What impressive professional life! Welcome Neil!!! Thanks for choosing GNOME :D Bests, Julita
El miércoles, 1 de febrero de 2017, Nuritzi Sanchez <nuri...@gnome.org> escribió: > Dear Foundation Members, > > After a long period of being without an Executive Director, I'm pleased to > announce on behalf of the GNOME Foundation Board the appointment of Neil > McGovern. > > Neil will officially begin to work for the GNOME Foundation on *February > 15, 2017* and will operate from the United Kingdom. Please join us in > welcoming him! > > For those of you who don't know him, Neil is an experienced leader in Free > Software projects and is best known for his role as Debian Project Leader > from 2014-15. He has been on the Boards of numerous organizations, > including Software in the Public Interest, Inc. and the Open Rights Group. > > Neil has a strong technical background and has contributed to Debian as a > developer for over twelve years. He comes most recently from Collabora, a > respected open source consultancy, where we worked as an Engineering > Manager and received a glowing recommendation from Collabora CEO, Philippe > Kalaf. > > The Board believes that Neil is in a good position to foster greater > collaboration between GNOME and other Free Software projects. He joins > GNOME at an exciting time, with the emergence of new technologies such as > Flatpak, Builder, and GTK+4. Neil's experience working with the Debian > project will no doubt help us forge closer relations between our two > projects, and his experience at Collabora, coupled with his technological > expertise, means that he has the knowledge to promote our technologies > further. > > While not yet directly involved as a contributor, Neil's interest in GNOME > began in 2002 when he first tried the GNOME desktop as a user, and he has > been following the GNOME project ever since. He attended first GUADEC in A > Coruña in 2012, and is looking forward to attending this year's GUADEC in > Manchester. > > It has been three years since the GNOME Foundation has had an Executive > Director, Karen Sandler. Neil's job will be to support the GNOME project, > particularly in terms of fundraising, outreach, and strategy. The Board > thanks members of the Executive Director Search Committee, as well as past > Board members, for their help finding Neil and other strong candidates for > this hiring round. > > *Neil will be attending FOSDEM in Brussels this weekend (February 4 - 5)*. > The Board encourages Foundation members to speak to Neil at the event and > offer him a warm welcome. > > In just a few minutes, we will be announcing Neil's joining us to the > wider community via a news item <https://wp.me/p4TO64-1Y9> on gnome.org, > and on social media. Please help us spread the word. > > Get ready for an exciting year ahead! > > Best, > Nuritzi > > > -- > Nuritzi Sanchez > GNOME Foundation <https://www.gnome.org/foundation/> > President, Board of Directors >
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