In accordance with the KDE e.V.'s articles of association, this proxy may represent a member by legitimising theirself by providing the original of an authorisation:

Thus, I Charles Samuels authorise Jes Hall to represent me in KDE e.V. elections during this 2006 General Assembly meeting.

And to provide original proof:

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Charles Samuels authorises Jes Hall for representation at KDE General Assembly 2006
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And may be verified by member of the board Eva Brucherseifer with High levels of trust
with her key: 0x13E290A4

$ wget http://ktown.kde.org/~charles/auth-jeshall.txt
$ gpg --verify auth-jesshall.txt