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1		-== I am an IP/IT attorney, located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I have been practice law for almost 20 years as a litigator attorney at a law firm and worked for US Corporations. If you do legal work for a Corporation one of the first thing you must do is to understand what is your company´s business and what are the internal policies that are established, and logically their boundaries. Furthermore, Corporations set forth applicable rules or internal policies based on laws to all their subsidiaries worldwide. Normally, internal policies regulate business sales, grey market, FCPA, export control, antitrust, IP inbound and outbound rights, privacy, etc. If that Corporation pertains to the technology business, probably counts with an Open Source Policy. In 2007, I had my first encounter with a corporate policy about GPL/LGPL Architecture Guidelines. Undoubtedly, this fact awakened my interest in open source. These rules, in one way or another, are incorporated in the company business, especially in sales technology agreements where is established that open source is integrated into the company´s product, etc. Thus, commercial attorneys, with a focus in technology transaction must be capable to explain customers many of the issues around open source in business. In August 2010 I joined Oracle Legal Department, being part of my job to provide the legal support to the Latin America Oracle Global Business Unit Linux/MySQL/Virtualization. In doing so, I had the chance to learn many of the topics around open source, especially those related to Linux services support practices. Apart from that, any time that I have been invited to talk about open source and licensing I did it. My talks started in Sept. 2007 at the Austrian & Argentine Chambers of Commerce, July 2008 at Buenos Aires University, IP Course, 2012 at Universidad Austral LLM in IP, and 2013 I was invited to talk in one of the most important law firms in Argentina. So, what reasons may I have to run for a seat at OSI board? Anyone that has had the chance to review the OSI mailing list has noted some tensions in different subject matters. I believe in participation and collaboration based on the recognization of the work already done by OSI. If we can consensus for a commitment to help many things can be done. Furthermore, I have some experience in legal and affairs in Latin America, so I want to use that to foster the OSD in Latin America countries. If you are eligible to vote in the next OSI board elections and you want to know more about me please send me a note to ggma at ggmalaw dot com and I would be happy to talk with you and clarify any doubt you may have regarding the reasons I have to want a seat at OSI Board. ==
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	2	+== **__Who I am?__** ==
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	4	+=== I am an IP/IT attorney, located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ===
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	6	+=== I have been practice law for almost 20 years as a litigator attorney at a law firm and worked for US Corporations (Sun Microsystems de Argentina SA and Oracle Argentina SA and Oracle Sistemas de Chile SA) ===
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	8	+=== If you do legal work for a Corporation one of the first thing you must do is to understand what is your company´s business and what are the internal policies that are established, and logically their boundaries. ===
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	10	+=== Furthermore, Corporations set forth applicable //rules or internal policies// based on laws to all their subsidiaries worldwide. ===
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	12	+=== Commonly these internal policies regulates about Business Sales Practices, Import Parallel or Secondary Grey Market for Hardware Equipment, Devices, and Spare Parts, Reburbished Programs, Foreign Corrupt Practice Act (FCPA), Export Control, Antitrust, Contracting with Government Entities, Intellectual Property Inbound and Outbound Rights, Data Privacy (Policies, International Transferring) and many others. If that Corporation pertains to the technology business sector, surely will have an Open Source Policy. ===
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	14	+=== In 2007, I had my first encounter with a corporate policy about GPL/LGPL Architecture Guidelines. ===
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	16	+=== Undoubtedly, this fact awakened my interest in open source. These rules quoted above, in one way or another, are incorporated into company business, especially in the sales technology agreements where is established that open source is integrated into the company´s product. Thus, Corporate & Commercial´s Attorneys, with a focus in technology´s transaction must be capable to explain their customers (in public and private sector) many of the issues around open source in business, and not only licensing terms and its complementary agreements. Most of the times how all of this subject matter is packaged are crucial to the benefit of the open source business. In this regards, I have always considered that being capable to explain where all this start, that´s to say, what constitutes "open source software" and how must be understood its scope, constitutes the //sine qua condition //for consumers of open source technology, especially in government sectors. ===
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	18	+=== In August 2010 I joined Oracle Legal Department, being part of my job to provide the legal support to the Latin America Oracle Global Business Unit Linux/MySQL/Virtualization. In doing so, I had the chance to learn many of the topics around open source in business, especially those related to Linux Services Support. ===
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	20	+=== Apart from that, I have been invited to talk about open source and licensing since 2007. My talks started in September 2007 at the Austrian & Argentine Chambers of Commerce. Then, in July 2008 I was invited at Buenos Aires University, School of Law Intellectual Property Law Course (Argentina). In 2012 I conferenced at Universidad Austral, School of Law (Argentina) LLM in Intellectual Property Law, and finally, in 2013 I was invited to talk in one of the most important law firms in Argentina. ===
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	22	+=== **Why I am running for a seat? ** ===
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	24	+=== What reasons may I have to run for a seat at OSI board? Anyone that has had the chance to review the OSI mailing list has noted some tensions (or at least I interpreted in that way) in different subject matters related to licensing review, the approval process, the tone used in occasions, and so on. ===
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	26	+=== Firstly I do believe in //participation// and //collaboration// based on the recognization of the work already done, in this case by OSI and its members and former Boards of Director. Therefore, even when it could exist a thing that "should" or "must" be changed, there should recognition of the job done. Basically, critics should be constructive. Being said that, my objectives are two-fold: 1) The OSI is an International non-profit organization, but very unfortunately ===
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	28	+=== Furthermore, I have some experience in legal and affairs in Latin America, so I want to use that to foster the OSD in Latin America countries. If you are eligible to vote in the next OSI board elections and you want to know more about me please send me a note to ggma(% style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit;" %) at (%%)ggmalaw(% style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit;" %) dot com and I would be happy to talk with you and clarify any doubt you may have regarding the reasons I have to want a seat at OSI Board.(%%) ===