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I'm Kevin Smith, xmpp:kevin@doomsong.co.uk, and I'm applying to retain my XSF membership. Email's mailto:kevin@kismith.co.uk.

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* [[#History|<span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">History</span>]]
* [[#Jabber.2FXMPP_Projects|<span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Jabber/XMPP Projects</span>]]
** [[#Code|<span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Code</span>]]
** [[#XMPP_Protocol|<span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">XMPP Protocol</span>]]
** [[#XMPP_documentation|<span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">XMPP documentation</span>]]
** [[#Plans_for_the_future|<span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">Plans for the future</span>]]
* [[#XMPP_-_Why_I_like_it|<span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">XMPP - Why I like it</span>]]
* [[#XSF_Work|<span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">XSF Work</span>]]
* [[#Why_I.27m_reapplying|<span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Why I'm reapplying</span>]]
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== History ==

I've a PhD from the University of Exeter, (a study into Simulated Annealing Techniques for Multi-Objective Optimisation), I worked as R&amp;D Manager at a company developing credit card fraud detection systems, and I now work for [http://isode.com Isode] in the XMPP team (this application is, as always, personal). I've been an XSF member since 2005, and a council member since 2006. I'm chairing the current XSF Council.

== Jabber/XMPP Projects ==

=== Code ===

* I was project leader for the [http://psi-im.org/ Psi] client for nearly 5 years, until early last year.
* I'm now coding on the new [http://swift.im/ Swift] client with Remko.
* I wrote the [http://www.kismith.co.uk/wordpress/index.php/2008/11/30/sleek-migrate/ SleekMigrate] app for migrating between XMPP server software.
* I developed much of the [http://sleekbot.googlecode.com/ SleekBot], which is a bot for running in MUCs - it's active in the jabber and jdev mucs on jabber.org, as well as Psi's muc.
* My (abandoned) [http://maybelater.googlecode.com/ MaybeLater] task manager system accepted new tasks through an XMPP bot.
* I have contributed to the [http://sleekxmpp.googlecode.com/ SleekXMPP] Python XMPP library.
* In my day job I work on the M-Link server (among other things).

=== XMPP Protocol ===

I'm a co-author of several XEPs, read all the XEPs that go through (it's hard to review them for Council otherwise).

=== XMPP documentation ===

* [http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596157197/ XMPP: The Definitive Guide] for O'Reilly, which has been out about a year now. It's good, really - buy it please.

=== Plans for the future ===

As well as continuing work on Swift, I intend to continue contributing to XEPs and chairing council. I also expect I'll keep doing XMPP stuffs at Isode.

== XMPP - Why I like it ==

I came to Jabber because I was on Linux and didn't like the thought of using clients that had to play catch-up to the legacy networks; Jabber's open standard felt cleaner. As a geek, helping to set up the university Jabber server was also an appeal. I got drawn into development with Psi and learned more about the protocol decided it's a standard worth supporting. I've since had a great deal of contact with the communit(y|ies), and met a good bunch of people at FOSDEM and the XMPP Summit that help me want to keep being involved.

== XSF Work ==

* I'm a Council member.
* I chair Council.
* I'm the infrastructure team lead.
* I'm one of the jabber.org admins (not strictly XSF).
* I'm an XSF org admin for GSoC this year.
* I perform small tasks like proofreading for the commteam.
* I'm on the review team.

== Why I'm reapplying ==

So I can keep doing what I'm doing in the XSF.