Long battle with the nomination form 
Contribution decreases…
This effect makes sense, because as we get older, have families, less time and more need for $$$, the focus in Live shifts. How do you maintain engagement? How to attract young enthusiasts? How do you close the gap?
I see numbers as a key factor in the visibility and therefore the business potential of TYPO3 for all of us. A T3CON with 250 visitors? Not really interesting. A rough 1,000 members? Well, if we want to be a significant global enterprise CMS, it is not only the technical foundation that matters. We need strength to convince customers of TYPO3.
And according to my experience, this is also possible outside the DACH region.
So ask me questions, start to discuss and maybe let’s push that together in the TYPO3 associaton!
Hi,
I’d like to ask you some questions about things I find important for the TYPO3 Association and the TYPO3 community. (By the way, all of these questions have a story behind them.)
I’ll ask all candidates for the Board the same questions in order to allow the voters to make a more informed decision, and to help get the best people voted into the Board. So answering these questions would be a chance to shine and to show what’s different about you. 
I’d really appreciate if you took the time to answer these questions (or some of them, depending on which topics you find important). Thanks!
Contributing to the TYPO3 Board is a significant responsibility, demanding an average of 0.5 to 1 day per week. This involves (list is not complete and not sorted by amount of work):
Do you have the ressources to fullfill this?
Sorry for the late answer… But for last minute voters still relevant or to check my promises afterwards.
Time: With the nomination you confirmed an average of 4 hours per week. In my eyes - and this is my commitment - it is more like 6 to 8 hours a week. I estimate a good 300 hours a year for this position to really get things done. Part of it is private/leisure time, part is provided by +Pluswerk/work time.
This does not include travel time e.g. to TYPO3 events. This is on top!
Qualification: I’ve been running my own businesses since the early 90s, plus voluntary work in associations of various sizes (companies with up to 200 employees, associations with up to 750+ members, plus the political “career” as responsible organiser of an election campaign and setting up a town hall office).
I have a range of coaching, communication and leadership training and certificates.
Focus topics: Increasing the visibility of TYPO3 as a relevant enterprise CMS beyond the good marketing work of TYPO3 GmbH + some general issues. Since I am not a developer (beyond my first years of coding in Assembler and Perl 
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… and more, never running out of ideas and tasks… And first I have to learn and understand what is there and the reasons and history behind all this background knowledge.