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* LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/guusderkinderen guusderkinderen] | * LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/guusderkinderen guusderkinderen] | ||
'''Affiliations''' | |||
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* | * Member of the Board of Directors of the XMPP Standards Foundation (2019/2020 & 2018/2019 & 2017/2018) | ||
* | * Team lead of the Summits, Conferences & Meetups Work Team | ||
* Board member of the Ignite Realtime Foundation | |||
* Developer of the Openfire server, Spark client, and Openfire Meetings video conferencing plugin for both. | |||
= Motivation = | |||
Over the years, I've been working on XMPP-related implementations on and of, both voluntary as well as in a professional capacity. My primary reason for applying for XSF membership is to contribute back to the community that has provided me with a lot of opportunities over these years. | |||
= Contributions to the XMPP community = | = Contributions to the XMPP community = | ||
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I've been helping out preparing for the the XSF participation in Google's [[web/Summer_of_Code_2017|Summer of Code 2017]], and serve as a mentor of one of this year's students. Finally, I've been made a member of the iteam only days before the re-application period ended. | I've been helping out preparing for the the XSF participation in Google's [[web/Summer_of_Code_2017|Summer of Code 2017]], and serve as a mentor of one of this year's students. Finally, I've been made a member of the iteam only days before the re-application period ended. | ||
Outside of the XSF, I've been contributing to XMPP as a member of the [http://www.igniterealtime.org | Outside of the XSF, I've been contributing to XMPP as a member of the [http://www.igniterealtime.org Ignite Realtime community]. For Ignite, apart for my continued work on Openfire and other project, I was involved in revitalizing <sup>[[#cite_note-1|[1]]][[#cite_note-2|[2]]]</sup> the [http://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/spark/ Spark client project] and creating a legal entity for that community<sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup>, serving as the Chair of the board for the Ignite Realtime Foundation. Other than that, I continue to be a regular contributor to various XMPP-related software projects, most of which are available via my Github profile. | ||
== 2017/2018 (from [[Guus der Kinderen Application 2018|the 2018 Q2 application]]) == | == 2017/2018 (from [[Guus der Kinderen Application 2018|the 2018 Q2 application]]) == | ||
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Apart from my involvement with the XSF directly, my other XMPP-related endeavors continue. On the one hand, I'm still very active in the Ignite Realtime community as an open source contributor, while at the same time, I continue to work on proprietary, XMPP-based, solutions as my daytime job (a good deal of the work that I'm doing there, being contributed back upstream, to the open source projects!) | Apart from my involvement with the XSF directly, my other XMPP-related endeavors continue. On the one hand, I'm still very active in the Ignite Realtime community as an open source contributor, while at the same time, I continue to work on proprietary, XMPP-based, solutions as my daytime job (a good deal of the work that I'm doing there, being contributed back upstream, to the open source projects!) | ||
== | == 2018/2019 (from [[Guus der Kinderen Application 2019|the 2019 Q2 application]]) == | ||
I've been able to re-iterate many of the personal highlights of previous years: I enjoyed participating in Board, organizing and joining [[Summit 23]] and [[FOSDEM 2019]], and was particularly happy to detect uptake in activity in the XMPP community. | I've been able to re-iterate many of the personal highlights of previous years: I enjoyed participating in Board, organizing and joining [[Summit 23]] and [[FOSDEM 2019]], and was particularly happy to detect uptake in activity in the XMPP community. | ||
My focus for the immediate future is to spend effort to try and improve the ecosystem around XMPP: although there are many great XMPP projects, many of these are limited to the time and attention that can be given to them by volunteers, even though there often is a desire to grow beyond that. I'd love to see if we can improve here, and help those projects that are interested in growing. My rationale here is two-fold: for one, I'd love to see people be able to make a living from what they love doing, and second, having more of an economy around XMPP will boost its development and adoption. | My focus for the immediate future is to spend effort to try and improve the ecosystem around XMPP: although there are many great XMPP projects, many of these are limited to the time and attention that can be given to them by volunteers, even though there often is a desire to grow beyond that. I'd love to see if we can improve here, and help those projects that are interested in growing. My rationale here is two-fold: for one, I'd love to see people be able to make a living from what they love doing, and second, having more of an economy around XMPP will boost its development and adoption. | ||
== 2019/2020 () the '''2020 Q2 application''' == | |||
Same-same! | |||
Not to much has changed in my interests, motivation or affiliation. If I'm less pressed for time before the application period is up, I might replace this text with more a more elaborate variant, but for now, I'll just leave this as-is to at least have a new application up. :) Lazy, you say? Nah. Time-efficient! :) | |||
==== References ==== | ==== References ==== | ||
# [[#cite_ref-1|↑]] wroot, [https://community.igniterealtime.org/blogs/ignite/2016/08/25/spark-280-released "Spark 2.8.0 Released"], ''Ignite Realtime Blog'', Aug 25, 2016 | # [[#cite_ref-1|↑]] wroot, [https://community.igniterealtime.org/blogs/ignite/2016/08/25/spark-280-released "Spark 2.8.0 Released"], ''Ignite Realtime Blog'', Aug 25, 2016 | ||
# [[#cite_ref-2|↑]] Guus der Kinderen, [https://community.igniterealtime.org/blogs/ignite/2017/02/20/request-for-comments-mavenizing-spark "Request for Comments: Mavenizing Spark"], ''Ignite Realtime Blog'', Feb 20, 2017 | # [[#cite_ref-2|↑]] Guus der Kinderen, [https://community.igniterealtime.org/blogs/ignite/2017/02/20/request-for-comments-mavenizing-spark "Request for Comments: Mavenizing Spark"], ''Ignite Realtime Blog'', Feb 20, 2017 | ||
# [[#cite_ref-3|↑]] Guus der Kinderen, [https: | # [[#cite_ref-3|↑]] Guus der Kinderen, [https: | ||