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Hallo! I'm Robin van Boven (@Beanow), a software engineer based in the Netherlands. Currently I'm a Tauri Board Director, employed by CrabNebula, and would love to continue for another term as a Board Director.

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About 2½ years ago I helped with establishing the [Tauri Programme][statutes] and joined as a Board Director. Some of the areas I worked on during this term are:
- Created processes and templates for the Board, to follow regulations more easily.
- Made sure we have multiple admins on important services (reducing our [bus factor] risk).
- Proposed and co-authored the ["Domains and Teams" governance model][governance].

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My strengths and what I would bring to the Board are:
- Passionate about the fairness, openness and resilience of Tauri.
- Regular time dedicated to *doing work* for the Board.
- A critical opinion based on experience in open source and software teams.

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I believe my skills are best used to strengthen what we do internally. Improving the foundations for other contributors to rely on. Some areas I would work on if elected for another term:

- Investing in the new governance model, making sure we use it effectively.
- A campaign to improve transparancy on all fronts, including a much more visible Board.
- Make it significantly easier for the Working Group to submit proposals to the Board.

A strong internal focus for me personally. Of course there is more to discuss, so I'd be happy to keep sharing my opinions and support other initiatives.

[statutes]: https://dracc.commonsconservancy.org/0035/ "Statutes of Tauri"
[bus factor]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_factor "Bus factor - Wikipedia"
[governance]: https://tauri.app/about/governance "Tauri Governance"