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13	13	Before joining CivicActions I was counsel at the [[Software Freedom Law Center>>url:http://softwarefreedom.org/]], where I principally advised free and open source software nonprofit projects and individual free software developers. The projects I advised ranged from projects with with a small team of core contributions to some of the largest and most prominent free software nonprofits.
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15		-Prior to becoming an attorney I spent 17 years as systems administrator and architect at a public research university. I regularly developed software and deployed open source solutions in that role. I also contributed back to free software projects I have used. My experience developing software and working as a technologist has allowed me to be particularly effective serving legal clients developing free software. While not the best software developer I am knowledgeable about the software development process and I believe that same perspective will be a benefit to my service on the Board. I am a [[regular speaker>>url:http://richardfontana.org/talks/]] on topics at the intersection of open source, law and policy, to diverse technical, legal and government audiences.
	15	+Prior to becoming an attorney I spent 17 years as systems administrator and architect at a public research university. I regularly developed software and deployed open source solutions in that role. I also contributed back to free software projects I have used. My experience developing software and working as a technologist has allowed me to be particularly effective serving legal clients developing free software. While not the best software developer I am knowledgeable about the software development process and I believe that same perspective will be a benefit to my service on the Board. I am a regular speaker on topics at the intersection of open source, law and policy, to diverse technical, legal and government audiences.
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17	17	=== **Why I'm running for election** ===
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25	25	I also believe now is the time to actively engaged with governments around the world who are increasingly adopting "open source" as part of their procurement and transparency strategy. OSI should be actively engaged in making that more than a buzzword, so that governments and its citizens can benefit from the use of open source software. The free and open source software community ethos is a natural ally of good government, personal privacy and transparency efforts. Open source is a non-partisan issue that is being embraced by governments around the world as the chance for governments to regain its computational and data sovereignty as users of open source and to do so in a fiscally responsible manner. OSI should also encourage governments to look at the benefits of using open source to promote citizen involvement in government and to allow citizens to create modern digital businesses in their local communities.
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27		-Feel free to ask me any questions. Thank you!
	27	+Feel free to ask me any questions by emailing me marc_at_joneslaw.io. Thank you!