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diff --git a/www/news/andrew-robbins-new-maintainer.md b/www/news/andrew-robbins-new-maintainer.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..322214c3 --- /dev/null +++ b/www/news/andrew-robbins-new-maintainer.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +% Andrew Robbins joins Libreboot management team +% Leah Rowe +% 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. + +**Today, we gain our first new official project member under this new policy.** + +Andrew Robbins, IRC nick **and\_who** and notabug user +**[kragle](https://notabug.org/kragle)** has joined the Libreboot project as a +full-time maintainer. + +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. + +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: + +- Alyssa Rosenzweig +- Andrew Robbins +- Leah Rowe +- Paul Kocialkowski +- Swift Geek |