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[Nicolas Dufour <nicoduf@xxxxxxxx>]

Here are my statements...


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* Name (legal name required when elected):
Nicolas Dufour

* Current professional affiliation
Sysadmin for the French civil aviation.

* Statement of contribution to Inkscape or related technologies
I first used Inkscape in 2007 to create waypoints and airports icons for aviation maps and it rapidly became the main tool for almost all my personal and professional creative work. So I found it natural to give back to the project in 2008 (first contribution: the Printing Marks extension, in collaboration with Aurium) and never left the project since then.
Some of my favorite areas are extensions, internationalization/localization, documentation, triaging bug and fixing forgotten low priority bugs ;)
I have some blueprints pending (extensions presets, multiple preferences management and crash recovery dialog), but unfortunately there's too much to be done in the other areas and I have difficulties finding time to be a real developer.
Apart from Inkscape, I also contribute to the Floss Manuals project as technical writer (very occasionally now) and as webmaster of the French FM server.

* A personal statement
I feel there's a real need for non-developer contributions. A FOSS project is not only a question of code, and bringing it to users is basically why we're contributing. That's the reason why I first focused on documentation and internationalization/localization tasks.
Answering questions on LP, the Inkscape forum or IRC and helping with the website content are crucial too (unfortunately it's very time consuming and I can't contribute as much as I'd like).
Being in the Board is different, but also helps developers meet other developers and users, and legal and financial issues are very important to keep the project safe. I'd be very happy to help Inkscape that way too.
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Don't hesitate to correct my English mistakes and to ask me if I'm not clear...
Regards,
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Nicolas