Board of Directors Candidacy - Ken VanDine

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Dear Foundation members,

I=E2=80=99m announcing my candidacy for the GNOME Foundation board of direc=
tors.
My corporate affiliation is Canonical.

I=E2=80=99ve been a long-time GNOME contributor and Foundation member, but =
never
served on the board.  I got started as an end-user of GNOME more than 20
years ago and got involved as a contributor with GNOME Journal in 2004.
Around the same time, I joined the GNOME marketing team as well as the
GNOME Love project.  I traveled to conferences and numerous LUGs around the
US giving talks on GNOME, specifically GNOME Love, and how new contributors
could get involved.  During this time I was also the maintainer of the
GNOME live isos as well as the GNOME Developers Kit.

For the past 12 years, I=E2=80=99ve been on the Ubuntu Desktop team at Cano=
nical,
and am now managing the desktop team.  I think my position at Canonical
gives me a valuable perspective on what OEM partners and enterprise
customers are looking for in a commercial offering.

Also, for the past 7 years, I=E2=80=99ve been a volunteer at Kramden Instit=
ute,
serving on the Volunteer Leadership Team where we refurbish computers for
underprivileged children as well as provide computer literacy programs for
those families.  At Kramden, we provide GNOME as the desktop environment on
the computers we award to children in need.  I think my service at Kramden
gives me an interesting perspective on the use of GNOME in educational
environments.

I would be honored to serve the GNOME Foundation, leveraging my experiences
to help GNOME continue to grow and thrive.

Thanks,

Ken VanDine

--=20
Ubuntu - "I am what I am because of who we all are"

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>Dear Foundation members,</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height=
:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-=
family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;=
font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:b=
aseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I=E2=80=99m announcing my candidacy for the G=
NOME Foundation board of directors.=C2=A0 My corporate affiliation is Canon=
ical.</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt=
;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:r=
gb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;fo=
nt-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:=
pre-wrap">I=E2=80=99ve been a long-time GNOME contributor and Foundation me=
mber, but never served on the board.=C2=A0 I got started as an end-user of =
GNOME more than 20 years ago and got involved as a contributor with GNOME J=
ournal in 2004.=C2=A0 Around the same time, I joined the GNOME marketing te=
am as well as the GNOME Love project.=C2=A0 I traveled to conferences and n=
umerous LUGs around the US giving talks on GNOME, specifically GNOME Love, =
and how new contributors could get involved.=C2=A0 During this time I was a=
lso the maintainer of the GNOME live isos as well as the GNOME Developers K=
it.</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;m=
argin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb=
(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font=
-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pr=
e-wrap">For the past 12 years, I=E2=80=99ve been on the Ubuntu Desktop team=
 at Canonical, and am now managing the desktop team.=C2=A0 I think my posit=
ion at Canonical gives me a valuable perspective on what OEM partners and e=
nterprise customers are looking for in a commercial offering.</span></p><br=
><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"=
><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);backgroun=
d-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;t=
ext-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Also, for=
 the past 7 years, I=E2=80=99ve been a volunteer at Kramden Institute, serv=
ing on the Volunteer Leadership Team where we refurbish computers for under=
privileged children as well as provide computer literacy programs for those=
 families.=C2=A0 At Kramden, we provide GNOME as the desktop environment on=
 the computers we award to children in need.=C2=A0 I think my service at Kr=
amden gives me an interesting perspective on the use of GNOME in educationa=
l environments.</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;marg=
in-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Ari=
al;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style=
:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;wh=
ite-space:pre-wrap">I would be honored to serve the GNOME Foundation, lever=
aging my experiences to help GNOME continue to grow and thrive.</span></p><=
br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0p=
t"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);backgro=
und-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal=
;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thanks,=
</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-b=
ottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)=
;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-varian=
t:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"=
>Ken VanDine</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:=
0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;colo=
r:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal=
;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-spa=
ce:pre-wrap"><font color=3D"#888888">-- <br></font></span></p><div dir=3D"l=
tr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><font color=3D"#888888"><span style=3D"font-size:small=
">Ubuntu - &quot;I am what I am because of who we all are&quot;</span></fon=
t></div></div><p></p></div>

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