Hi Folks -

I'd like to officially throw my hat in the ring for the coming election. 
And just like last year, I'll do that by trying to be clear where my 
personal focus will be for the next year:

* Finalizing the SFC membership and the 4.0 release. Yes, we're *almost* 
there and there's even a small chance we might get things done before 
the election. But it ain't over 'til the fat lady sings, and we're not 
done yet. Plus there will be several follow-up activities, including an 
update to the election and/or membership process to discuss with the 
community.

* More contributions. Even though I am happy with the contribution 
process so far, I am not satisfied with the number of contributors. Over 
the last year, I had hoped that some long-time contributors would start 
contributing again, but that largely hasn't happened. We need to expand 
the number of regular contributors if we want to be a feasible open 
source project in the long term.

* Old projects adopting a new Squeak. Croquet/Cobalt is currently in the 
process of being ported back on top of current Squeak trunk. I'd like to 
see the same process started to get Etoys back. With an audience the 
size of the XO deployment we have a very interesting user base to serve 
and the combination of efforts can help both sides to progress faster.

To sum it up, at this point you can pretty much expect "more of the 
same" from me. If you liked it last year, vote for me. If you didn't, 
well, then don't :-)

Cheers,
   - Andreas