Re: Welcome, Neil McGovern, GNOME Foundation Executive Director!

[Luis de Bethencourt]

Welcome Neil :)

On 2 February 2017 at 02:56, Julita Inca Chiroque  wrote:

> What impressive professional life!
> Welcome Neil!!!
> Thanks for choosing GNOME :D
> Bests,
> Julita
>
>
> El miércoles, 1 de febrero de 2017, Nuritzi Sanchez 
> escribió:
>
>> Dear Foundation Members,
>>
>> After a long period of being without an Executive Director, I'm pleased
>> to announce on behalf of the GNOME Foundation Board the appointment of Neil
>> McGovern.
>>
>> Neil will officially begin to work for the GNOME Foundation on *February
>> 15, 2017* and will operate from the United Kingdom. Please join us in
>> welcoming him!
>>
>> For those of you who don't know him, Neil is an experienced leader in
>> Free Software projects and is best known for his role as Debian Project
>> Leader from 2014-15. He has been on the Boards of numerous organizations,
>> including Software in the Public Interest, Inc. and the Open Rights Group.
>>
>> Neil has a strong technical background and has contributed to Debian as a
>> developer for over twelve years. He comes most recently from Collabora, a
>> respected open source consultancy, where we worked as an Engineering
>> Manager and received a glowing recommendation from Collabora CEO, Philippe
>> Kalaf.
>>
>> The Board believes that Neil is in a good position to foster greater
>> collaboration between GNOME and other Free Software projects. He joins
>> GNOME at an exciting time, with the emergence of new technologies such as
>> Flatpak, Builder, and GTK+4. Neil's experience working with the Debian
>> project will no doubt help us forge closer relations between our two
>> projects, and his experience at Collabora, coupled with his technological
>> expertise, means that he has the knowledge to promote our technologies
>> further.
>>
>> While not yet directly involved as a contributor, Neil's interest in
>> GNOME began in 2002 when he first tried the GNOME desktop as a user, and he
>> has been following the GNOME project ever since. He attended first GUADEC
>> in A Coruña in 2012, and is looking forward to attending this year's GUADEC
>> in Manchester.
>>
>> It has been three years since the GNOME Foundation has had an Executive
>> Director, Karen Sandler. Neil's job will be to support the GNOME project,
>> particularly in terms of fundraising, outreach, and strategy. The Board
>> thanks members of the Executive Director Search Committee, as well as past
>> Board members, for their help finding Neil and other strong candidates for
>> this hiring round.
>>
>> *Neil will be attending FOSDEM in Brussels this weekend (February 4 - 5)*.
>> The Board encourages Foundation members to speak to Neil at the event and
>> offer him a warm welcome.
>>
>> In just a few minutes, we will be announcing Neil's joining us to the
>> wider community via a news item  on gnome.org,
>> and on social media. Please help us spread the word.
>>
>> Get ready for an exciting year ahead!
>>
>> Best,
>> Nuritzi
>>
>>
>> --
>> Nuritzi Sanchez
>> GNOME Foundation 
>> President, Board of Directors
>>
>
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Re: Welcome, Neil McGovern, GNOME Foundation Executive Director!

[Neil McGovern]

Hi all,

On Mon, Feb 06, 2017 at 12:09:39AM +0100, Mattias Bengtsson wrote:
> On Wed, 2017-02-01 at 14:21 -0800, Nuritzi Sanchez wrote:
> > Dear Foundation Members, 
> > 
> > After a long period of being without an Executive Director, I'm
> > pleased to announce on behalf of the GNOME Foundation Board the
> > appointment of Neil McGovern.
> > 
> > 
> > [...]
> 
> Congratulations and welcome, Neil!

Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome, it was also great to meet a
number of you at FOSDEM. I'm looking forward to starting on the 15th!

Neil
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Re: Welcome, Neil McGovern, GNOME Foundation Executive Director!

[Mattias Bengtsson]

Hi!

On Wed, 2017-02-01 at 14:21 -0800, Nuritzi Sanchez wrote:
> Dear Foundation Members, 
> 
> After a long period of being without an Executive Director, I'm
> pleased to announce on behalf of the GNOME Foundation Board the
> appointment of Neil McGovern.
> 
> 
> [...]

Congratulations and welcome, Neil!
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Re: Welcome, Neil McGovern, GNOME Foundation Executive Director!

[Julita Inca Chiroque]

What impressive professional life!
Welcome Neil!!!
Thanks for choosing GNOME :D
Bests,
Julita

El miércoles, 1 de febrero de 2017, Nuritzi Sanchez 
escribió:

> Dear Foundation Members,
>
> After a long period of being without an Executive Director, I'm pleased to
> announce on behalf of the GNOME Foundation Board the appointment of Neil
> McGovern.
>
> Neil will officially begin to work for the GNOME Foundation on *February
> 15, 2017* and will operate from the United Kingdom. Please join us in
> welcoming him!
>
> For those of you who don't know him, Neil is an experienced leader in Free
> Software projects and is best known for his role as Debian Project Leader
> from 2014-15. He has been on the Boards of numerous organizations,
> including Software in the Public Interest, Inc. and the Open Rights Group.
>
> Neil has a strong technical background and has contributed to Debian as a
> developer for over twelve years. He comes most recently from Collabora, a
> respected open source consultancy, where we worked as an Engineering
> Manager and received a glowing recommendation from Collabora CEO, Philippe
> Kalaf.
>
> The Board believes that Neil is in a good position to foster greater
> collaboration between GNOME and other Free Software projects. He joins
> GNOME at an exciting time, with the emergence of new technologies such as
> Flatpak, Builder, and GTK+4. Neil's experience working with the Debian
> project will no doubt help us forge closer relations between our two
> projects, and his experience at Collabora, coupled with his technological
> expertise, means that he has the knowledge to promote our technologies
> further.
>
> While not yet directly involved as a contributor, Neil's interest in GNOME
> began in 2002 when he first tried the GNOME desktop as a user, and he has
> been following the GNOME project ever since. He attended first GUADEC in A
> Coruña in 2012, and is looking forward to attending this year's GUADEC in
> Manchester.
>
> It has been three years since the GNOME Foundation has had an Executive
> Director, Karen Sandler. Neil's job will be to support the GNOME project,
> particularly in terms of fundraising, outreach, and strategy. The Board
> thanks members of the Executive Director Search Committee, as well as past
> Board members, for their help finding Neil and other strong candidates for
> this hiring round.
>
> *Neil will be attending FOSDEM in Brussels this weekend (February 4 - 5)*.
> The Board encourages Foundation members to speak to Neil at the event and
> offer him a warm welcome.
>
> In just a few minutes, we will be announcing Neil's joining us to the
> wider community via a news item  on gnome.org,
> and on social media. Please help us spread the word.
>
> Get ready for an exciting year ahead!
>
> Best,
> Nuritzi
>
>
> --
> Nuritzi Sanchez
> GNOME Foundation 
> President, Board of Directors
>
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Re: Welcome, Neil McGovern, GNOME Foundation Executive Director!

[Oliver Propst]

Yeah Welcome Neil

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Re: Welcome, Neil McGovern, GNOME Foundation Executive Director!

[Arun Raghavan]

On 02-Feb-2017 10:57 AM, "Sriram Ramkrishna"  wrote:



On Wed, Feb 1, 2017, 2:23 PM Nuritzi Sanchez  wrote:

> Dear Foundation Members,
>
> After a long period of being without an Executive Director, I'm pleased to
> announce on behalf of the GNOME Foundation Board the appointment of Neil
> McGovern.
>

 Welcome!   I speak for many of us when I  say they we excited to have you
and can't wait to see the great things that we can accomplish together!


Having worked with Neil in the past, I'd like to pitch in that I think he
is an excellent choice for this role.

Welcome, and all the best!

-- Arun
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Re: Welcome, Neil McGovern, GNOME Foundation Executive Director!

[Sriram Ramkrishna]

On Wed, Feb 1, 2017, 2:23 PM Nuritzi Sanchez  wrote:

> Dear Foundation Members,
>
> After a long period of being without an Executive Director, I'm pleased to
> announce on behalf of the GNOME Foundation Board the appointment of Neil
> McGovern.
>

 Welcome!   I speak for many of us when I  say they we excited to have you
and can't wait to see the great things that we can accomplish together!

Sri



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