In the interest of having a surfit of candidates I am putting myself
(John-Reed Maffeo) up for re-election to the board.

I am a hobby  programmer who got interested in Squeak ~20 years ago when I
was trying to decide which language I wanted to use to develop an
application for personal use which required interfacing with a  complex
data structure. I tried to get traction with a variety of languages
including c, fortran, pascal, and others. They all seemed to be difficult
to use and code manage and limited to a single OS for implementation. I
stumbled on Squeak and gave it a try and I started being productive in just
a few weeks. (I had seen a marketing presentation of Smalltalk and realized
how powerful it was when one of the suits asked it it could XYZ and the
answer was no not right now; after the next coffee break the presenter
started of with "By the way, Smalltalk can now do XYZ")

Being on the board has been very rewarding to me, and though my
contributions have been meger, I would like to continue because I bring a
different perspective to the board as a user rather than a developer.

I encourage anyone who is interested in Squeak to consider becoming a board
member. It is a good way to learn more about Squeak as a project, and help
keep development moving forward.

John-Reed Maffeo [ | ]


On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 1:10 AM Rein, Patrick <Patrick.Rein at hpi.de> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> It's that time again (although with a new person telling you this).
> Time to raise your voices and elect your leaders! Can you believe
> it's been over a year already?
>
> It's a time for you to stand up, help your community and volunteer to
> serve!
>
> Squeak wants you!
>
> Every year we elect the SOB (Squeak Oversight Board) consisting of
> seven members from our community. The current board members are:
> 1. Vanessa Freudenberg
> 2. Tim Rowledge
> 3. Marcel Taeumel
> 4. Craig Latta
> 5. David T. Lewis
> 6. Chris Muller
> 7. John-Reed Maffeo
>
> For more info on the board please see:
> https://squeakboard.wordpress.com/our-mission/
>
> Everything about the election, including schedule and more, can be tracked
> here:
>                http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/6656
>
> Now until Friday 16th of April 2021, 18.00 UTC: Nominations of SOB members
> and campaigning!
>
> Candidates should nominate themselves and start their campaign on the
> squeak-dev mailing list. Or if you nominate someone else, make sure
> that person really wants to run. :) I will not put anyone on the
> candidate list until that person makes it known on squeak-dev that
> he/she intends to run.
>
> During this period, the candidates should ideally present themselves
> on squeak-dev, unless they have already done so, and the community can
> ask questions.
>
> I encourage you to reach out to potential candidates, people that are
> active in the community and represent your views, and ask them to run.
> Some people will not run without encouragement.  Also, I know that
> some people wait to the last minute to run for the board to see if
> others will run but please consider getting this year off to a faster
> start and just jump right in!
>
> The schedule and process are as follows:
>
> Now until Friday 16th of April 2021, 18.00 UTC: Nominations of SOB members
> and campaigning!
> Friday 16th of April 2021, 18.00 UTC: Candidate list is finalized.
> Friday 16th of April 2021, 19.00 UTC: Online election starts.
> Friday 30th of April 2021, 19.00 UTC: Online election ends.
> Results will be announced immediately after the election ends.
>
> The voting period is two week long and ballots are sent out via email.
>
> And how do you end up on the voter list? See below. :)
>
> IMPORTANT: New voters will NOT be added once the election is started.
> You MUST try to get on the voter list before the 16th of April 2021
> or you will NOT be able to vote. If your Email has changed please try
> to make sure it is changed on the list of voters before the election
> starts.
>
> --------------------------
>
> If you were invited to vote last year you are already on the voter
> list, no worries! If you are a new Squeaker and wish to vote you
> should do ONE of the following:
>
>       * Get a "known" Squeaker to vouch for you. If a known Squeaker
> sends an email to voters (at) squeak.org giving me a name and email
> for you, then I will add you.
>
>       * Send an email to voters (at) squeak.org yourself (and CC to
> squeak-dev if you like) with information/arguments showing me that you
> are indeed serious about voting and that you are indeed a Squeaker.
>
> When the voting period starts all voters will receive an email with
> instructions and a link to the voting website.
>
> If there are any further questions, just reply *in this thread* and I
> will closely track it - or send email to voters (at) squeak.org which
> is updated and points to me.
>
> ...so let's get on with it!
>
> All the best,
> Patrick Rein
>
>

-- 
John-Reed Maffeo
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