I strongly object to the assertion that employment history should be considered in the way you propose. Having worked with Lauren closely in the past year, I am surprised at the implication behind your statement.

I worked for IBM for 15 years and found this an excellent experience, I’ve moved on to other activities, have good relationships with former colleagues and fond memories but I was elected to represent the individuals of the foundation.

I am sure that all other individual directors feel the same.

Tim

From: Lloyd Dewolf [mailto:lloydostack@gmail.com]
Sent: 08 February 2013 20:37
To: Mark McLoughlin
Cc: Vincent Untz; foundation@lists.openstack.org
Subject: Re: [OpenStack Foundation] Individual Member Election Statistics (January 2013)

I'm surprised Lauren Sell's results were not also run against Rackspace -- I'm hopeful that would show the diversity of her base.

I'm thankful that Mark Collier agreed to drop out of the race right before voting began as two Foundation executives on the board in "Individual" spots would have been a huge distraction to the success of the Foundation in 2013.

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