[GNOME Foundation Membership Committee Script <gnome-membership gnome org>]

Contact Information:
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Name: Mike Newman
E-mail: mike gtnorthern demon co uk
irc.gnome.org nickname (if any): MikeGTN
cvs.gnome.org username (if any): MikeGTN

Previous GNOME Foundation member: no

GNOME contributions:
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Summary:
Membership Committee, user help via IRC, small apps and patches, advocacy.

Detailed description:
* Membership Committee Sep 01 - Oct 02.
* Committee Chair during some of that time.
* Co-administered 2001 Foundation Election.
* Long-time provider of new user help on #gnome-help
* Help via Ximian Monkeytalk when new users started appearing there instead of #gnome-help :)
* Several small GNOME apps and applets (including gtkdial, gpuce and gmailq-applet). None being part of the 
core desktop, fortunately :)
* A number of small patches, contributions to documentation and i18n over the past 2-3 years.
* Vociferous advocate of GNOME and Open Source technologies in the UK Government Sector.
* Firm commitment to retaining a democratic and representative GNOME Foundation.

Contacts:
Glynn Foster <glynn foster sun com>
Telsa Gwynne <hobbit aloss ukuu org uk>


Other comments:
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I would request that my application be considered when the board has agreed new membership guidelines, rather 
than under the guidelines currently in existence.

[Application received at Tue Oct 22 2:55:09 2002 (Eastern time)]