Hello,
Thank you to everyone that is running for the 2018 Squeak Oversight Board. We have 8 candidates!
Marcel Taeumel Bert Freudenberg Tim Rowledge Eliot Miranda Jecel Assumpcao Jr. David T. Lewis Craig Latta Nicolas Cellier
There is still time to add your name to the list! Between now and Monday 22nd of January 3PM (20.00 UTC) you too can run for the board. Consider running if you have been an active member of the community and would like to help! Consider asking members of the community that you admire to step up and run!
One week to go before voting starts! Please watch for your ballot next week and VOTE!
The time is now to get on the voter list! Another way to show your support for squeak is to VOTE! See http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/6590 for more information on how to get on the voter list. Show your board how much you appreciate their work by VOTING!
Also, consider going to squeak.org and press that Donate button!
All the best,
Ron Teitelbaum
On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 5:08 PM, Nicolas Cellier < nicolas.cellier.aka.nice@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Squeakers, I'm glad to announce that I will run again this year. The board power is limited by the amount of $ that it is handling. So don't expect big plan$ from myself, I drive a tiny part of my own manpower, the rest is already sold. I wish I can continue to support opensmalltalk-vm, but this is in fact quite independent from board participation. Nonetheless, I have some ideals that could fit board membership:
- keep our community open and welcoming, avoid rotting contributions in the inbox, instead provide help, advice
and encouragement (that could occupy part of board technical discussions) don't hesitate to elect new core contributors
- support evolution of our image, cleaning / packaging / tooling with a
great care for backward compatibility and smooth evolution (that's already a good part of board technical discussions)
- build a peaceful relationship with Pharo, like initiated by
opensmalltalk-vm initiative, if possible, keep Squeak<->Pharo bridges open for code exchange (which is a bit challenging with git switch)
- keep an interest in Cuis too, Juan still is active and inspired (and not
alone!)
I've not been the most active member last year, nor am I a natural leader, but I will be happy to serve again. Anyway I must run again, so that we have at least 8 candidates for 7 places! But there's no reason to stop here, you don't have to wait half a century or more like some of us did for stepping in :) The board is warm and friendly.
Nicolas Cellier
2018-01-12 16:45 GMT+01:00 Ron Teitelbaum ron@usmedrec.com:
Hi All,
Thank you to everyone that has served on the Squeak Oversight Board in the past and for all of you that are running to serve this year.
We currently have 7 candidates for 7 seats.
Marcel Taeumel Bert Freudenberg Tim Rowledge Eliot Miranda Jecel Assumpcao Jr. David T. Lewis Craig Latta
Please don't let this keep you from entering the race. Consider running yourself or I would encourage you to continue to find others and encourage them to run for the board!
We love having more than 7 candidates!
Now a little about voting. If you are not on the voter list now is the time to get on it. If you are part of this community, even if you just read the list and use Squeak, you too can vote. Send me a letter telling me why you want to vote, or get a Squeaker to contact me and I'll add you. Also if your email has changed or if you didn't get a ballot last year please let me know.
You can reach me at voters@squeak.org or send me a direct email.
All the best,
Ron Teitelbaum
On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 4:21 PM, Craig Latta craig@blackpagedigital.com wrote:
Hi all--
I'd like to serve on the Squeak Oversight Board again this year. I'm encouraged by livecoding experiments I've done combining Bert'sSqueakJS with several web frameworks (see thiscontext.com), and would like to push that further with other interested folks. I think such efforts are useful for navigating and crossing into the development worlds around us, discovering new application areas for us. I'm also excited by the 2018 interests of the other candidates, and would love to join them.
thanks, Craig