<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>I'd like to put myself forward for the Kubuntu council again. Over the last two years I've worked hard to keep Kubuntu thriving despite the stepping back of our primary sponsor. We continue to have significant technical and political challenges but I'm now more confident of our future than I have been for the last couple of years. </div>I'm mindful that we have fewer new contributors than we have in the past and I'd like to spend some effort over the next year to try to fix that. </div>Although I've been involved with Kubuntu since the start and a member of the council since we started it nothing would make me prouder than to be out-voted and have more fresh talent as part of it. </div>Jonathan </div><div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote">On 13 May 2014 11:22, Rohan Garg <<a href="mailto:rohangarg@kubuntu.org" target="_blank">rohangarg@kubuntu.org</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The Kubuntu Council terms for Jonathan Riddell, Jussi Schultink, and Scott Kitterman expire on 2014-06-17. This is a call for nominations for the Kubuntu Council to elect three members. The term will be for two years, 2014-06-17 to 2016-06-17. As in the past, the election will be conducted using CIVS (Condorcet Internet Voting Service - <a href="http://www.cs.cornell.edu/andru/civs.html" target="_blank">http://www.cs.cornell.edu/andru/civs.html</a> ). The top three ranking vote recipients will be elected. Schedule: Nomination period: Now to 2014-06-1 Ballot Preparation: 2013-06-01 to 2013-06-02 Voting Period: 2014-06-02 to 2014-06-15 End Poll/Results Announced: 2014-06-16 New Term Begins: 2014-06-17 Eligibility: All Kubuntu Members ( <a href="https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-members/+members" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-members/+members</a> ) 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. Rohan Garg For the Kubuntu Council -- kubuntu-devel mailing list <a href="mailto:kubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com">kubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel</a> </blockquote></div> </div>