Board of Directors Elections 2019 - Candidacy - Britt Yazel

Hello Foundation members,

I would like to add my name to the list of candidates for the GNOME
Foundation board of directors for this election cycle. If I were to be
elected, this would be my first term on the board since joining the
Foundation in 2018.

Though I am still fairly new to the GNOME Foundation, I have been a user
and proponent of the GNOME Project since 2008, contributing in small ways
to FOSS/FLOSS projects to the best of my abilities while attending
University. In 2018, midway through my Doctoral degree, I was invited to
attend GUADEC by Nuritzi Sanchez, and since that time I have been an active
member of the Engagement team, acting primarily as the social media manager
for Facebook, Twitter, and the GNOME Subreddit. In addition, I was an
organizer for the 2018 Libre Application Summit, and I have been helping
contribute to the planning of this year's GUADEC.

While my roles so far have been non-technical in nature, I have greatly
valued the opportunity and trust the Foundation has given me to speak on
its behalf on social media. Over the past year, my #1 priority has been to
improve the avenues of communication between the community and our members,
and to try to bring a positive voice to the project as a whole while
building trust and good will within our user base.

If I were to be elected, my goals would be to continue improving the image
of the GNOME Project publicly and on social media, building and
strengthening the relationships between the Foundation and our downstream
partners, and helping to grow the size, scope, and sustainability of the
Foundation as a professional organization. Further, having lived and worked
using primarily FOSS technologies in academia and in my Doctoral research
over the past decade, I would like to help advocate for the unique software
needs and use cases of academic, STEM disciplines, and I would like to help
strengthen the ties and bring down barriers between academic institutions
and free software projects.

I am now in the final year of my Doctoral degree in Neuroscience at the
University of California, Davis, and while I cannot guarantee as much time
as I would otherwise like to Foundation responsibilities, I do believe it
is in my capacity to fulfill the role of a board member alongside my
dissertation work.

Thank you very much for your time, and I look forward to any questions you
may have!

Britt Yazel

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