Name: Niels De Graef Email: nielsdegr...@gmail.com Nickname: nielsdg Dear Foundation members,
I would like to announce my candidacy for a first term as a director in the GNOME Foundation. I made my first contributions to GNOME since 2016 while I was still a computer science student. Ever since, I've become increasingly interested in GNOME, its underlying design philosophy and the accompanying technologies. This all resulted in nearly daily contributions and maintainership of several (core) GNOME modules. My current employer is Barco, a multimedia company based in Belgium (where I also live). In my day job, I work on several modules that use GStreamer and other GNOME-based libraries. Most of my contributions either happen during my daily commute or when I can make some free time at home. Given that this would be my first term, I cannot say I have a lot of experience with the board's internal workings (apart from always reading the minutes). I don't see this as a big obstacle, as I'm willing to read up on the processes and to put effort in filling that gap where needed. The only hurdle for now is that I can't attend (the full period of) GUADEC, due to other personal obligations in the weekend of August 24-25. I don't see this as a big problem though, as I can still be available the other days and telecommunication provides multiple possibilities these days. I don't have very large ambitions for the next year; that being said, I hope we can put even more effort into our newcomers and how we welcome contributors. Great initiatives like the GitLab migration, the positive reaction and promotion of Matrix.org bridges and other initiatives have -from personal experience- lowered the entry bar for new developers, and I hope we can further support these (and other similar initiatives) with the board. Thanks for taking the time and effort to read this and feel free to ask questions! Niels De Graef _______________________________________________ foundation-announce mailing list foundation-announce@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-announce