Sam Whited Application 2020

About

 * Name: Sam Whited
 * Mail address: [mailto:sam@samwhited.com sam@samwhited.com]
 * JID: [xmpp:sam@samwhited.com?message sam@samwhited.com]
 * Company: Docker

After a brief hiatus, I would like to apply again for XSF membership. In the past I have served as an author on many XEPs and acted as an editor and member of the council.

Software
I've contributed a number of features to Conversations (though I mostly don't work on Android anymore) and many more one-off patches to other XMPP clients, servers, and libraries. In particular, I wrote and maintain the Mellium set of XMPP tools and libraries for Go.

My goals in re-joining the XSF are to help create some benefit to joining other than being allowed to volunteer on committees, and possibly to run again for a position on the board or council. I am also still attempting to find a way to work on XMPP related projects during my day job again, and am hoping that being a member might help.

XEPs
Here is a small selection of the XEPs I've worked on in the past. As you can tell from the first few, I like documenting things.


 * XEP-0286: Mobile Considerations on LTE Networks
 * XEP-0364: Current Off-the-Record Messaging Usage
 * XEP-0387: XMPP Compliance Suites 2017
 * XEP-0383: Burner JIDs
 * XEP-0367: Message Attaching