From your editor

I want to start by thanking all of you who took the time to write me an email last time to tell me what people say in your country when they are very seriously promising something? I got a ton of response in numerous emails, from the American "cross my heart and hope to die" to emphasise promise and "scouts honour", to the Finish "aikuisten oikeesti" which, if I understand correctly, translates roughly to "behave like an adult". Or the German "Versprochen ist versprochen und wird auch nicht gebrochen." which I would translate to "a promise is a promise and will not be broken". So, thanks all for writing me about this. I found it fascinating!

Last time I told you there was something brewing. All I could think of to write at that time was "Teaser, teaser!". But today it's time to reveal what it's all about. Don't get me wrong, the news letter is packed with information about our project, but today, marks the start of a very exciting period.

And, since in one part of the world it's the period of summer holidays, if you get bored I've just the thing for you to do! :-)

Actually there are two very important projects going to start and you can be part of both of them!

The first project is all about the fact that the UBports Foundation is a democratic organization. And, after the last 2 years of getting it all started and on its feet, its time for active members of the community to elect a new Board of Directors, or BoD for short.

The current BoD consists of the following people:

• Marius Gripsgard, the guy who started the UBports project

• Jan Sprinz, of the UBports-installer fame.

• Ricardo Mendoza, all-round phone and marketing expert

• Ewald Pierre, the financial wizz in the BoD

• Florian Leeber, the person trying to manage a can of worms, err... a group of developers. :-)
  

These are the guys who have been trying to organize just about everything for the last 2 years. And now it's time for a new set of leaders. And, that could be you! If you've been an active member of the community for the past 3 month (submitting pr's, or answering support questions, or doing marketing, or, well done anything) and old enough you qualify to become member of the Board of Trustees, or BoT for short.

Members of the BoT can nominate themselves for the election to the BoD and voting is done by the members of the BoT. Pretty simple, right? And we need new people in the BoD so please sign up and become a member of the BoD. Now elections are an integral part of any foundation and ours is no different. The process is a formal one and an article how to proceed will be published soon.

Although it's a voluntary job, it's not without obligation. The time you will need to spend on this is relatively low. Of course it depends on how active you want to be, but at a very minimum it will take up 1 or 2 hours per week. Some weeks more, some weeks less. Help steer the course of the UBports Foundation. We need you!

I hope all is well on your end.

Warm greetings and stay safe!

Jeroen Baten