Re: New GNOME Foundation staffer - Program Coordinator

[Julita Inca Chiroque]

Welcome Kristi!

Good start in this 2019! :)

Best regards,
Julita

On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 2:47 PM Neil McGovern  wrote:

> Dear Foundation members,
>
> I'm very pleased to announce that Kristi Progri has joined us today
> (3rd January) to take on the role of Program Coordinator.
>
> Kristi is a previous Outreachy intern for Mozilla, and has worked with
> FSFE as well as running a local Hackerspace, and convinced the local
> government in Tirana, Albania to move to Nextcloud.
> She also has been organising https://oscal.openlabs.cc/ - Albania's
> largest FOSS conference with ~400 attendees. She's also talked at a
> multitude of conferences including FOSDEM, FSFE Summit and the Mozilla
> Leadership Summit.
>
> I'm sure you'll all give her a warm welcome in this new role!
>
> Thanks,
> Neil
> --
> Neil McGovern
> Executive Director, The GNOME Foundation
>
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Re: Welcome, Neil McGovern, GNOME Foundation Executive Director!

[Julita Inca Chiroque]

What impressive professional life!
Welcome Neil!!!
Thanks for choosing GNOME :D
Bests,
Julita

El miércoles, 1 de febrero de 2017, Nuritzi Sanchez 
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  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 
> President, Board of Directors
>
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