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diff --git a/posts/2021_05_presenting-replicants-community-manager.md b/posts/2021_05_presenting-replicants-community-manager.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..250e27e --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/2021_05_presenting-replicants-community-manager.md @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +date: 2021-05-05T20:39:23+00:00 +title: Presenting Replicant’s Community Manager +authors: Fil +tags: Community, Institutional, Replicant news, Fil +licenses: CC-BY-3.0 OR CC-BY-4.0 +--- +The Replicant Steering Committee has concluded the second round of evaluations +of the applications for the community manager role. + +We would like to thank all the candidates that have applied for the role. It +has been a greatly encouraging experience to receive so many valuable +proposals and to observe such a responsiveness to our call. + +Selecting one candidate among all participants has been no easy task, given +the interesting variety of valuable profiles we had the pleasure to evaluate. + +The key aspects that have been considered are, in no particular order: + +* the candidate having been actively participating in the community's + activities and discussions, in the forum, the wiki, the mailing list and + the official IRC channel, as well as in-person meetings + +* the candidate's experience in installing Replicant and in solving problems + related to this activity + +* the candidate's overall confidence with the practical aspects of using + Replicant and helping users with related issues, doubts and information + requests + +* the candidate's involvement with other free-software projects similar to + Replicant and/or with interesting points of contact with the work being + done in Replicant + +* the candidate's ability to write useful and comprehensible periodical + reports to keep the community informed about the project's activities + +* the candidate's ability to contribute to Replicant's technical + documentation + +* the differences with typical free software backgrounds (to be able to + bring more diverse perspectives to the project) + +All these aspects considered, **Kurtis Hanna** emerged as the most suitable +candidate for the role. + +Kurtis has been a very active community member since at least 2016, +successfully helping users in various occasions with different issues and +enquiries. +He is well informed about various free-software projects and has often acted +as a link between some of those projects and Replicant. +He participated in and/or helped organise many of the gatherings that have +been held by Replicant members throughout the last 4 years, either in person +or remotely, contributing his thoughts, impressions and valuable proposals. + +In the next few weeks, we will be coordinating with Kurtis and the FSF to work +out the applicable funding conditions and to define the contract that will +regulate the Community Manager's duties. + +Once again, we thank all applicants and the whole community in general. + +Cordially, + +The Replicant Steering Committee + + |