Nominating Fridrich Strba for the BoD election

Hi,

I'd like to add another great guy to the list of candidates for the
upcoming board of directors election. Fridrich joined the project in
2005, with his wonderful work around the WordPerfect import
filters. He subsequently worked fulltime for SUSE on areas as varied
as build systems, release engineering, Writer, SVG, and just recently
hacked up a whole array of reverse-engineered import filters.

Fridrich is the former chairman of the membership committee; and
beyond being an all-round likeable person, I appreciate him the most
for his true Free software spirit, and his great insight into
community matters.

Cheers,

-- Thorsten

Hello, good people,

Thanks a lot to my dear friend Thorsten for this nomination. After a
moment of distance from the project, I am thrilled to be back, alive
and kicking. I am humbled and naturally, I can only accept this
generous nomination

Fridrich is the former chairman of the membership committee; and
beyond being an all-round likeable person, I appreciate him the
most for his true Free software spirit, and his great insight into
community matters.

I am really amazed. Thorsten has the gift to find always words that
make me -- for a short moment -- even believe all the nice things he
says about me :slight_smile:

Name: Fridrich Strba
email address: fridrich.strba@bluewin.ch
no relevant affiliation (currently working for SUSE on unrelated stuff)

I am reputed to be a developer. I have spent a lot of time to mentor
GSoC students and to co-administer the GSoC within LibreOffice and
within its predecessors.

Why am I running?

As a (naturalized) Swiss and fluent in a certain number of languages,
I managed to create and keep great relationships in several NL
communities as well as quite a good understanding of the different
mentalities. Given my inside knowledge of the different communities, I
am confident that I could be the bridging element inside the Board.

In spite of my quite original character, and in major part by my
persistence, I managed to give a birth to a particular community of
writers of filters for reverse-engineered file-formats. This work
helped to market our product as a Swiss Army Knife(tm) or office suites.

Having gone with our project through periods of huge euphoria, but
also through the dark valleys of deep depression, I can offer this
experience for the good of the foundation and of its members.

If the electors deem me worthy serving on the Board, I will do my very
best not to disappoint them.

Cheers

F.
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