Hi, As some of you might have noticed, next meeting agenda includes selecting community manager for 2011-2012. The idea is that, community manager is selected for one year: July 2011 - June 2012. Community should not be forced to choose community manager blindly. Therefore, I would like to see some nominations (who would in your opinion be suitable) for community manager. Those who would like to 'run' for the position should introduce themselves briefly (in open) on this mailing list. I'll give an example about the introduction: ----------------------------------------- Name: Jarkko In brief I've been involved in OSS for about 10 years now, mostly in community stuff, not so much coding. My background is 'hackerish': I have been somewhat active in Ubuntu-fi community, I have started local hackerspace in Tampere year 2010 (still member of board). I've started TMN and MNFI communities. I have been organizing TMN meetups in co-operation mostly with cybette. I took some responsibilities in organizing MeeGo Summit FI 2011. I have been MNFI community manager from the beginning (Dec 2010). Time I will focus on my studies/research in the future, so my time to concentrate on community stuff might be a little limited although my research is about MeeGo community. I could use about one day per week for community issues. Focus for next year - In MNFI I would push Local Device Program forward. - I would try to get more actual (partly funded) projects started. Projects would then create content for our local meetups, applications and real activity. - MeeGo Summit 2012 would be our main event: keep focus still on developers. - I would try to create deeper connections to other local communities such as hackerspaces and LUGs. ------------------------------------------ If there is something else that community wishes to know, you can always continue the discussion on mailing list. Using IRC for discussion is good, but there is no record of such discussions. /Jarkko -- --------------- Community Manager (MNFI, Meego Network Finland) Organizer (TMN, Tampere Meego Network) Email: jarkko dot moilanen at meegonetwork dot fi Location: Tampere, Finland More info: http://meegonetwork.fi Discussions: irc.freenode.net#meego-fi http://meego.ajatukseni.net/