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| 1 | **[[image:http://lesliehawthorn.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/hawthorn.jpg||height="300" width="200"]]** | ||
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| 4 | **About me** | ||
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| 6 | [[Twitter>>url:https://twitter.com/lhawthorn]] | [[GitHub>>url:https://github.com/lhawthorn]] | [[LinkedIn>>url:https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=562492]] | ||
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| 8 | I've been involved in the open source community in a wide variety of ways, from serving on the board of the [[Privly Foundation>>url:http://privly.org]] and [[Sahana Software Foundation>>:url:http://sahanafoundation.org]] to acting in an advisory capacity to many projects and developers. Many folks will remember me from my time in Google's Open Source Programs Office, where I created Google Code-In, the world's first global program to involve pre-university students in all aspects of open source software development, and managed Summer of Code from 2006-2010. You can read more about my experience on my [[bio page>>url:http://hawthornlandings.org/about-2/]]. My passions continue to run toward community empowerment: helping new contributors join us, making our communities most welcoming and helping everyone to collaborate most effectively. | ||
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| 10 | **Why I'm running for election** | ||
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| 12 | I'm standing for election to the OSI Board because I would like to contribute towards the OSI's efforts in the educational space. The [[first ever minor in open source software for US universities>>url:http://community.redhat.com/blog/2014/03/how-the-first-minor-in-foss-grew-from-an-idea-into-foss-magic/]] was recently announced, and I was honored to support these efforts in a small way behind the scenes. I see now as a critical juncture in the effort to get open source into academia - at least the US academy - and would like to apply my experience and passion to making open source tools, development methodologies and source code itself the default in higher education offerings. | ||
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| 14 | **Contact information** | ||
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| 16 | Feel free to ask questions via email or contact me on Twitter (@lhawthorn). |