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FSF confirms Ian Kelling as its new president
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Kelling, age forty-three, has held the role of a board member and a voting member since March 2021. The board said of Kelling's confirmation: "His hands-on technical experience resulting from his position as the organization's senior systems administrator proved invaluable for his work on the board of directors. The board is confident Kelling is the right person to help the organization achieve its long-term goals. His commitment to free software comes from a life of exploring ways to exert user control. He has the technical knowledge to speak with authority on most free software issues, and he has a strong connection with the community as an active speaker and blogger."
Kelling earned a bachelor's degree in computer science and is a continuous user, developer, and advocate for free software. His personal commitment to complete software freedom has been shaped by his past experiences working as a software developer for proprietary software companies while using, learning, and contributing to GNU/Linux on his own time.
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Free Software Foundation Names Ian Kelling as New President
The Free Software Foundation (FSF), a nonprofit with a worldwide mission to promote computer user freedom, has confirmed Ian Kelling as its new president, just days before the organization’s 40th anniversary.
Kelling, who has served as the FSF’s senior systems administrator since 2017, becomes the first staff member and the first union representative ever to take on the volunteer leadership role.
The FSF board unanimously elected Kelling at its September meeting. He has been both a board member and a voting member since March 2021. Board members said his long-standing technical background, combined with his role managing FSF infrastructure, has been critical to his contributions so far and will be central to shaping the foundation’s direction moving forward.
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Ian Kelling is the new FSF president
The Free Software Foundation has announced the selection of Ian Kelling as the organization's president.
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From Tech Team to Top Spot: Ian Kelling Leads FSF into Its Fortieth Year - FOSS Force
The Free Software Foundation announced on Thursday that it has a new president, Ian Kelling. He comes to the job by way of the organization’s board, where he had the distinction of being the board’s first union member (yes, FSF has it’s own labor union, formed by FSF employees in 2021). He was unanimously confirmed as president by the board in September, which puts another first on his plate: he’s the first staff member to become president of FSF.
“His hands-on technical experience resulting from his position as the organization’s senior systems administrator proved invaluable for his work on the board of directors,” FSF’s board said in a statement. “The board is confident Kelling is the right person to help the organization achieve its long-term goals.
“His commitment to free software comes from a life of exploring ways to exert user control,” the board continued. “He has the technical knowledge to speak with authority on most free software issues, and he has a strong connection with the community as an active speaker and blogger.”