<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC '-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN'  'http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd'><article><articleinfo><title>ZachAlexander</title><revhistory><revision><revnumber>6</revnumber><date>2009-04-03 01:34:10</date><authorinitials>pool-96-237-120-207.bstnma.east.verizon.net</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>5</revnumber><date>2009-04-03 01:32:37</date><authorinitials>pool-96-237-120-207.bstnma.east.verizon.net</authorinitials><revremark>Addit'l self-aggrandizement</revremark></revision><revision><revnumber>4</revnumber><date>2009-04-03 01:25:45</date><authorinitials>pool-96-237-120-207.bstnma.east.verizon.net</authorinitials><revremark>style edit</revremark></revision><revision><revnumber>3</revnumber><date>2009-04-03 01:25:28</date><authorinitials>pool-96-237-120-207.bstnma.east.verizon.net</authorinitials><revremark>style edit</revremark></revision><revision><revnumber>2</revnumber><date>2009-04-03 01:24:41</date><authorinitials>pool-96-237-120-207.bstnma.east.verizon.net</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>1</revnumber><date>2009-04-03 01:24:20</date><authorinitials>pool-96-237-120-207.bstnma.east.verizon.net</authorinitials><revremark>Blurb for board election</revremark></revision></revhistory></articleinfo><para>I'm a post-bachelor biology/neurobiology student and faculty assistant to a medical professor in Boston.  </para><para>I'm also an actively atheist Quaker (go figure).  </para><para>When <ulink url="https://wiki.hcoop.net/ZachAlexander/NathanKennedy#">NathanKennedy</ulink> suggested I run for the Board, my reaction was that I would be a great representative of the less-technically-skilled half of the HCoop membership – or perhaps more like the least-technically-skilled quintile – because my technical skills are pretty limited. Which may be a valuable perspective to add to the Board, if the membership wants to see HCoop grow and become accessible to less-tech-savvy people, at least in so far as that's possible while maintaining the same or better quality of service and cost for the current members. </para><para>Beyond that, I have good project management skills, thanks to my most revered productivity guru David Allen. Most recently I've managed a large medical conference (110 attendees/50 faculty, taking place now, April 2-4), which so far has gone off without a hitch. I'm also pretty proud of <ulink url="http://ifitoldyou.org">If I told you</ulink>. </para></article>