Mike Taylor for Board 2012

I am Mike Taylor and I'm applying to continue to be a member of the XMPP Board

=History=

I was a member of the 2010-2012 Board and was appointed to be the Chairman.

I've been programming and leading open source and community projects for many years. The focus on open source began when I transitioned from commercial projects to open source when I joined the Open Source Applications Foundation in 2005 to work on the Chandler Project. I am now working at [|&Yet] helping to make realtime web functional and crazy fast.

I have actively advocated for, and used, XMPP in every job I've had from about 1999 onwards and I continue to try and explain/support XMPP every chance I get.

I helped run the XMPP Google Summer of Code for 2010 - 2012 by being an Organizational Admin and keeping out of Kev's way.

=XMPP Related Work=


 * Want to resurrect XMPP Testing and help automate Server capability scanning.
 * Pushed to get XMPP as a core part of the Mozilla Browser
 * Contributions to SleekXMPP by being an early adopter of it and continuing to use it daily
 * Contributions to Tigase XMPP Server by supporting the team and using it while at Seesmic

=Contact Info=


 * XMPP xmpp:bear@code-bear.com or xmpp:bear42@gmail.com
 * EMAIL mailto:bear@code-bear.com or mailto:bear42@gmail.com