<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Hi folks The nominations for Ubuntu Technical Board are, in no particular order: Ben Collins Kees Cook Steve Langasek Jason de Rose Marc Deslauriers Adam Conrad Stéphane Graber Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre Didier Roche Paul Sladen Sebastien Bacher Robie Basak We are very fortunate to have such an excellent group of nominees, and I am confident that the Ubuntu developer community will choose well. I'd like to thank both the most recent technical board, who have (literally :) gone well beyond the call of duty in their commitment to the stewardship of Ubuntu, as well as this group of nominees for their willingness to stand for this critical role. I will ask the Community Council to setup and run the CIVS election in standard Ubuntu fashion, and wish all of the candidates the best. I have done a rather bad job of the process this time around, taking far too long to firm up the list of candidates for no good reason, and so will ask the Community Council to run the TB nomination process next time, while retaining my short-listing rights. Mark </body> </html>