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... ... @@ -1,78 +1,26 @@ 1 - Hello-)1 +[[image:a_new_economy_test.jpg||style="float: right;" width="40%"]]Dear OSI colleagues, 2 2 3 -I am a candidate for the affiliate member seat, currently held by [[Simon Phipps>>url:https://opensource.org/docs/board-annotated#sphipps]]. 4 -\\ 3 +Libre and open-source technologies can help us achieve **decent and healthy life for everyone**. 5 5 6 - ===Why open-source?===5 +This is why I am very glad to host the Open Village, a series of activities to promote **open hardware for health**, as part of the Geneva Health Forum and Open Geneva this March. 7 7 8 -I understand open-source as a method that encourages everyone to build, review, reproduce, improve a technology or an innovation (rather than recreating it). 7 +* [[video - Open Village (subtitled)>>url:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9f7eda9h_o&app=desktop||rel="__blank"]] 8 +* [[website - Open Village>>url:http://openvillage.ch/||rel="__blank"]] 9 9 10 -I see the value of open-source in its ability to help us achieve **decent and healthy life for everyone**, as it fosters collaboration rather than competition, and reduces barriers to access knowledge. 11 -\\ 10 +This builds on Breathing Games, a commons to make respiratory health fun, by collectively creating games for children with asthma, teens with cystic fibrosis, and elders affected by air polution and smoking (COPD). 12 12 13 -=== What is Breathing Games? === 12 +* [[poster - Mutual care taking: collectively creating our respiratory wellbeing with open sciences>>url:https://zenodo.org/record/3451506||rel="__blank"]] 13 +* [[website - Breathing Games>>url:http://breathinggames.net/||rel="__blank"]] 14 14 15 -An OSI affiliate since 2016,[[ [[image:a_new_economy_test.jpg||style="float: right;" width="40%"]]Breathing Games>>url:https://breathinggames.net/en||rel="__blank"]] brings people together so that we **collectively take care of our respiratory health**. 15 +((( 16 +I would be glad to **join the OSI board with this mindset**, and **help open-source communities cooperate meaningfully** for the benefit of all. :-) 16 16 17 - Wedevelop digitalgamestohelpasthmaticchildrenmanagetheircrises,tovalueself-andmutualcare forpeoplewholivewithreducedbreathcapacity(cystic fibrosis,COPD),and topromoterespiratory healthothebroaderpopulation. Did youknowairpollution reducesour[[lifeexpectancy>>url:https://www.stateofglobalair.org/life-expectancy||rel="__blank"]]by20 months?18 +A bit about me: I am 37, and live frugally, six months in Canada, and six months in Europe and Asia. I intervened for ten years in leading organizations before founding Breathing Games. I hold a [[Master of Advanced Studies in Human Systems Engineering>>url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_systems_engineering||rel="__blank"]], and am affiliated to [[Concordia University>>url:http://breathinggames.net/||rel="__blank"]] in Montreal. 18 18 19 - Weprototyped [[20 gamesand two controllers>>url:https://breathinggames.net/en/games-hardware||rel="__blank"]] – mostduring events –, some of which were recently testedinhospitals.Wenow developmultiplayergame where up tofourplayerscollaborateto reach thesummit ofamountain,with different breathingchallenges.20 +Ich spreche Deutsch. Parlo italiano. Je parle français. Hablo español (un poco). 20 20 21 - Since2018,BreathingGamesisamember of the[[GlobalAllianceagainstchronic respiratory diseases>>url:https://gard-breathefreely.org/about/||rel="__blank"]]. Hereis a[[ poster>>url:https://breathinggames.net/pub/bg_19_poster_gard.pdf||rel="__blank"]]we presented in October, which summarizes our work.22 +Feel welcome to contact me via [[www.fabioballi.net>>url:https://www.fabioballi.net/]]. :-D 22 22 23 -=== Who is Fabio? === 24 24 25 -I am 37, born in Switzerland. I live frugally, six months in Montreal, and six months in Switzerland and Asia. Before investing my time in Breathing Games, I provided guidance to teams in the design and adoption of collaborative technologies (a [[report for Fujitsu>>url:https://zenodo.org/record/1435883||rel="__blank"]], in French). 26 - 27 -I hold degrees in group dynamics ([[MAS Human Systems Engineering>>url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_systems_engineering]]), adult education, game design, communications, and health. I do research at [[Concordia University>>url:http://breathinggames.net/]] in Montreal. 28 - 29 -Currently, I lead the [[Open Village>>url:http://openvillage.ch/]], a series of activities to promote **open hardware for health**, as part of the Geneva Health Forum and the Open Geneva festival. You may give a look at this[[ short video (subtitled).>>url:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9f7eda9h_o&app=desktop]] 30 - 31 -Ich spreche Deutsch. Parlo italiano. Je parle français. Hablo español (un poco). ;-) 32 - 33 -=== What contribution for OSI? === 34 - 35 -To clarify my position, I summarized my colleagues goals. I invite you to read their [[full profile>>url:https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Main/OSI+Board+of+Directors/Board+Member+Elections/2020+Individual+and+Affiliate+Elections/]] – I learned a lot about them and their vision doing so. :-) 36 - 37 -|=Candidates|= Goals (quotes) 38 -|**Me**|((( 39 -* **cooperation** – develop a feeling of belonging in the OSI community by fostering meaningful, rewarding collaborations 40 -* **simplicity** – make open-source a topic of discussion between 6 year-old children and their grandparents #inclusivegeek 41 -* **impact** – leading a dialogue on how open-source helps reduce poverty, inequality, and address climate change ([[UN global goals>>url:https://www.globalgoals.org/]]) 25 +Picture: a child testing our game and device at [[Sensorica>>url:http://www.sensorica.co/||rel="__blank"]]. Excerpt from the documentary [[A new economy>>url:http://www.aneweconomy.ca/||rel="__blank"]]. 42 42 ))) 43 -|[[Chris Aniszczyk>>url:https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Main/OSI+Board+of+Directors/Board+Member+Elections/2020+Individual+and+Affiliate+Elections/Aniszczyk2020]]|((( 44 -* try to grow the OSI membership 45 -* transition it away from a volunteerism focused organization to hire more professional full time staff 46 -* build bridges with other open source foundations to increase affiliate membership 47 -* focus on evolving affiliate and corporate membership programs 48 -))) 49 -|[[Justin Colannino>>url:https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Main/OSI+Board+of+Directors/Board+Member+Elections/2020+Individual+and+Affiliate+Elections/Colannino2020]]|((( 50 -* advance developer understanding of Open Source development and licensing 51 -))) 52 -|[[Marco Marinello>>url:https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Main/OSI+Board+of+Directors/Board+Member+Elections/2020+Individual+and+Affiliate+Elections/Marinello2020]]|((( 53 -* help the open source community to grow 54 -))) 55 -|Bjoern Michaelsen|((( 56 -* //Not shared yet// 57 -))) 58 -|Andreen Soley|((( 59 -* //Not shared yet// 60 -))) 61 -|[[Italo Vignoli>>url:https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Main/OSI+Board+of+Directors/Board+Member+Elections/2020+Individual+and+Affiliate+Elections/Vignoli2020/]]|((( 62 -* Strengthen OSI Affiliate Organizations 63 -* Strengthen OSI Marketing/Communication Activities 64 -* Strengthen OSI Position in Political Circles 65 -* Increase the Presence of End Users in FOSS Projects 66 -))) 67 - 68 -=== 69 -Anything else? === 70 - 71 -((( 72 -Feel welcome to comment and ask questions below (moderated by the OSI board), or to contact me via [[www.fabioballi.net>>url:https://www.fabioballi.net/]]. :-D 73 - 74 -I update this page regularly to reflect on my colleagues' inputs. 75 - 76 - 77 -Picture: a child testing our game and device at [[Sensorica>>url:http://www.sensorica.co/]]. Excerpt from the documentary [[A new economy>>url:http://www.aneweconomy.ca/]]. 78 -)))