The new Board of Directors of The Document Foundation

Berlin, February 19, 2016 - The Document Foundation (TDF) announces the new
Board of Directors, in charge from February 18, 2016, to February 17, 2018.
Elected as directors are, in order of votes: Marina Latini (Studio Storti),
Michael Meeks (Collabora), Thorsten Behrens (CIB), Jan Holesovsky
(Collabora), Osvaldo Gervasi (independent), Simon Phipps (independent) and
Eike Rathke (Red Hat). Elected as deputies are, in order of votes: Norbert
Thiebaud (independent), Bjoern Michaelsen (Canonical) and Andreas Mantke
(independent).

The board has elected Marina Latini as Chairwoman and Michael Meeks as
Deputy Chairman. "The new board of directors provides at the same time the
continuity with the past, and the new energies to push forward the project.
After four years, The Document Foundation is globally recognized as one of
the most successful free software projects. I look forward to the next two
years, as we will have the challenge of growing our community to improve
the awareness of LibreOffice and open document standards in every
geography”, comments TDF Chairwoman Marina Latini.

As of January 1st, 2016, The Document Foundation has more than 200 members
- representing 50 different countries or native language communities, from
the five inhabited continents (a map is attached) - and thousands of
volunteers worldwide. For additional information, please visit:
http://documentfoundation.hosted.phplist.com/lists/lt.php...

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