Re: Dear Hong Kong team member

[Haggen So <haggenso gmail com>]

HI Everyone,

I am Haggen, and I stumbled upon FOSS from quite a different path. In
2000, I went to Melbourne, Australia for a PhD programme. Originally,
I intended to research on the area of e-Commerce, the hot topic of the
time, but after having a number of arguments with my supervisor, I had
a change of topic and finally a change in supervisor. The new topic of
research was to evaluate Free and Open Source Project Hosting Sites.

I came back to Hong Kong in 2007 and started my involvement with the
local community. I also took up a full-time job as Project Manager at
Creative Commons Hong Kong in the year 2008-9 but unfortunately
funding ran out. Currently, I am the head of Hong Kong LUG.

The local community is excited that we get the bid and a number of
people already mentioned that they would like to help. Our main
partner, DotAsia, also nominated a number of full-time staff to handle
this conference. We are looking forward to work with you all.

Regards,

Haggen


On 25 February 2012 11:31, Chandni Verma <chandniverma2112 gmail com> wrote:
> Hello everyone on board!
>
> I am Chandni Verma, one of the hackers which make GNOME look and feel the
> way it does! I am mostly known for my software contributions to GNOME and
> inspiring community speeches which make even the sloppiest people dig their
> constructive potential.
>
> I got involved with GNOME with my participation in GNOME Outreach Program
> for Women Internships, 2010 where I began my debut work in the open world
> with Empathy IM/VoIP client of the Desktop. Upon successful completion of
> the internship, I was invited to speak about my work and to inspire new
> people to become a GNOME contributor at GNOME.Asia 2011. On seeing the
> overwhelming audience response, I was invited for guest speaking at the
> Desktop Summit, 2011 too. I have continued to grow as a GNOME contributor
> since then and am very excited with the new things
> I explore and learn everyday. Its very intellectually rewarding to work in
> the open world with immense growth potential surrounding you.
>
> At the Asia summit 2011, I helped in the event organization by suggesting
> new and innovative marketing ideas and managed to help with arranging media
> support for the event was organized in my home country. I continue with it
> this year and act as a reviewer and help with general committee decisions.
> This is my first year with pre-event organization and thus quite informative
> for me as well.
>
> Pre-event organization is moving with full energy, thanks to Max. We would
> like to get more in touch with Hong Kong's local team and feel the throb
> there for better planning and coordination.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Chandni Verma
> www.chandniverma.blogspot.com
>
>
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