I wonder if my introduction mail on the list went awry for some reason? At least I cannot find it n the archives?

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I have now reposted my introductory piece on the mailing list, just in case.

+1

wisdom makes you think twice
EDIT found it
http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/mae...er/005915.html

i would like to run for council but well... i don't really say much, or do things that count towards karma so that is just a "little" short ( i have 4 karma... )

an introduction - i have been a member here on tmo for about 3 years, but you will mostly find me on irc
if i do not have anything useful to add you can almost guarantee i will say nothing

if i am elected ( karma issue aside ) i will stay quietly in the background keeping things running smoothly

Okie... so we have 5 valid candidates for the upcoming election:
(in alphabetical order)

• chemist
• jcharpak
• joerg_rw
• juiceme
• nieldk

and one "invalid":

• chainsawbike (not enough karma)

So according to the election rules, the next council will consist of 3 members only.
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Since council can use all the support and help it gets offered, a solution is for the new council to appoint chainsawbike to an assistant position without the rights of a regular councilor.

For the valid candidates, this is a nice set of councilors in spe, I think, but i also want to share my concerns which raised recently regarding chemist. First off, I wanna thank him for stepping up again and all he did and still does as TMO-admin, TMO-mod, counsilor and as HiFo board member. But these positions come with responsibility and some workload, which at times, can sum up to quite a pile. And while chemist had his vital part in discussions/meetings when (read: if) he was present and I'm sure he will do his best, when you look into the fridays' #maemo-meeting logs of the last 6 months, you'll find he was not present ~90% of the time which already led to quite some discomfort for the other councilors. Especially from council chair, you'd expect regular presence and an open ear to the community. Also, posting the final list of candidates (like above) actually is council chairs' job.

Again, while all efforts to support this community are highly appreciated, I don't think it's a good idea to accumulate so many positions in one person, as it pretty quick can simply become too much to handle.

Now its contemplation time, the election starts 2013/12/08 00:01 (GMT). Go vote then!

As a reminder to chansawbike and juiceme, you should set a good example by making sure your TMO and Maemo.org accounts are linked. (My bad, they already are...)

Also, all candidates should update their sections as appropriate on the wiki page for this election. (Thanks to sixwheeledbeast for setting up said wiki template.)

I should be well known by now...

but if not, I am serving you as current Council's Chairman, Talkmaster, Member of the HiFo BoD and should maintain CSSU Stable (yeah I know I need to get that sorted pretty soon).
I like the maemo idea and ever since I had my first computerPhone I am here - started with Brainstorming, bug-tracking and forum moderation.

I like to sail, offshore and online.

Chem|st

Voted.

Just as a reminder/bumper for the folks to do so too!

I've voted!

And you?

Please hurry and vote!

I hope to see more voters than the last election.!

also voted