Re: An overdue introduction

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Tue, 2010-04-27 at 22:08 -0500, Bryen M. Yunashko wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I was pleased a few weeks ago to receive the notification that I had
> been accepted as a member of the GNOME Foundation.  It's an honor and a
> privilege to be associated with an organization that has such strong
> ideals and great successes.  And each day that I work with GNOME, I'm
> humbled to be a part of this great organization.
> 
> So, who am I?  Honestly, there's so many parts to this organization that
> I haven't had a chance to meet you all in the various projects.  My
> primary focus is with GNOME-A11y.  And why?  Because I'm visually
> impaired and want to make sure I can still use the computer as my vision
> loss progresses.
> 
> I'm not a developer by any stretch of the imagination and my focus has
> been on advocacy and promotion.  I recently travelled with the A11y team
> to the CSUN Accessibility Technology Conference/GNOME A11y Hackfest and
> truly had a great time getting to know everyone face to face.
> 
> Though I've participated in team activities for about 2 years now, I
> recently started looking at formalizing the work I've done with the
> hopes of expanding advocacy and spreading the word that GNOME is a very
> *VIABLE* option for accessibility needs.  I hope to interface with
> interface with many of you as my efforts begin to solidify.
> 
> Outside of GNOME, I also participate in the openSUSE Project as a Board
> Member as well as Lead for the openSUSE Marketing Team.
> 
> Many thanks again, for allowing me to be a part of this great
> organization.
> 
welcome Bryen!