Wiki source code of Fabio Balli - 2020 election
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| 1 | Hello :-) | ||
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| 3 | I am a candidate for the affiliate member seat, currently held by [[Simon Phipps>>url:https://opensource.org/docs/board-annotated#sphipps||rel="__blank"]]. | ||
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| 6 | === Why open-source? === | ||
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| 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). | ||
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| 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. | ||
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| 13 | === What is Breathing Games? === | ||
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| 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**. | ||
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| 17 | We develop digital games to help asthmatic children manage their crises, to value self- and mutual care for people who live with reduced breath capacity (cystic fibrosis, COPD), and to promote respiratory health to the broader population. Did you know air pollution reduces our [[life expectancy>>url:https://www.stateofglobalair.org/life-expectancy||rel="__blank"]] by 20 months? | ||
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| 19 | We prototyped [[20 games and two controllers>>url:https://breathinggames.net/en/games-hardware||rel="__blank"]] – most during events –, some of which were recently tested in hospitals. We now develop a multiplayer game where up to four players collaborate to reach the summit of a mountain, with different breathing challenges. | ||
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| 21 | Since 2018, Breathing Games is a member of the [[Global Alliance against chronic respiratory diseases>>url:https://gard-breathefreely.org||rel="__blank"]]. Here is a [[poster>>url:https://zenodo.org/record/3451506||rel="__blank"]] we presented in October, which summarizes our work. | ||
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| 24 | === Who is Fabio? === | ||
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| 26 | I am 37, born in Switzerland. I live frugally, six months in Montreal, and six months in Switzerland and Asia. Before focusing on 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). | ||
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| 28 | I hold degrees in group dynamics ([[MAS Human Systems Engineering>>url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_systems_engineering||rel="__blank"]]), adult education, game design, communications, and health. I do research on health commons (building on Breathing Games) at [[Concordia University,>>url:http://concordia.ca/||rel="__blank"]] Montreal. I led the dossier [[Recherche et communs>>url:https://www.acfas.ca/publications/magazine/dossier/recherche-commun||rel="__blank"]] for the Acfas magazine. | ||
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| 30 | Currently, I invest my time in organizing the [[Open Village>>url:http://openvillage.ch/||rel="__blank"]], a series of activities to promote **open-source 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||rel="__blank"]] | ||
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| 32 | Ich spreche Deutsch. Parlo italiano. Je parle français. Hablo español (un poco). ;-) | ||
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| 35 | === What contribution for OSI? === | ||
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| 37 | 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/||rel="__blank"]] – I learned a lot about them and their vision doing so. :-) | ||
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| 39 | |=Candidates|= Goals (quotes) | ||
| 40 | |**Me**|((( | ||
| 41 | * **cooperation** – develop a feeling of belonging in the OSI community by fostering meaningful, rewarding collaborations | ||
| 42 | * **simplicity** – make open-source a topic of discussion between 6 year-old children and their grandparents #inclusivegeek | ||
| 43 | * **impact** – lead a dialogue on how open-source helps reduce poverty, inequality, and address climate change ([[UN global goals>>url:https://www.globalgoals.org/||rel="__blank"]]) | ||
| 44 | ))) | ||
| 45 | |[[Chris Aniszczyk>>url:https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Main/OSI+Board+of+Directors/Board+Member+Elections/2020+Individual+and+Affiliate+Elections/Aniszczyk2020||rel="__blank"]]|((( | ||
| 46 | * try to grow the OSI membership | ||
| 47 | * transition it away from a volunteerism focused organization to hire more professional full time staff | ||
| 48 | * build bridges with other open source foundations to increase affiliate membership | ||
| 49 | * focus on evolving affiliate and corporate membership programs | ||
| 50 | ))) | ||
| 51 | |[[Justin Colannino>>url:https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Main/OSI+Board+of+Directors/Board+Member+Elections/2020+Individual+and+Affiliate+Elections/Colannino2020||rel="__blank"]]|((( | ||
| 52 | * advance developer understanding of Open Source development and licensing | ||
| 53 | ))) | ||
| 54 | |[[Marco Marinello>>url:https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Main/OSI+Board+of+Directors/Board+Member+Elections/2020+Individual+and+Affiliate+Elections/Marinello2020||rel="__blank"]]|((( | ||
| 55 | * help the open source community to grow | ||
| 56 | ))) | ||
| 57 | |Bjoern Michaelsen|((( | ||
| 58 | * //Not shared yet// | ||
| 59 | ))) | ||
| 60 | |Andreen Soley|((( | ||
| 61 | * //Not shared yet// | ||
| 62 | ))) | ||
| 63 | |[[Italo Vignoli>>url:https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Main/OSI+Board+of+Directors/Board+Member+Elections/2020+Individual+and+Affiliate+Elections/Vignoli2020/||rel="__blank"]]|((( | ||
| 64 | * Strengthen OSI Affiliate Organizations | ||
| 65 | * Strengthen OSI Marketing/Communication Activities | ||
| 66 | * Strengthen OSI Position in Political Circles | ||
| 67 | * Increase the Presence of End Users in FOSS Projects | ||
| 68 | ))) | ||
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| 70 | === | ||
| 71 | Anything else? === | ||
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| 73 | ((( | ||
| 74 | 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/||rel="__blank"]]. :-D | ||
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| 76 | I update this page regularly to reflect on my colleagues' inputs. | ||
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| 79 | 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"]]. | ||
| 80 | ))) |