Kubuntu Council Nominations

[Aaron Honeycutt]

Way to go everyone, I think this proves that Kubuntu is alive and well.

On Wed, Aug 24, 2016, 7:36 PM Clive Johnston <clivejo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Well I said I would step forward if nominated, but at that time there was
> only two names for three seats.  I guess I can't back out now after saying
> I would!
>
> My name is Clive Johnston and although I have only become active in the
> Kubuntu community in this past year and a half, I have been beta testing
> Kubuntu for a very long time.  I frequented the IRC channels but using
> random nicks. I was more as a lurker to hear what was going on in Kubuntu
> land.
>
> Just before Jon's departure he encouraged me to start to learn how to
> package and with Philip's help I've continued that road.  I've still a long
> way to go but I will try and help out if I have the skills to do so.
>
> I do recognise that Philip, Myriam and Valorie have lots more experience
> than I do, but I will honour my word and add my name into the vote. I would
> also like to thank Valorie for nominating me.
>
> With kind regards,
> Clive Johnston
>
> On 20 Aug 2016 21:36, "Valorie Zimmerman" <valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 4:43 PM, Aaron Honeycutt
>> <honeycuttaaron3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Dear community,
>> >
>> > The following members of the Kubuntu Council:
>> >
>> > - Philip Muskovac
>> > - Valorie Zimmermann
>> > - Myriam Schweingruber
>> >
>> > Memberships are expiring soon and as such we will start a nomination
>> period
>> > for new council members. The new council members will start a regular 2
>> year
>> > term.
>> >
>> > As in the past, the election will be conducted using CIVS (Condorcet
>> > Internet Voting Service - http://www.cs.cornell.edu/andru/civs.html
>> ).  The
>> > top three ranking vote recipients will be elected.
>> >
>> > Eligibility:
>> > All Kubuntu Members ( https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-members/+members
>> ) are
>> > eligible to be nominated and to vote.  If you have a public email
>> address in
>> > Launchpad, you need take no further action to receive your voting
>> ballot.
>> > If you do not have a public email address, please contact me offlist
>> with
>> > the address you'd like your ballot sent to, otherwise you will be
>> unable to
>> > vote.
>> >
>> > Nominations:
>> > All Kubuntu members are eligible.  The Kubuntu Council is intended to
>> > represent all of the Kubuntu community.  Applications from involved non-
>> > developers are encouraged.  If you are nominating someone else, please
>> > confirm their willingness to serve before nominating them.  Nominations
>> > should be done in public via either kubuntu-users or kubuntu-devel
>> mailing
>> > lists.  If there is some extraordinary reason that precludes that,
>> contact
>> > me directly.
>> >
>> > Commitment:
>> > The Kubuntu Council is the leadership body of Kubuntu.  Members of the
>> > council are expected to be active in Kubuntu.  The Kubuntu Council has
>> three
>> > primary roles:
>> >  - Approve development plans for future Kubuntu releases
>> >  - Approve Kubuntu membership applications
>> >  - Resolve disputes within the Kubuntu project
>> > The time commitment is not large.  Meetings are generally only once
>> every
>> > several months and conducted via IRC.
>> >
>> > Questions:
>> > If there are questions, you can contact me (preferably) via this mailing
>> > list or (if really necessary) via direct mail.  I can also be found on
>> > Freenode IRC in #kubuntu or #kubuntu-devel, nickname: ahoneybun
>> >
>> > Aaron Honeycutt
>> >
>> > Kubuntu Council
>>
>> Good news! This morning Clive Johnston messaged me that if I nominated
>> him, he would accept! So: I hereby nominated Clive Johnston to the
>> Kubuntu Council.
>>
>> In addition, this afternoon Myriam said that if I nominated her, she
>> would run again. So: I hereby nominate Myriam Schweingruber to the
>> Kubuntu Council.
>>
>> So it looks like we have an election going, with four nominees for three
>> spaces.
>>
>> Please introduce yourselves to the Kubuntu Members, Clive (clivejo)
>> and Myriam (Mamarock).
>>
>> I didn't introduce myself before; I've been on the KC for awhile, and
>> do mostly user help, user docs, promotion, other writing, and general
>> management stuff for Kubuntu. In KDE, I'm on the Community Working
>> Group and Student Programs (GSoc, GCi, SoK).
>>
>> Valorie
>>
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Aaron Honeycutt
- Ubuntu Fl Loco South Lead
- Kubuntu Council Member
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