Re: Board of Directors Elections 2018 - Candidacy - Carlos Soriano

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On 29 May 2018 at 22:01, Carlos Soriano <[email protected]> wrote:

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> *Name: Carlos SorianoEmail: [email protected]
> <[email protected]>Corporate affiliation: Red HatHello all,I would like to
> announce my candidacy for the GNOME Foundation board of directors for the
> second term.*
> I've been contributing to GNOME since 2014 as GSoC student for two years
> in GNOME Shell and then joined Red Hat as maintainer of Nautilus until now.
>
> In the last board term I tried to look after GNOME as a whole while being
> close to every person in our community. I enjoyed reaching out to the
> different people that creates GNOME and tried to create initiatives and
> took the lead of those that I believe have a good impact on the project and
> organization.
>
> As part of the board, I worked on getting small events have an easy
> process to get sponsorship <https://wiki.gnome.org/Engagement/Events> in
> order to encourage participation locally.
>
> More notoriously, I have been working as partnership contact with GitLab
> <https://about.gitlab.com/>. Being part of the board gave me the ground
> and position to be able to agree on a deal after 6 months of work and
> discussions. That work included making part of their product free software,
> removing the CLA, supporting GNOME on our transition, influence their
> product decisions and finally, getting sponsorship.
>
> Lately, I also created the GNOME Internship program
> <https://wiki.gnome.org/Internships> by setting up the instructions,
> processes, requirements, contract, legal framework and contacting community
> members needed to make it successful. This effort allowed us to unblock the
> privacy campaign funds recollected in 2013 and allows the foundation to
> channel funds towards critical topics from now on.
>
> If I get reelected, I will continue trying to steer the GNOME project in
> the direction I believe it's most beneficial for the project and that
> aligns with what the members of GNOME would like for the GNOME project to
> be.
>
> I don't know how the path will look like, as we are expanding the
> foundation the challenges ahead are great. However, these challenges are
> just another motivation to be part of the board.
>
> Best,
> Carlos Soriano
>

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