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I'm Kevin Smith, I've been serving on council for three years, and I'm reapplying to council to see if anyone wants me to stay for a fourth. I've chaired the council for the current session. | I'm Kevin Smith, I've been serving on council for three years, and I'm reapplying to council to see if anyone wants me to stay for a fourth. I've chaired the council for the current session. | ||
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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 see arguments from people smarter than me. | I tend to change my mind when I see arguments from people smarter than me. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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==XEP Involvements== | ==XEP Involvements== | ||
As a member of council I've been responsible for reviewing all the XEP changes and proposals for the last years (that means I've read quite a lot of protocol, and am getting to the stage that I know even some obscure XEPs by number. I'm no Peter, though). I've been involved, to varying degrees, with the development of several xeps, such as metacontacts, chat threads, PEP, and contribute to the standards list for discussion of xeps throughout their development. My input is informed by my involvement leading one of the large popular client projects and being on the front line of user requests. | As a member of council I've been responsible for reviewing all the XEP changes and proposals for the last years (that means I've read quite a lot of protocol, and am getting to the stage that I know even some obscure XEPs by number. I'm no Peter, though). I've been involved, to varying degrees, with the development of several xeps, such as metacontacts, chat threads, PEP, and contribute to the standards list for discussion of xeps throughout their development. My input is informed by my past involvement leading one of the large popular client projects and being on the front line of user requests, my server admin experience, and my general knowledge of the XMPP community and its needs. | ||
==Software Involvements== | ==Software Involvements== | ||
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* I can read and write XMPP 'stuff' (re: book). | * I can read and write XMPP 'stuff' (re: book). | ||
* 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 pov (I've run at least five different server softwares in production). | |||
==Intentions== | ==Intentions== | ||
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==Motivation== | ==Motivation== | ||
I'd like to join the council this year because I think I can still contribute (despite the XMPP overload from the book, I'm not bored yet). I hope to meet people again at the summits, too. | I'd like to join the council this year because I think I can still contribute (despite the XMPP overload from the book, I'm not bored yet). I hope to meet people again at the summits, too. I'm also soon to start work at Isode, which will give me more freedom than before to work on XMPP things, and I'd love to spend some of that giving more time to Council items. | ||
==Films== | ==Films== | ||