[dot] KDE 4.0 Release Event contest winners announced

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URL: http://dot.kde.org/1194935105/

From: Wade Olson <olson at kde.org>
Dept: two-are-better-than-one
Date: Monday 12/Nov/2007, @22:25

KDE 4.0 Release Event contest winners announced
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     On October 4, 2007 we announced a contest[1] regarding the KDE 4.0
Release Event  at Mountain View, California on January 17-19, 2008. 
Participants were asked to answer the question: "Why should you be at
the KDE 4.0 Release Event?" with the winner being flown out to the
Release Event itself.


     We received many great submissions from community members with very
different backgrounds from around the globe.  Everyone captured the
spirit of the contest with enthusiastic responses; some humorous and
some serious, some brief and some reaching the submission limit on
length.  In the end, with generous approval from our Vice President and
Treasurer Cornelius Schumacher, we have decided to fly out two
contestants:

     Aron Stansvik: Aron is a small business owner that runs a book café
in the town of Örebro, Sweden.  As with any new business, he found
himself spread thin and scrambling to accomplish everything required of
him.  A KDE user from the 2.0 days, what began as a useful tool for him
became a passion of its own.  Aron represents entrepreneurial people
that take chances and have free software spirit intertwined with other
aspects of their lives.  He understands the reasons for and the efforts
behind KDE 4.0, as well as the potential tipping point of KDE's
momentum.  We'll get to discuss this further with Aron in just two
months.

     Kyle Cunningham: Kyle is a Computer Science and Computer
Engineering student at the University of Minnesota.  Even though
students have busy schedules, he manages to both contribute to Drupal
(SoC student) and stay current with KDE development progress.  By
working with multiple communities and showing his passion for software
libre, Kyle embodies the spirit of community members and enthusiasts. 
He understands all of the elements that comprise the KDE community and
our motivations.  Kyle is hoping to meet some KDE community members for
the first time and it looks like he's going to get that chance.

     We would like to thank everyone for their entries and feel that we
have chosen two individuals that capture the spirit of KDE and free
software. Their entries were clear, concise and creative.  More
importantly, they spoke from their hearts about their interests in KDE's
future and how to become more involved.  Their responses are not
published here, because we don't want to spoil the surprise:  Both will
be speaking briefly at the Release Event and we'll have coverage for
everyone.

     [1] [#1] http://dot.kde.org/1191506286/ [2] [#2]
http://ev.kde.org/corporate/board.php