[TriLUG] Nominees for TriLUG Steering Committee -- Elections tomorrow

[Jason Tower]

Thank you Jeremy, I'm honored to be nominated!  Here's a little bio:

I started using linux a little over three years ago, and made the "100% 
windows free" switch two years ago and have never looked back.  My first 
distros were RedHat 6.1 (when fit on one CD instead of three!) and Mandrake 
7.1 which i bought from cheapbytes.com for $5.  Since then I've tried dozens 
of different distros and releases, built hundreds of systems, cursed a blue 
streak when I couldn't get things to work and wept with joy when they did (I 
actually cried the first time i successfully rebuilt a kernel with support 
for a new IDE controller card that I had just purchased).

Throughout that time the one thing that sticks out in my mind is what a 
crucial role community plays in the OSS world, with TriLUG being no 
exception.  Without TriLUG's help, by which I mean the help of its members, I 
would almost certainly not be a linux user today.  It is my privilege to pay 
that support forward by helping TriLUG continue to be a resource for Linux 
users in the Triangle and elsewhere.

Thanks, see you all at the Thursday meeting (or in the BZFlag field :-)

Jason Tower


On Wednesday 07 May 2003 11:30, Jeremy Portzer wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-05-07 at 11:26, TriLUG Steering Committee wrote:
> > So far, the following people have been nominated for the five steering
> > committee positions:
> >         Mike Johnson
> >         Chris Knowles
> >         Tanner Lovelace
> >         Jeremy Portzer
> >         Mike Broome
> >         David R. Matusiak
> >         Jason Tower
>
> I nominated Jason Tower for the Steering Committee.  Jason has been
> quite active in TriLUG.  Ever since I first met him at the Lulu Tech
> Circus last summer, he's volunteered at just about every TriLUG event,
> and he brings hardware to most of them too!  From Lulu to installfests,
> the RHCE study group, regular meetings and more, Jason doesn't just talk
> about getting things done, he actually shows up and does them.  I think
> Jason would make a great addition to the team.
>
> Jeremy Portzer