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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>This is the [[Membership Applications Q2 2022|2022 Q2 re-application]] for XSF membership of Guus der Kinderen, a software engineer from [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rosmalen/ Rosmalen, the Netherlands].<br />
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My previous applications can be found [[Guus der Kinderen Application 2021|here]], [[Guus der Kinderen Application 2020|here]], [[Guus der Kinderen Application 2019|here]], [[Guus der Kinderen Application 2018|here]], [[Guus der Kinderen Application 2017|here]] and [[Guus der Kinderen Application 2016|here]]. You'll find that this application builds on the previous ones.<br />
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= Personalia &amp; Contact Details =<br />
* Name: Guus der Kinderen<br />
* Jabber IDs: [xmpp:guus.der.kinderen@igniterealtime.org guus.der.kinderen@igniterealtime.org], [xmpp:guusdk@jabber.org guusdk@jabber.org]<br />
* E-mail address: [mailto:guus.der.kinderen@gmail.com guus.der.kinderen@gmail.com]<br />
* Company name: [http://www.goodbytes.nl GoodBytes]<br />
* Github: [https://github.com/guusdk guusdk]<br />
* Twitter: [https://twitter.com/guusdk @guusdk]<br />
* LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/guusderkinderen guusderkinderen]<br />
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'''Affiliations'''<br />
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* Owner of Goodbytes, that primarily takes on Openfire-related development and consultancy work<br />
* Board member of the Ignite Realtime Foundation<br />
* Developer of the Openfire server, Spark client,<br />
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= Motivation =<br />
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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.<br />
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= Background & Contributions to the XMPP community =<br />
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I got introduced to XMPP in the early 2000s, when I was working on my thesis. That thesis later evolved into [https://www.nimbuzz.com Nimbuzz], where I was employed for a number of years.<br />
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We based Nimbuzz on [https://igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire Openfire], a project that I continued to support in my spare time after I left the company. After Jive Software slowly but surely pulled out, I became the de facto project lead for Openfire. Although somewhat hard to combine with my daytime jobs at the time (didn't have a remote connection to XMPP), I helped keep the project and the broader [http://www.igniterealtime.org Ignite Realtime community] afloat until dwd stepped up.<br />
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Around 2015, I leaped and/or plunged, quitting my job and starting a business of my own: Goodbytes (dot nl). Now that I'm self-employed, I find myself more and more involved in projects that relate to XMPP (Yey). As a result, the amount of time that I spend on XMPP-related activities has increased a lot. Being more active as ever, and having to owe part of my paycheck to XMPP, I thought it to be good and contribute back to the community, starting by signing up as an XSF member (okay, I ''started'' by fixing a link on the [https://xmpp.org xmpp.org] website, but this is the next best thing, right?)<br />
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In my first year of XSF membership, I've tried to contribute to the XSF by maintaining the [https://www.xmpp.org xmpp.org website], by producing bug fixes and chasing down issues on the issue list. I started participating and later organizing the annual XMPP Summits, and man the XSF booth at FOSDEM, which I enjoy a lot (apart from that one year where I basically spent all weekend sick in the hotel room). <br />
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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 that year's students. Finally, I've been active as a member of the scam and iteam work groups, as well as on the board of directors of the XSF.<br />
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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.<br />
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==== References ====<br />
# [[#cite_ref-1|↑]] wroot, [https://community.igniterealtime.org/blogs/ignite/2016/08/25/spark-280-released &quot;Spark 2.8.0 Released&quot;], ''Ignite Realtime Blog'', Aug 25, 2016<br />
# [[#cite_ref-2|↑]] Guus der Kinderen, [https://community.igniterealtime.org/blogs/ignite/2017/02/20/request-for-comments-mavenizing-spark &quot;Request for Comments: Mavenizing Spark&quot;], ''Ignite Realtime Blog'', Feb 20, 2017<br />
# [[#cite_ref-3|↑]] Guus der Kinderen, [https://community.igniterealtime.org/blogs/ignite/2016/10/21/starting-the-ignite-realtime-foundation &quot;Starting the Ignite Realtime Foundation&quot;], ''Ignite Realtime Blog'', Oct 21, 2016</div>Guus