Welcoming Eliza and Joseph to KDE e.V.

[Luis Falcon]

Dear Eliza and Joseph

Welcome to the KDE community, and I wish you both the best in this new
exciting and important task for the betterment of our societies.

Looking forward to learning from you.

All the best
Luis



On Mon, 5 Jul 2021 22:54:52 +0200
Lydia Pintscher <lydia at kde.org> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> 
> Today I'm happy to let you know that KDE e.V. has hired Eliza and
> Joseph, two great people who will support our work around the
> environmental sustainability of our software. This is part of the
> grant we received from the Bundesumweltamt around the Blauer Engel eco
> certificate.
> 
> Eliza Wieske will be taking on the role of project lead and event
> manager for the project. This means that she will be the liaison to
> the Bundesumweltamt and be available as an organizational contact for
> anyone interested in the project and help answer questions about its
> development. Her background is in the social sciences. Before moving
> to Gothenburg (where she lives now) she worked alongside her studies
> as an organizational assistant in a research group focused on the
> internationalization of engineering education in Germany. With the
> start of the project, she will be getting to know the free and open
> software community, which she is looking forward to learning more
> about while working with the team on getting this great digital
> sustainability project running, so we can share it with the whole
> community.
> 
> Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss will be taking on the role of project and
> community manager. He has been volunteering in the free software
> community since 2013. Currently, he co-organizes the Berlin Freedombox
> User Group (BeFUG) and works on outreach for the mobilize.berlin event
> management service, for which he and colleagues gave a talk at the
> 37th CCC. Prior to KDE Joseph had worked professionally as a
> researcher in the field of theoretical linguistics at the Universität
> Potsdam. He is now excited to transition into the role of
> community manager for the "Blauer Engel for FOSS" project.
> 
> If you'd like to learn more about the project and want to join the
> work on making this all happen please have a look at Cornelius' email
> here: https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-devel/2021-June/000556.html
> 
> Please join me in welcoming Eliza and Joseph to the KDE Community.
> 
> 
> Cheers
> Lydia
>