Ribas2015
About me?
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I am Stéphane Ribas, a french "lucky" boy, as I lived the rise of the internet, its infrastrucutre, its protocols, its applications but as well as the rise of the open source movement. I am discret guy who prefers actions coupled with a good communication - but always behind the scene.
I spent 12 years in software industries & services, mostly in innovative technologies - open source oriented -. Thanks to the people I meet & the projects I collaborated on, I developed very strong skills in building & fostering Internet communities.
I joined INRIA, a french public research institute in mathematics & computing, in 2008 to co-lead OW2 Europe Local Chapter & contribute(d) to several other Open Source projects & consortiums. I wrote several articles on how to "build and sustain Open Source Communities". I presented my ideas and approaches in different conferences.
Today, I joined the INRIA direction team. I am helping INRIA research teams to create & develop their own communities (community over code!), I help them in the choice of governance model, oss licences, project dev. lyfe cycle & how to animate the project & create a vibrant community. I am following them, helping them, monitoring them. I am also helping the INRIA at large in their Open source governance/strategy.
| Others In parallel, I am one of the main organizer of the fOSSa conference (Free Open Source Software for Academia). fOSSa is a conference about Open Source and beyond: Open education, open collaboration, open data, open standard, open hardware & open-ness. Simon Phipps & Martin Michlmayr participated to the first and third edition. I am working on two projects as a community manager: Poppy - Humanoid robot and Natron. I meet and regularly collaborate with many small, medium and important open source organisations :-) I teach Open Source (culture, business models, licences, etc) at a business school in Grenoble, french alps, France. |
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Why should you consider my application ?
I am proposing my application through the AFUL organisation. This consortium adresses the usage of open source in France by industrials, small companies, & institutions, provide advices & reports to our government, defends users, defend opensource, spend a lot of time to educate, etc.. I am proud to work at their board & I do the interface between AFUL and research institutions in France. I help them also to animate the AFUL community. I have a good knowledge of the french universities & engineering schools eco-system. I have also several industrial contacts.
By applying to OSI board, I want to bring my help and knowledge to:
- the daily duties of all board members ;-)
- the animation of the OSI community,
- asking/answering questions that members have,
- update regularly the website and the social networks media,
- help to organise current initiatives,
- helping in the organisation of the different meetings, improving the architecture of participation if needed.
- facilate the knowledge flow between the community members
- the promotion the OSI initiative,
- spread the world!
- I would like to increase OSI presence in France.
- attract new members
- I will first listen and understand the OSI goverance, and then propose ideas,
- I will organise some promotion initiatives & presentations about AFUL & OSI in France,
- I would also like that INRIA becomes a member of OSI.
Thanks!
Thanks so much for reading, be sure that I will put all my efforts to represent and advocate OSI the best I can!
Don't hesitate to contact me via Email :-)