So I’ve been nominated for the Ubuntu Technical Board. Modesty and a touch of impostor syndrome prevent me from strongly endorsing myself. Though if voted in, I would certainly work hard at it. Here’s a bit about where I sit in Ubuntuland for those who are voting, but don’t know me well:
I’ve been involved in Ubuntu for about 5 and half years. I’ve worked in Canonical’s OEM team, as well as the Foundation and Desktop teams and now the Unity team. I’m a core dev and a member of the MIR team (main inclusion reviews, not the Mir display server). I maintain the default Ubuntu backup program (Déjà Dup / duplicity) and the default Ubuntu login screen. Sort of a jack of all trades, master of none kinda guy.
But really, let me talk real quick about the other candidates and why they would be awesome choices.
Martin Pitt is ridiculously talented and a super nice guy; he knows a little bit of everything; he even has his own fan club, for goodness sake. Loïc Minier is equally helpful and experienced, and is nowadays doing great things on the Touch side of things. Adam Conrad has a great eye for detail; I work with him often doing MIR work. Steve Langasek does great work on the Foundations team and always knows where the Ubuntu bodies are buried. Marc Deslauriers is super smart, appropriately cautious, and has a pleasingly big picture view. Kees Cook, Clint Byrum, Stéphane Graber, and Benjamin Drung have all been very helpful and nice when I’ve interacted with them, but I don’t happen to know them personally enough to be able to write a little blurb.
Point is, all of those nominees rock and would be great tech board members.