Welcome Neil :) On 2 February 2017 at 02:56, Julita Inca Chiroque <ji...@pucp.pe> wrote:
> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-list mailing list > foundation-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > >
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