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      I hope no one would vote against the world's second-richest person
      joining the OSMF board.<br>
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      Regards,<br>
      Steve</font><br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 20/10/2023 18:26, Brian M.
      Sperlongano wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">What a ringing endorsement for being a part of the
        board.  I can't imagine why candidates are not signing up in
        droves.  Perhaps if you had spoken warmly about your experience
        on the board and how it was meaningful to you, and the impact
        that you felt that you had, it might encourage someone on the
        fence to put their name in.  Really what this sounds like is "If
        someone signs up to be a candidate that I don't like, I would
        like a brief pause in the nomination process so I can find a
        candidate that I do like in order to oppose them."
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        <div>Personally I am thankful for anyone that raises their hand
          to invest time and energy in such a role, even if they choose
          to declare at the last minute, and you should be too.</div>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at
          11:17 AM Frederik Ramm <<a
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style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
          <br>
          there's 4 more days to go for self-nominations.<br>
          <br>
          May I encourage everyone who is thinking seriously about
          standing to add <br>
          their names now, rather than doing it literally 1 minute
          before the <br>
          deadline? This has happened in the past and I always found it
          a rather <br>
          immature choice, bit like if Elon Musk were to run for OSMF
          board ;)<br>
          <br>
          In fact, should it happen again this year I'd argue for a
          change of <br>
          process that would automatically extend the nomination
          deadline by <br>
          another 24 hours after the last self-nomination.<br>
          <br>
          Bye<br>
          Frederik<br>
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