xorg/ BoardOfDirectors/ Elections/ 2024

The X.Org Foundation is holding elections for

  • The Board of Directors

Election Results

The old full board is: Emma Anholt, Mark Filion, Ricardo Garcia, Arkadiusz Hiler, Christopher Michael, Lyude Paul, Alyssa Rosenzweig and Daniel Vetter.

The new full board is:

Full election results, sorted by points:

Election Schedule

  • Nomination period Start: Mon February 12th
  • Nomination period End: Mon March 11th
  • Publication of Candidates & start of Candidate QA: Mon March 18th
  • Deadline of X.Org membership application or renewal: Mon April 1st
  • Election Planned Start: Mon April 1st
  • Election Planned End: Mon April 8th

PLEASE NOTE: The memberships of all X.Org Members have been expired, to participate in this election you MUST renew your membership by the deadline mentioned above! Please go to the Members page for your membership application or renewal.

Board Election

The terms of the following Board Members will end this year:

  • Emma Anholt
  • Mark Filion
  • Ricardo Garcia
  • Alyssa Rosenzweig

There are 4 seats on the X.Org Board of Directors up for reelection.

The Elections overview page describes the voting methods and process.

The election process starts with a 2 week nomination period. If you would like to nominate yourself please send email to the election committee elections@x.org, giving your

  • name
  • current professional affiliation
  • a statement of contribution to X.Org or related technologies
  • a personal statement.

To vote or to be elected to the Board you needed to be a Member of the X.Org Foundation. To be a Member of the X.Org Foundation you need to apply or renew your membership until the end of the nomination period.

Nominees

Erik Faye-Lund

Current Affiliation: Collabora

Personal Statement:

Hey, I'm Erik and I work at Collabora as a principal engineer. My work there mostly evolves around Mesa, Panfrost, and open-source graphics in general.

I've been in the graphics industry for over two decades now, and I have some experience with organizational work as well. I've been arranging demoscene parties since the late 90s, and are on the board of a Norwegian demoscene interest organization as well.

If elected, I plan on trying to help out wherever I can. I have no big ambitions for radical change, but I'm also not opposed to modernizing things a bit where it makes sense.

Statement of Contribution:

I've been actively contributing to Mesa and the related projects since early 2013, touching almost every part of the stack on the way, from drivers to documentation.

I've also regularly attended XDC since 2018, and I usually come with some sort of presentation. It's one of my favorite conferences, and I would love to contribute to ensuring its future.

Mark Filion

Current Affiliation: Collabora

Personal Statement:

I have proudly served on the X.Org board since 2020, elected as as the first non-technical member (I am not a developer but a marketing guy). I organized the 2019 edition of XDC in Montreal and am currently focused on putting together the 2024 edition. I have assisted with a number of tasks on the board including elections & the recurring sponsor drive.

It has been thrilling to see open source graphic drivers flourish in recent years and if re-elected, I hope to continue putting my marketing knowledge to use to make more noise for X.Org and support it in its ongoing growth, and especially in its key transition to a new fiscal sponsor.

Statement of Contribution:

Senior Marketing Manager @ Collabora & Organizer of XDC 2019 in Montreal.

Neal Gompa

Current Affiliation: Velocity Limitless

Personal Statement:

I'm a big believer in trying to contribute to the success of what I use as a way to pay things forward. Admittedly, I'm no amazingly super-wise desktop developer (though I do get around and contribute code to a variety of projects...), but I've been a Linux desktop user for most of my life now, and I appreciate all the amazing work everyone does. If my being part of the X.Org Board of Directors can help with the growth and success of the FOSS desktop community, then I'm happy to step up and help out.

Statement of Contribution:

In the context of the Xorg/FreeDesktop space, I participate in the Wayland protocol discussions and help with reviews in various components in the graphics stack. I also attempt to contribute to a variety of projects in order to support the growth and adoption of the next generation of FOSS desktops.

David Heidelberg

Current Affiliation: Collabora

Personal Statement:

I consider the X.Org foundation valuable for keeping an open and fair environment for developing multiple desktop and mobile-related technologies. I would like to contribute to the project, so the project can deliver these values for many more upcoming years.

Statement of Contribution:

I've been contributing to the X.Org stack since 2009, worked on Gallium Nine project in 2014 - 2017, contributed to multiple projects and most recently currently working on Mesa3D CI infrastructure and related tasks.

Simon Ser

Current Affiliation: SourceHut

Personal Statement:

I've been involved in FreeDesktop.Org for a few years now, starting with Wayland then DRM + Mesa. Lately I've been helping out with more stuff not directly related to development such as volunteering as a Google Summer of Code mentor, maintaining the server infrastructure and joining the Code of Conduct team. I would like to continue down that road, in particular to assist Sima in securing sponsors.

Statement of Contribution:

I maintain a lot of Wayland-related software, such as Wayland itself, wlroots and Sway. I contribute regularly to Mesa and the kernel's DRM subsystem. I help with sysadmin and Code of Conduct stuff as well.