diff --git a/content/news/board-meeting-2023-06-21.md b/content/news/board-meeting-2023-06-21.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..764fd6558e50661229cf8264025679c4759de37e --- /dev/null +++ b/content/news/board-meeting-2023-06-21.md @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ ++++ +title = "Redox OS elects its first Board of Directors" +author = "Jeremy Soller" +date = "2023-06-21" ++++ + +On June 21, 2023, the Redox OS nonprofit elected its first Board of Directors. +The Redox OS project is a Unix-like operating system written in Rust, and +intended for free public and commercial use. The nonprofit was formed to +support the project and its community, and will help provide transparency in +the management of funds, hopefully leading to increased donations and the +ability to hire full-time staff. + +The Redox OS Board of Directors consists of: + +<hr> + +### Ron Williams, as President + +<a href="/img/board/ron-williams.jpg"><img width=256 height=256 src="/img/board/ron-williams.jpg"/></a> + +Ron has over 30 years in the software industry in technical, consulting and executive roles. He has consulted to Fortune 500 companies in designing and developing new products. As president and co-founder of Ensemble Systems, he grew the company to over 100 technical staff, with Ensemble twice being selected as one of the best places to work in British Columbia. After many years as a consultant and executive, he has rediscovered his love of coding by contributing to Redox OS. + +<hr> + +### Jeremy Soller, as Treasurer and Vice-President + +<a href="/img/board/jeremy-soller.jpg"><img width=256 height=256 src="/img/board/jeremy-soller.jpg"/></a> + +Jeremy created the Redox OS project in 2015. He has been involved with open source software development for over fifteen years, starting with hobby projects and soon moving into professional open source software development. He is currently employed as Principal Engineer at System76, where he manages a team of engineers building open source software, firmware, and hardware. His experience with low-level development has driven many successful projects at both Redox OS and System76. + +<hr> + +### Alberto Souza, as Secretary + +<a href="/img/board/alberto-souza.jpg"><img width=256 height=256 src="/img/board/alberto-souza.jpg"/></a> + +Alberto has been an open-source activist and systems researcher since 2016. He has used dozens of Unix-like systems, from mainstream to underground, and has a passion for kernel models. He has been in love with BSDs due to their maturity and simplicity, and has been following Redox OS development over the years, feeling confident to start contributing in 2023. Since starting, he has made vast improvements to the Redox OS documentation and worked on porting numerous programs. diff --git a/static/img/board/alberto-souza.jpg b/static/img/board/alberto-souza.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..819578ff23f1bebdca5b60a2b290302bbee0b162 Binary files /dev/null and b/static/img/board/alberto-souza.jpg differ diff --git a/static/img/board/jeremy-soller.jpg b/static/img/board/jeremy-soller.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4161994c382886f045ca23315133b63c716c5f19 Binary files /dev/null and b/static/img/board/jeremy-soller.jpg differ diff --git a/static/img/board/ron-williams.jpg b/static/img/board/ron-williams.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7ee1eb8cd9802daa8372dea934e7e7e42424c9a4 Binary files /dev/null and b/static/img/board/ron-williams.jpg differ