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"]] that summarizes our work, or a [[video>>url:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T92ifMeraJc||rel="__blank"]] about an event. | ||
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| 24 | === Who is Fabio? === | ||
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| 26 | I am 37, nonbinary, 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 | * grow OSI as a platform for collaboration across the software industry for individuals and commercial players alike and ensuring we continue to enable to champion innovation and agency for the creators and contributors of software. | ||
| 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 | ))) |