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| 1 | Hi! I'm Paul Tagliamonte, but my friends call me paultag. I'm running for an | ||
| 2 | OSI affiliate member seat this winter. | ||
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| 4 | === About Me === | ||
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| 6 | [[notes>>http://notes.pault.ag/]] | [[twitter>>http://twitter.com/paultag/]] | ||
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| 8 | I'm a 25 year old software hacker currently living in Washington DC. I've been | ||
| 9 | using GNU/Linux on the desktop on every machine I've owned, since primary | ||
| 10 | school. I've been involved with the Free and Open Source community for over | ||
| 11 | 10 years now, and an active contributor for the last 7 years. | ||
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| 13 | Most of my current F/OSS work is working on Debian, Ubuntu, Fluxbox and a | ||
| 14 | handful of smaller Python projects (in particular, my dayjob is working | ||
| 15 | on [[openstates>>https://github.com/sunlightlabs/openstates/]], as well as | ||
| 16 | a Lisp to Python bytecode compiler called [[Hy>>http://hylang.org]]). | ||
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| 18 | My time in Debian is spent working on the | ||
| 19 | [[Debian FTP Team>>https://ftp-master.debian.org/]], the team responsible for | ||
| 20 | interpreting the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG), and maintaining | ||
| 21 | the archive. I maintain a handful of packages, such as | ||
| 22 | [[Docker>>https://docker.io/]], [[Fluxbox>>http://fluxbox.org]], and | ||
| 23 | [[golang>>https://golang.org]]. You can find a full list of packages I'm | ||
| 24 | currently maintaining at my | ||
| 25 | [[DDPO>>https://qa.debian.org/[email protected]]]. | ||
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| 27 | During the day, I work as a Software Engineer for the nonpartisan nonprofit, | ||
| 28 | the [[Sunlight Foundation>>https://sunlightfoundation.com/]]. I'm fortunate | ||
| 29 | enough to work at a place which is F/OSS by default, and uses high technology | ||
| 30 | to help enable citizens to better enagage with their Government. My work focuses | ||
| 31 | around modling the Legislative processes that exist within the US on the | ||
| 32 | Federal, State and Municipal level. | ||
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| 34 | === Why I'm running === | ||
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| 36 | I've always been thrilled with the OSI's ability to engage with the private | ||
| 37 | sector, and help ensure that organizations know that honoring user freedom is | ||
| 38 | not incompatable with the comercial software industry. I've always seen OSI, | ||
| 39 | the FSF and Debian as the three major organizations that define what it means | ||
| 40 | to be Free / Open Source, and if elected, I intend to work to find consensus | ||
| 41 | that allows us all to work in a more coherent and tight-knit way. | ||
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| 43 | I believe that my time working on the ftpteam will allow me to provide the | ||
| 44 | Debian perspective from within discussions, rather than waiting for external | ||
| 45 | feedback on digests of discussion. | ||
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| 47 | I'm also interested in finding ways we can collectively work to provide | ||
| 48 | helpful guides and resources for organizations that wish to adopt an Open | ||
| 49 | Source policy. I've been seeing quite a few go up, and starting to put | ||
| 50 | together recommendations for such documents would be powerful. | ||
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| 52 | If elected, I'd be honored to help continue to fight for the user, and | ||
| 53 | advocate for consistency in F/OSS messaging. I would welcome your support! | ||
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| 55 | Thanks so much for reading, and I'm happy to answer questions over | ||
| 56 | [[email>>mailto:[email protected]]]. |