Board of Directors Candidacy - Sammy Fung

Sammy Fung <[email protected]> Fri, 28 May 2021 03:23:35 +0800
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Board of Directors Candidacy - Sammy Fung

Name: Sammy Fung
Full Name: FUNG Chun Wah Sammy
E-mail: [email protected]
Corporate Affiliation: N/A

Dear Foundation members,

I'm announcing my candidacy for the GNOME Foundation board of directors elec=
tion.

Currently, I am the lead of the GNOME Asia committee [1]. If I am elected to=
 be a board member, it enables me to share my opinions and experiences in & f=
rom the Asia community with the board directly.

I am a Hongkonger who contributes to the open source and GNOME community for=
 20+ and 10 years. I grew up between the western and eastern cultures in the=
 British colony. I embrace democracy and freedom which are the important val=
ues in the western. It is thankful that the open source community provides m=
any different software tools, and I am always happy to contribute back to th=
e community and the society with my experience, mindset, and knowledge in te=
chnology.

For the GNOME community, I organised the GNOME Asia Summit 2012 in Hong Kong=
 with our local team. After the summit, I join the GNOME Asia committee in 2=
012 to help the committee to call for hosts every year, and gives advice and=
 supports to the local teams.

For the open source community, I established Hong Kong Linux User Group (HKL=
UG) and Open Source Hong Kong (OSHK) in 1997 and 2006. Thanks to the success=
 of the GNOME Asia Summit in Hong Kong, I established the Hong Kong Open Sou=
rce Conference and PyCon Hong Kong in 2013 and 2015. Since 2011, I also trav=
el to overseas open source conferences every year and meet with open source c=
ommunities in the various cities in Asia, and travel to Bay Area, I built so=
me connections with some Asia communities and global open source project com=
munities.

Currently, I am the President of OSHK and the conference chair of PyCon HK. I=
 am also a Mozilla Rep and a contributing member of the Python Software Foun=
dation. I was a founder and director of HK Creative Open Technology Associat=
ion which provides organisational support to our open source community works=
 locally.

In my career, I own my IT service company in the 00s for 6 years and then be=
come a freelancer for 10+ years. I learned and gained business operation exp=
erience.

I think communication is important to the GNOME community, and I hope my bus=
iness operation experience and almost 20 conference organising experiences c=
an help GNOME,  a new role can enable me to help. You may also read my inter=
view on the GNOME blog to know more about me and my thoughts on GNOME.

Thanks for your consideration! I am sure we will have an excellent
board of directors regardless of the results of this election.

[1] https://wiki.gnome.org/GnomeAsia/
[2] https://blogs.gnome.org/engagement/2019/09/16/meet-the-gnomeies-sammy-fu=
ng/

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utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div style=3D"-webkit-text-size-adjust: aut=
o; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Board of Directors Candi=
dacy - Sammy Fung<br><br>Name: Sammy Fung<br>Full Name: FUNG Chun Wah Sammy<=
br>E-mail:&nbsp;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</=
a><br>Corporate Affiliation: N/A<br><br>Dear Foundation members,<br><br>I'm a=
nnouncing my candidacy for the GNOME Foundation board of directors election.=
<br><br>Currently, I am the lead of the GNOME Asia committee [1]. If I am el=
ected to be a board member, it enables me to share my opinions and experienc=
es in &amp; from the Asia community with the board directly.<br><br>I am a H=
ongkonger who contributes to the open source and GNOME community for 20+ and=
 10 years. I grew up between the western and eastern cultures in the British=
 colony. I embrace democracy and freedom which are the important values in t=
he western. It is thankful that the open source community provides many diff=
erent software tools, and I am always happy to contribute back to the commun=
ity and the society with my experience, mindset, and knowledge in technology=
.</div><div style=3D"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0=
); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div style=3D"-webkit-text-size-adjust: a=
uto; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For the GNOME communit=
y, I organised the GNOME Asia Summit 2012 in Hong Kong with our local team. A=
fter the summit, I join the GNOME Asia committee in 2012 to help the committ=
ee to call for hosts every year, and gives advice and supports to the local t=
eams.<br><br>For the open source community, I established Hong Kong Linux Us=
er Group (HKLUG) and Open Source Hong Kong (OSHK) in 1997 and 2006. Thanks t=
o the success of the GNOME Asia Summit in Hong Kong, I established the Hong K=
ong Open Source Conference and PyCon Hong Kong in 2013 and 2015. Since 2011,=
 I also travel to overseas open source conferences every year and meet with o=
pen source communities in the various cities in Asia, and travel to Bay Area=
, I built some connections with some Asia communities and global open source=
 project communities.</div><div style=3D"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; car=
et-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div style=3D"-webki=
t-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">C=
urrently, I am the President of OSHK and the conference chair of PyCon HK. I=
 am also a Mozilla Rep and a contributing member of the Python Software Foun=
dation. I was a founder and director of HK Creative Open Technology Associat=
ion which provides organisational support to our open source community works=
 locally.<br><br>In my career, I own my IT service company in the 00s for 6 y=
ears and then become a freelancer for 10+ years. I learned and gained busine=
ss operation experience.<br><br>I think communication is important to the GN=
OME community, and I hope my business operation experience and almost 20 con=
ference organising experiences can help GNOME, &nbsp;a new role can enable m=
e to help. You may also read my interview on the GNOME blog to know more abo=
ut me and my thoughts on GNOME.<br><br>Thanks for your consideration! I am s=
ure we will have an excellent<br>board of directors regardless of the result=
s of this election.<br><br>[1]&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://wiki.gnome.org/GnomeA=
sia/">https://wiki.gnome.org/GnomeAsia/</a><br>[2]&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://b=
logs.gnome.org/engagement/2019/09/16/meet-the-gnomeies-sammy-fung/">https://=
blogs.gnome.org/engagement/2019/09/16/meet-the-gnomeies-sammy-fung/</a><br><=
/div></body></html>=

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