As many of you know Inkscape is a member organization of the Software Freedom Conservancy. (http://conservancy.softwarefreedom.org/) As Specified in Section 6 or our charter we maintain a committee of seven project members. Section 6 reads as follows:
"6. Representation of the Project in the Conservancy. The Developers, each a signatory hereto, shall represent the Project in its official communication with the Conservancy. There shall be seven Developers (together, the "Committee"), elected by the community members of the Project listed in the Project's AUTHORS file (the "Community Members"). Each Developer shall continue to serve until he or she resigns from the position. The Developers may be removed from the position at any time by a majority vote of the Community Members. Upon the resignation or removal of a Developer, the Community Members shall elect a replacement Developer to serve on the Committee. The Committee will elect a single individual to communicate with the Conservancy (the "Representative") and shall notify the Conservancy promptly following the election of a new Representative. The Representative will have the authority to instruct the Conservancy on the Project's behalf on all matters. This section may be modified by a vote of at least 3/4 of the Community Members, with the consent of the Conservancy, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld."
The committee consists of Josh Andler, Jon Cruz, Ted Gould, Bryce Harrington, Nathan Hurst, MenTaLguY and Aaron Spike. Bryce Harrington currently serves as the Representative. Nathan Hurst has recently resigned his position on the committee. Therefore we must elect a new committee member. I will be collecting nominations over the next few days (ending Friday March 28th unless there is great desire for an extension to the nomination period). Anyone listed in the AUTHORS file may make a nomination. Anyone listed in the AUTHORS file may be nominated. Nominees are free to refuse nomination.
I will open the nominations by relaying Nathan's nomination:
"I nominate Peter Moulder, as one of the most senior people, a clear thinker, an Aussie and as close to a lawyer as you can get in a programmer."
Aaron Spike