| <boardmember id="merks" type="committer"> |
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| <name>Ed Merks</name> |
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| <title>President, Macro Modeling</title> |
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| <image>merks.jpg</image> |
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| <email>Ed.Merks@gmail.com</email> |
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| <eclipse_affiliation> <![CDATA[ |
| Eclipse Modeling Project Lead<br> |
| Eclipse Modeling Framework Project Lead<br> |
| XML Schema Definition Project Lead<br> |
| Oomph Project Committer |
| ]]> </eclipse_affiliation> |
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| <vision> <![CDATA[ |
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| <p> |
| Eclipse is a diverse community driven by a huge constellation of contributors: |
| large and small commercial interests, educational institutions, and our dedicated committer community, i.e., people who do day-to-day development at Eclipse like you and me. |
| With the shift from a small number of large commercial interests to a broader spectrum of smaller organizations, |
| our influence as individuals grows. |
| As your committer representative on the board, I will employ my ten years of experience to promote the rights and privileges of committers. |
| I will continue to be a visible and approachable technical representative, who navigates the political landscape on your behalf. |
| I feel I've demonstrated this with my long track record as your representative on the board. |
| My background as a Canadian immigrant, born in the Netherlands, living in Berlin and having learned Deutsch, sensitizes me to the fact that great communities span cultural and linguistic boundaries. |
| </p> |
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| <p> |
| Cliche as it may sound, I believe strongly that helping is its own reward. |
| I answer questions daily on a broad range of forums, not just those for my own projects, |
| I fix bugzillas quickly for the users of my software, |
| and I develop cool new features whenever possible. |
| I am particularly proud of the <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse_Oomph_Installer" target="_blank">Oomph technology</a> Eike Stepper and I have been working on to help ease the installation and configuration of development IDEs. |
| I am deeply honored to have received Eclipse's <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/20120326_awardwinners.php" target="_blank">Lifetime Contribution Award</a> in 2012. |
| I feel my track record as an Eclipse committer since 2002 is demonstrated with deeds not merely with words. |
| I focus on being a positive influence and on balancing the drive to fix problems and to make improvements |
| with recognition of the fact that real problems are difficult to solve and that what constitutes improvement is often highly subjective. |
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| <p> |
| I will continue to work hard to ensure that Eclipse's processes are the best they can be and are ever improving. |
| I believe in minimal processes that focus on best practices and achievable, pragmatic results. |
| I can be counted upon as the person who will speak up diplomatically even when personal risk is involved. |
| As your representative, I commit to working tirelessly to promote not only Eclipse itself but also the community that drives it. |
| It has been an honor and a privilege to serve as your representative these past years. |
| If reelected, you can count on the fact that Merks works for you. |
| </p> |
| ]]> </vision> |
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| <bio> <![CDATA[ |
| Ed Merks founded his own small consulting company, <a href="http://www.macromodeling.com/" target="_blank">Macro Modeling</a>. He |
| is a coauthor of the authoritative book "<a href="http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=9780321331885" |
| target="_blank">EMF: Eclipse Modeling Framework</a>" which is published as a second expanded edition. He has been |
| an elected member of the <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/org/foundation/directors.php" target="_blank">Eclipse Foundation |
| Board of Directors</a> for the past ten years and has been recognized by the Eclipse Community Awards as |
| Top New Comer Evangelist, Top Ambassador, and Top Committer, as well as for Lifetime Achievement. Ed is well known for his dedication to the |
| Eclipse community since 2002, having posted more than 28,000 forum answers. He spent 16 years at IBM, |
| achieving the level of Senior Technical Staff Member after completing his Ph.D. at Simon Fraser University. He is a |
| partner of <a href="http://www.itemis.com/" target="_blank">itemis AG</a> and is currently living in Berlin and has learned to speak German. His |
| experience in modeling technology spans thirty years. |
| ]]> </bio> |
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| <affiliation> <![CDATA[ |
| <a href="http://www.macromodeling.com/" target="_blank">Macro Modeling</a>, President<br> |
| <a href="http://www.itemis.com/" target="_blank">itemis AG</a>, Partner |
| ]]> |
| </affiliation> |
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| </boardmember> |