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I'm Kevin Smith, I've been serving on Council for seven years, and I'm reapplying for a eighth. I've chaired the Council for the last five sessions. | I'm Kevin Smith, I've been serving on Council for seven years, and I'm reapplying for a eighth. I've chaired the Council for the last five sessions. | ||
My approach to Council is unlikely to change significantly if I serve this year: | |||
* I tend to turn up to all the meetings. | * I tend to turn up to all the meetings. | ||
* I tend to read the XEPs before voting on them. | * I tend to read the XEPs fairly thoroughly before voting on them. | ||
* I tend to challenge and propose alternatives when I don't believe a XEP's ready. | * I tend to challenge and propose alternatives when I don't believe a XEP's ready. | ||
* I tend to let XEPs through when they solve a problem the community wants solved. | * I tend to let XEPs through when they solve a problem the community wants solved. | ||
* I tend to change my mind when | * I tend to change my mind when there are compelling arguments. | ||
==History in XMPP== | ==History in XMPP== | ||
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* Wrote the Stroke XMPP library for Java (a port of Swiften to pure Java). | * Wrote the Stroke XMPP library for Java (a port of Swiften to pure Java). | ||
* My name's on a number of XEPs. | * My name's on a number of XEPs. | ||
* I've served on Council for the 2006/2007/2008/2009/2010/2011/2012 period, chair for the 2008- | * I've served on Council for the 2006/2007/2008/2009/2010/2011/2012/2013 period, chair for the 2008-2013 sessions and would like to serve for 2013/2014 if I can be useful. | ||
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* I still have new things to say about XMPP. | * I still have new things to say about XMPP. | ||
* I'm one of the jabber.org admins, so I've seen quite a lot of server use, both from users and abusers, and from the server P.o.V. (I've run at least five different server softwares in production and more in testing environments). | * I'm one of the jabber.org admins, so I've seen quite a lot of server use, both from users and abusers, and from the server P.o.V. (I've run at least five different server softwares in production and more in testing environments). | ||
* I have (hopefully) interesting perspectives of different types of real-world deployments through my day job. | |||
==Films== | ==Films== | ||