Many of you will not know me, and I've not been part of the initial team running the group, yet I feel this has little bearing on the current elections.

I feel I would add greatly to the leadership and direction of the organisation. I have lots of outside experience of attending and chairing meetings (indeed last year I chaired a meeting of many hundreds of people at the UN, and I sit on numerous committees and bodies). I feel that these skills, and those of mediation (I am currently nominated for the Mediation Committee) would add tremendous value to both this organisation, and in particular the role of a Councillor.

I appreciate that many of you will not know me that well, so I am very happy to chat to you about my views of this organisation's role in Wikipedia. You may contact me either on my talk page, via e-mail or on MSN Messenger, Google Talk, Skype, or on IRC (let me know what medium you would like to use and I'll supply you with the relevant contact details).

I look forward to discussing issues with you in a nice, CIVIL, manner!