Difference between revisions of "Remko Tronçon for Council 2006"

I am a member of the core development team of [http://psi-im.org Psi] since early 2005, after having contributed regularly since 2003. Most of my free time is spent on developing for Psi, and has recently resulted in implementations of MUC, PEP, Avatars, Remote Controlling ([http://www.jabber.org/jeps/jep-0146.html JEP-0146], of which i am (co-)author). Besides development for Psi, i also contribute to various other Jabber OSS projects, including [http://jivesoftware.org/wildfire/ Wildfire] and [http://msn-transport.jabberstudio.org/ PyMSN-t]. This year, I am mentoring two Google Summer of Code projects ([http://wiki.jabber.org/index.php/Instant_Syndicating Instant Syndicating] and [http://wiki.jabber.org/index.php/Psi_Whiteboarding Psi Whiteboarding]). I always hang around on the Jabber mailing list, trying to contribute as much as i can to the various discussions and questions brought up.

Obviously, my main activity for the following period will be Psi development. Besides this, I still have some contributions to finish for Wildfire, and I have no doubt there will be other contributions following for other projects as well. I also mentored a 'Jabber Maps' related project at the university this year, which also needs finishing and deployment.

I am applying for JSF council mainly as an active IM client developer. Although XMPP isn't strictly an IM protocol anymore, and is used for many different interesting tasks, I feel it is important that IM is not forgotten. As a JSF council member, I am motivated to keep up the active discussion contributions from the IM point of view, keeping an eye on easy deployment and decent protocols for various IM purposes. Of course, I will not always be wearing the IM hat, and am very dedicated to develop and promote XMPP in general, which is the job of a true JSF council member.