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diff --git a/www/news/andrew-robbins-new-maintainer.md b/www/news/andrew-robbins-new-maintainer.md index 322214c3..b3fdaf4e 100644 --- a/www/news/andrew-robbins-new-maintainer.md +++ b/www/news/andrew-robbins-new-maintainer.md @@ -1,39 +1,36 @@ -% Andrew Robbins joins Libreboot management team -% Leah Rowe +% Welcoming Andrew Robbins +% Leah Rowe and Alyssa Rosenzweig % 4 Jun 2017 -On 25 April, only 40 days ago, Libreboot adopted new collective and democratic -management policies, with a flat-hierarchy leadership of 4 people. All patches -go under code review now, and major project decisions are voted on by core -members, with community input. The policy is [here](../management.md), and -formalizes de-facto standards that were already followed prior to its -publication. +On 25 April, Libreboot adopted new [collective governance policies], creating a +flat-hierarchy leadership of four people. As a result, all patches are +reviewed, and all major decisions are voted on by the maintainers with +community input. These policies formalise our democratic standards. -**Today, we gain our first new official project member under this new policy.** +Today, we welcome Andrew Robbins (IRC nick `and_who` and [NotABug] user +[kragle]) as our first new maintainer under the new policy. Going forward, +Andrew will gain push access to Libreboot in order to review patches, as well +as voting rights and IRC operator status. -Andrew Robbins, IRC nick **and\_who** and notabug user -**[kragle](https://notabug.org/kragle)** has joined the Libreboot project as a -full-time maintainer. +Andrew works on critical improvements to the build system, many of which have +already been merged. They are passionate about Libreboot, understanding the +project at a deep level, and they have been an active member of the community. +Thus, with unanimous agreement from the existing maintainers, Andrew has joined +the project officially. -This means: merge rights on the Git repository (for reviewing and merging -contributions by the public), operator status on #libreboot IRC and voting -rights on all major project decisions. +We look forward to Andrew's next contributions as our project continues to +grow. -Andrew has been working on major improvements to the build system, some of -which are already merged and are critical for the next Libreboot release. -Andrew has been influential in several major policy decisions already. - -Andrew has a deep understanding of and passion for Libreboot as a whole, and -is a perfect fit for the Libreboot project. Thus, with agreement from other -members of core management, Andrew is now an official Libreboot team member. - -We very much look forward to seeing what he will do for the project! Everyone -please welcome Andrew into the Libreboot project! - -The new list of people on the core management team is as follows: +The new list of maintainers is as follows: - Alyssa Rosenzweig - Andrew Robbins - Leah Rowe - Paul Kocialkowski - Swift Geek + +[collective governance policies]: ../management.md + +[NotABug]: https://notabug.org/ + +[kragle]: https://notabug.org/kragle |