Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 23:19:40 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Mark Mayo <mark@vmunix.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: USENIX members among us - please remember to vote! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980219231701.14406H-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <626.887947057@time.cdrom.com>
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On Thu, 19 Feb 1998, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > I'm curious, is there one "director" or is it a board of > > directors being elected? How many of the candidates get > > in if there's more than one? > > Ya know, I've honestly no idea how any of that works. :-) If I remember right from last year, they send out ballots, don't they? I am just a student member, but I get to vote, and I'd love to see someone on the board who is 1) not so singlemindedly Microsofted that they can't keep their mind on Unix, and 2) aware of free software, and what it's done for us. Guess how I'll vote. > > They simply asked me to stand for election and I agreed. I've been > fairly critical of some of their expanded NT coverage (I think NT > coverage is just fine, but I'll go to Windows World or something if > that's what I want to see and not USENIX) and it would have been > churlish of me to criticise their decisions without being willing to > get involved in the decision-making process myself. > > > wonder about a guy who is *always* refered to as "maddog" (John also seems > > to be the EXACT image the younger generation has of UNIX! - quite > > funny IMO, with the big beard and all). :-) > > He doesn't just seem to be, he IS. In fact, I think he's one of the > original Unix hacker prototypes. :-) > > John's a good guy - we'd also be in good hands with him, but I've no > idea how many spaces on the ballot there are. I haven't received my > ballot yet - perhaps we're not allowed to vote for ourselves. ;) > > Jordan > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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