[gnome.org #4030] GNOME Membership Application of Jorge O. Castro

["Bruno Boaventura via RT" <membership-applications gnome org>]

Dear Gabriel and Ryan,

The GNOME foundation membership committee needs more information to
process the application of Jorge O. Castro. Since [he/she] has listed
you as the primary contact, the committee would like you to list the
contributions that Jorge O. Castro has made for the GNOME community in
recent times. Your input will be greatly appreciated to help us to make
a fair and informed decision in the granting or denying the applicant as
a foundation member.

At your service,

The GNOME Foundation Membership Committee


> On Fri Nov 16 06:18:27 2007, foundationmembershipcommittee wrote:
> > 
> > Contact Information:
> > --------------------
> > Name: Jorge O. Castro
> > E-mail: jorge AT ubuntu.com
> > irc.gnome.org nickname (if any): jcastro
> > svn.gnome.org username (if any):
> > 
> > Previous GNOME Foundation member: no
> > 
> > GNOME contributions:
> > --------------------
> > 
> > Summary:
> > "GNOME Journal, Advocacy, various online/print publications"
> > 
> > Detailed description:
> > I've done GNOME talks at Ohio LinuxFest and Penguicon over the years.
> >    I helped run a GNOME Booth at LWE/San Francisco in 2006 and
> >    LWE/Boston 2005.
> > 
> > I helped start http://www.gnomejournal.org and have written several
> >    Evolution articles for it that ended up reprinted in several print
> >    magazines. I wrote the f-spot chapter in Linux Multimedia Hacks by
> >    Oreilly.
> > 
> > Contacts:
> > Gabriel Burt (gabriel.burt AT gmail.com) - F-Spot/Banshee
> > Aaron Bockover (abock AT gnome.org) - Banshee
> > Ryan Lortie (desrt AT desrt.ca) - Claims to hack on nothing
> 
> > Other comments:
> > ---------------
> > I've been using GNOME since October GNOME and have been kind of
> >    flirting outside "becoming officially a part of GNOME" for years.
> >    I'd like to change that and become more active in the project.
> >    Also, I've recently taken on the role of external developer
> >    relations at Canonical Ltd. and would like to "be closer to
> >    upstream" by becoming a foundation member.




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