Peter Reutemann
2021-05-30 20:58:06 UTC
'John Sullivan became the Free Software Foundation's Executive
Director back in 2003 (at the age of 26). But now after 18 years,
"I've decided to resign my position..." he tweeted Friday, "effective
at the end of a transition period."
"We'll be sharing further details, including information about that
transition, and a few more words, in the coming days."
Meanwhile, the Free Software Foundation announced Thursday that it's
seeking "a principled, compassionate, and capable leader" to be its
new executive director, working remotely out of their Boston office
with the Foundation's current staff and board of directors. "The
executive director, working with the president, is the public face of
the Foundation."
The FSF faces many challenges as software becomes increasingly central
in the exercise of all fundamental human freedoms, including speech,
association, privacy, and movement, and as software owners seek to
exploit their control over us to profit at the expense of those
freedoms. The executive director has a vital role in enabling the FSF
to continue meeting these challenges, starting from the strong base
that has been built in the last thirty-five years. The Foundation has
recently reached record-high membership numbers and was awarded a
perfect score from Charity Navigator, as well as its eighth
consecutive four-star rating. Efforts to improve the Foundation's
governance are underway.
The executive director is the FSF's chief employed officer. The
position reports to the president/CEO and the board of directors, and
is responsible for management of all other staff, all day-to-day
operations, and oversight of the Boston physical office. The
successful candidate will have the opportunity to hire for additional
key positions in the management team.
One interesting item on their list of job responsibilities:
Mentor, inspire, coordinate, and manage all FSF staff, building a
culture that upholds the FSF's ideological principles and includes
accountability, empathy, efficiency, and excellence
A blog post on the FSF site also notes that the last month saw 11 new
GNU releases. "A number of GNU packages, as well as the GNU operating
system as a whole, are looking for maintainers and other assistance:
please see https://www.gnu.org/server/takeaction.html#unmaint if you'd
like to help."'
-- source: https://news.slashdot.org/story/21/05/29/0144223
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Waikato, NZ
+64 (7) 577-5304
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/
http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
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Director back in 2003 (at the age of 26). But now after 18 years,
"I've decided to resign my position..." he tweeted Friday, "effective
at the end of a transition period."
"We'll be sharing further details, including information about that
transition, and a few more words, in the coming days."
Meanwhile, the Free Software Foundation announced Thursday that it's
seeking "a principled, compassionate, and capable leader" to be its
new executive director, working remotely out of their Boston office
with the Foundation's current staff and board of directors. "The
executive director, working with the president, is the public face of
the Foundation."
The FSF faces many challenges as software becomes increasingly central
in the exercise of all fundamental human freedoms, including speech,
association, privacy, and movement, and as software owners seek to
exploit their control over us to profit at the expense of those
freedoms. The executive director has a vital role in enabling the FSF
to continue meeting these challenges, starting from the strong base
that has been built in the last thirty-five years. The Foundation has
recently reached record-high membership numbers and was awarded a
perfect score from Charity Navigator, as well as its eighth
consecutive four-star rating. Efforts to improve the Foundation's
governance are underway.
The executive director is the FSF's chief employed officer. The
position reports to the president/CEO and the board of directors, and
is responsible for management of all other staff, all day-to-day
operations, and oversight of the Boston physical office. The
successful candidate will have the opportunity to hire for additional
key positions in the management team.
One interesting item on their list of job responsibilities:
Mentor, inspire, coordinate, and manage all FSF staff, building a
culture that upholds the FSF's ideological principles and includes
accountability, empathy, efficiency, and excellence
A blog post on the FSF site also notes that the last month saw 11 new
GNU releases. "A number of GNU packages, as well as the GNU operating
system as a whole, are looking for maintainers and other assistance:
please see https://www.gnu.org/server/takeaction.html#unmaint if you'd
like to help."'
-- source: https://news.slashdot.org/story/21/05/29/0144223
Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Waikato, NZ
+64 (7) 577-5304
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/
http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
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