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Forwarding per request from carpaski... |
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----- Forwarded message from Nicholas Jones <carpaski@g.o> ----- |
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From: Nicholas Jones <carpaski@g.o> |
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Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 12:03:05 -0400 |
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To: gentoo-core@l.g.o |
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User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i |
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-core] Foundation trustee nominations to date |
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>>> You may not have missed it, but I think I have :) |
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>> I got it on -core, but not on -nfp: |
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> Great, I've added carpaski to my table. Thanks beu. |
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The mailing lists have always enjoyed messing with me. The effect |
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of using multiple hosts when I post and subscribe. |
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Yes, I nominate myself for Trustee. I suppose since everyone else |
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is expanding their reasons to nominate I should as well. |
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I've been a dev since 2002, almost completely focused upon |
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Portage development and maintainership since the end of 2002. |
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I stumbled into Gentoo twice, the first time arguing the failings |
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versus Slackware to LostLogic, the second time beginning to enjoy |
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it as a few baselayout bugs were fixed that let me install. ;) |
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Gentoo development is what I enjoy, and was initially what I |
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set out to do for a career. That particular startup died with |
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9/11. International technology projects don't fare well in |
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post tragedy, slumping economies. |
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I truly enjoy working with Gentoo and seeing it thrive. The work |
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is quite fun, and thus, against the daily grind of software |
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development, it serves as a nice respite where I can code what |
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I enjoy in my own time, at my own pace, and hang out with developers |
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interested in enjoying themselves. |
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Gentoo for me starts with having fun. I joined Gentoo for the |
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challenge, but stayed with Gentoo for the people. Even with all |
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the complaints and the flamewars and everything else that leaves |
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that foul, bitter taste in one's mouth, I still come back. I'm |
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here because it's the community, the developers, that make me |
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want to stay. |
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I'd like to see Gentoo stay that way. That's why I want to be |
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a trustee... to perhaps steady anything that might sway that. |
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We haven't necessarily been in any position to do anything |
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like that, but I'd still like to be there when something comes |
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up. |
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As for what I've done... Sole responsibility, nothing that I |
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can recall. Most of my contribution as a trustee was either |
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knowledge of portage or some technical merits. Along with |
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those contributions I've done a lot of gophering, such as |
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a signature and a fax, OCR'ing some docs, some graphics |
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manipulations for some documents. Just good availability and |
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a quick response. |
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--NJ |
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----- End forwarded message ----- |
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Regards, |
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Aron |
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Aron Griffis |
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