Let me hop on the band wagon and introduce myself!

I have been using OpenLP for some years as the Worship Director and AV Director 
at my church.  One of the members of the church wrote a Planning Center plugin 
a year or so ago that has been a MASSIVE benefit to the church.  I know that 
code has been submitted to the project, and I would urge you to add it - 
without it, I simply could not coordinate the text that my musicians see 
(Planning Center’s Music Stand) and the text that the congregation sees through 
OpenLP.

I made a couple minor tweaks to the PlanningCenter Plugin, but otherwise 
haven’t dug into OpenLP much.  Like Ben, I just didn’t have time to learn my 
way around bzr.  I use git in my day job (developer at Dell Computers), and 
although I haven’t used GitLab, I’m happy to dive into it.

I’m primarily a Python programmer, fairly comfortable in Mac, Linux, and 
Windows environments, very little experience in mobile platforms.  I haven’t 
quite got my feet under me with the OpenLP code base, but as soon as I do, I’d 
be happy take direction on any undertakings with OpenLP.

Stephen Brown
Worship Director
Grace Bible Fellowship
Bastrop, Texas


> On Sep 19, 2019, at 20:03, Benjamin Hoving <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hello, everyone. My name is Ben Hoving. I have been lurking in the OpenLP 
> mailing list and Developer Central site for awhile and with the move to 
> GitLab, I decided there is no reason not to try to contribute. (I am pretty 
> familiar with git and GitLab but found bzr and launchpad confusing) This is 
> the first open source project I have ever gotten involved in and I am very 
> excited to see what it's all about. I got a merge request approved in the 
> last couple days and have a couple more pending approval/rejection so I 
> figured I should probably introduce myself more formally:
> 
> I am currently studying business and information systems at Liberty 
> University (taking online courses) and I act as a department manager at the 
> family business. I play guitar and sing with my church's worship team and 
> also help with the AV production side as well. 
> 
> As far as code goes, I have been programming for the last 7-8 years. Mostly 
> Python, C#, and C/C++. I enjoy the back end work more than the front end 
> stuff. Anything database/API related is my bread and butter. I don't really 
> know where to begin/what the road map for OpenLP is so I am totally open to 
> being directed to specific tasks or being sent on bug hunts. Any pointers in 
> the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks for the excellent product and I can't wait to contribute.
> 
> Ben
> _______________________________________________
> openlp-dev mailing list
> [email protected]
> https://lists.openlp.io/mailman/listinfo/openlp-dev

_______________________________________________
openlp-dev mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.openlp.io/mailman/listinfo/openlp-dev

Reply via email to