[Members] X.Org Foundation Election Candidates

[Leon Shiman]

on Sunday, 15 Oct 2006 22:35:20 +0100 Richard Moore wrote:
>
>One area that doesn't seem to be covered by the statements listed are
>any organisational or company affiliations the nominees may have. I
>think it is important to ensure that X.org continues to be seen as
>'neutral' in any vendor disputes that may come up, so I wonder if the
>candidates would be willing to disclose this information?
>
>Thanks
>
>Rich.
>

Rich and Members -

This is important public information, which should be available to all 
members on the member site. It should also be distributed to all voting 
members. In prior elections it was included in the distributed nominee 
information. 

Speaking for myself, I am employed by Shiman Associates Inc, a consulting 
and development group, and "Open Source" ISV in Brookline Massachusetts. We 
are sometime contractors to most of the largest vendors, government 
organizations, and large and small corporations. 

I am not aligned with any vendor or distribution or OS or Toolkit. Our 
products are also non-aligned, being platform, OS, and Toolkit independent. 

Leon