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... ... @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ 1 -I believe we need to do a better job marketing and communicating the importance of the OSI, the Open Source Definition and the role of the general open source community. Open source has had a huge impact on technology industry. It has dramatically accelerated the pace of innovation and opened opportunities for participation to a wide diversity of individuals and organizations. 1 +[[image:index.jpg||style="float: right;"]]I believe we need to do a better job marketing and communicating the importance of the OSI, the Open Source Definition and the role of the general open source community. Open source has had a huge impact on technology industry. It has dramatically accelerated the pace of innovation and opened opportunities for participation to a wide diversity of individuals and organizations. 2 2 3 3 Over the last 15 years, individuals and corporations have created a community of communities that now powers technology industry. Unfortunately, in the last year some companies are trying to re-define what is means to be open source for the sole purpose of maximizing their corporate profit. OSI and the open source community needs to take a strong stand to ensure open source continues to be for everyone, not a few companies. 4 4 ... ... @@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ 13 13 **Who Am I?** 14 14 I have been involved in the open source community since 2004. I was one of the original employees that helped setup the Eclipse Foundation. In my role of VP of Marketing, I implemented many marketing campaigns to promote the role of open source communities and projects. I am currently an independent consultant that provides strategy and marketing advice to organization interested in open source. 15 15 16 -I hope to have your vote to join the OSI Board 16 +I hope to have your vote to join the OSI Board. 17 + 18 +You can find out more information about me on [[Twitter>>url:https://twitter.com/IanSkerrett]], [[LinkedIn>>url:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianskerrett/]] and [[Medium>>url:https://medium.com/@iskerrett]].