I am writing Jabber/XMPP code for a very long time, and I am very familiar with the protocols. But I have a huge respect for the council, it is very hard work. I always thought there are other people which are much better suited for this role.

Also, I was extremely busy in the last years with running business. This changed a bit, and I am considering running for other roles in the future again and help the XSF where I can.

I also wanted to bring up a potential problem again in regards to our voting procedure for board and council.

Here is a quote of the relevant section Section 3.13 in our bylaws:

>  Third, the individuals elected shall be those receiving the highest percentage of votes cast,

>  up to the limit set by the Members and with the proviso that no individual receiving less than 

>  a majority of votes cast shall be elected. Fourth, in the case of a tie for the final remaining position,

>  the final individual shall be chosen in accordance with the procedures defined in “RFC 3797: Publicly

>  Verifiable Nominations Committee (NomCom) Random Selection” published by the Internet Engineering Task Force.

With a high number of applicants, where many receive a similar number of votes but not the required majority of votes casted.

So it could happen that even with high number of applicants we vote in less than the number of spots we have (5 currently).

When you look at the latest results you can see that we were very close this year.

Alex