Hi all, +1 , I second Regina’s nomination, I’ve worked alongside her in growing the Gnome Africa community and a lot of projects.
I am confident Regina would be a great director for the GNOME Foundation board. Warm regards Maryann. On Mon, 6 Jun 2022 at 11:04, Regina Nkemchor via foundation-announce < foundation-annou...@gnome.org> wrote: > Name: Regina Nkemchor Adejo > > Affiliation: IKEA, Pranet Initiative > > Email: nkemreg...@gnome.org > > Hi Foundation Members, > > I will like to announce my candidacy for the GNOME Foundation board of > directors 2022 election. As a GNOME foundation member for three years now, > my goal has been to support diversity within the GNOME project. Hence, > since being elected as a board member, my activities have been around > promoting diversity within the GNOME project. I have highlighted this in my > talks at GUADEC, participation in the Linux App Summit (LAS), and building > the GNOME Africa community. > > > > I have collaborated with other outstanding boards of directors for two > years to create a strategic direction for the GNOME project. Welcome > newcomers, establish a diverse and sustainable Linux app ecosystem, and > funding local-first applications for the GNOME desktop are three > initiatives that have been a priority for us to expand. The welcome > newcomer's initiative will aid in the success of programs like Google > Summer of Code (GSOC), Outreachy, and GNOME University outreach within the > GNOME project. Through these initiatives, we could engage individuals to > devote their time to run these programs, including paid mentors, and create > resources to help newcomers in the future, such as developer documentation, > examples, and tutorials. The main goal of a diverse and sustainable Linux > app ecosystem initiative is to increase the financial sustainability of > users in our community, which influences the variety of people who can > afford to join and stay in our community. The funding Local-first > applications GNOME desktop and apps aim to provide users with simple and > dependable access to technology by seeking philanthropic and grant funding. > As someone who shares the belief that a consistent board is beneficial for > the Foundation's ability to set, refine and execute strategies over more > extended periods. It will be a pleasure to serve on the board again as it > continues to push strategic actions toward achieving the aims of these > highlighted initiatives for the global growth and expansion of the GNOME > project. > > > > As a maintainer of GNOME Africa, I have collaborated with a team of > brilliant community volunteers to bring the GNOME project to African space. > Today, Africans are accepted into initiatives like Google Season of Docs > and Outreachy within the GNOME project. With the recently selected GNOME > African university ambassadors, strategic efforts are ongoing to bring > GNOME projects into African universities. The GNOME onboard Africa event is > steadily becoming an annual event where experienced GNOME maintainers > assist newcomers from Africa in understanding how to contribute to the > GNOME project. These efforts would not have been feasible without the > members and contributors of GNOME, who have always volunteered to support > us on this journey. I firmly believe in the value collaboration brings to > open source. I aim to continue this endeavour by collaborating with more > individuals and organizations within and outside the GNOME community to > strengthen and broaden the GNOME project's influence across Africa. > > > As an observer in the Community Health Analytics Open-Source Software > Project (CHAOSS) (A Linux Foundation Project), I have contributed to > developing metrics on occasional contributors within open-source projects. > A data-driven approach to diversity within the GNOME project could help > measure and improve our health in diversity. With diversity metrics in > place, we can thrive for improvements in our community, which can further > help us take strategic steps that could motivate newcomers to join GNOME > and feel a sense of belonging. Hence, if selected for this next term of the > board in 2022, I intend to collaborate with members and contributors in > brainstorming around diversity and inclusion metrics that would help > improve our effort of diversity within the GNOME projects globally. > > > > My career journey has been a variety of experiences that have improved my > leadership and problem-solving skills. For over ten years, I have worked on > database projects and development as a consultant to organizations within > the information technology industry and educational institutes. My > consulting experience has helped me build my marketing, people, and > collaborative skills. I have worked as a faculty member where I > collaborated with non-profits within the educational sector in Nigeria, > developing programs and digital content for public schools. I designed > digital educational program content and improved my marketing, management, > and fundraising skills. As a founder of a non-profit (Pranet Initiative), I > am collaborating with Tech She Can UK (non-profit) with intelligent > volunteers to raise awareness for early technology skills among children > living in rural communities in Nigeria. We are introducing open digital > lesson plans for kids in rural communities to bring more girls into > technology early. Also, I am working as a software engineer focusing on > backend development at IKEA. > > > > Joining the GNOME project has allowed me to contribute towards building a > diverse and sustainable free software that everyone can trust. It will be a > privilege to continue in this capacity and serve on a Board of directors > next spring 2022. As a Linux user, I am proud of our impact on desktop > applications and the open-source space. I would like to use this medium to > thank all GNOME contributors, volunteers and staff serving in their various > capacities in consistently releasing different versions of GNOME and aiding > usability. Thank you all. > > > > Thanks, > > Regina Nkemchor A. > > > > https://events.gnome.org/category/7/ > > > > > https://github.com/chaoss/wg-common/blob/main/focus-areas/people/occasional-contributors.md > > > https://pranetinitiative.com > > > > https://www.techshecan.org/our-members > > > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-announce mailing list > foundation-annou...@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-announce >
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