I know that we are all sad that we've come to the end of the Era of Peter, but it's time to hold some elections again. Votes are opening up tomorrow and will run for two days.

This is what I know about the candidates:

(this is not to be taken as endorsement for anyone!)

• Server Admin:
  • David Brown:
    

    He's a Computer Science major and a card carrying Sourcemage developer working on a sophisticated new Linux kernel compile+install frontend. He's the person who's been in charge of herding the rest of us into relatively organized Up All Night LAN parties and got Linux running on the Mac in the office. He can be an arrogant prick at times; for those of you who don't know, that's a requirement for a System Administrator.

  • Jesse Yen:
    

    I apologize, but I don't know Jesse personally. All that I really know about him is that he actually responded to the email last semester asking for Server Admin volunteers. That's pretty uncommon around here. Jesse, please respond here and/or the forums with a little about yourself. Everybody else, don't assume that this means that he's less qualified.

• Secretary:
  • Erin Mettler:
    

    Erin is a Computer Science major and unlike many of us, she's actually gone out and secured herself internships and is preparing for her future. Even though she's as busy or busier than anyone else here, she's always prepared for class and is on top of every homework assignment. I've been impressed by her performance in all the classes I've had with her. She also dated Peter last semester, so maybe she'll bring some of the old Peter-Fu back into our meetings.

  • Brian Johnson:
    

    Although Brian is a business student, he's quite geeky as well and knows Linux in and out. He's the xBrianx that showed up in IRC this semester. I believe he's actually returning to school for an MBA, but I could be mistaken about that. I haven't had him in any classes, but he's helping Eric and I on our business plan for the competition here, which means that if things go right, we may end up going into business with him after school.

Please feel free to post corrections to any of this. I don't want to mislead people :)

Haven: If you intended to run, you need to accept your nomination.

I accept the nomination for secretary
Erin Mettler

I would enjoy maintaining and working on the server. I feel that I am experienced enough for this responsibility.