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Hi Alexey,<br>
<br>
Thank you for the words and the nomination. I accept.<br>
<br>
My candidate statement will be posted in due course at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://openjdk.org/poll/gb/2023/">https://openjdk.org/poll/gb/2023/</a><br>
<br>
-phil.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/9/23 1:04 AM, Alexey Ushakov
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:6C05E3FC-D415-4683-8656-9F63B6E7346B@jetbrains.com">
<p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin:
0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;
font-family: Courier;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Hello,</span></p>
<p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin:
0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;
font-family: Courier;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br>
</span></p>
<p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin:
0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;
font-family: Courier;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">I
nominate Philip Race for At-Large Member of the OpenJDK
Governing Board.</span></p>
<p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin:
0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;
font-family: Courier; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br>
</p>
<p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin:
0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;
font-family: Courier;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Philip
is currently leading the Client Libraries Group.</span></p>
<p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin:
0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;
font-family: Courier;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">He has
been involved in OpenJDK development and the community since
the beginning of the project</span></p>
<p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin:
0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;
font-family: Courier;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">and is
a member of numerous groups and projects and is an active
reviewer and contributor (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://openjdk.org/census#prr" moz-do-not-send="true">https://openjdk.org/census#prr</a>).</span></p>
<p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin:
0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;
font-family: Courier;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Philip
has delivered a lot of outstanding contributions to the
OpenJDK client stack.</span></p>
<p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin:
0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;
font-family: Courier;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">He is
deeply involved in the Wakefield, Lanai and OpenJFX projects
and has spoken at many JavaOne conferences.<br>
</span></p>
<p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin:
0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;
font-family: Courier;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Philip
is also well-known and respected for his thorough evaluation
of the proposed solutions and ideas.</span></p>
<p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin:
0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;
font-family: Courier;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">I think
that he would be an ideal match for an OpenJDK Governing Board
seat.</span></p>
<p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin:
0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;
font-family: Courier;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br>
</span></p>
<p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin:
0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;
font-family: Courier;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Best
Regards,</span></p>
<p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin:
0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;
font-family: Courier;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Alexey</span></p>
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