Bruce Gray Candidacy for Board Membership
Tue, 05-Dec-2023 by
Amber Krawczyk
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We would like to present Bruce Gray as a candidate to join the Board. The board will vote on Bruce's appointment at the board meeting 15th of December, 2023.<p>
Below are Bruce's responses to the application questions.<p>
# Bio:<p>
I am Bruce Gray ("Util" of PerlMonks).
I reside in Alabama (USA), near Auburn University, with my wife of 22 years, and close to my stepson and my four school-aged grandchildren.
I work as a business analyst and contract programmer in my own small consultancy, advising and coding for many industries, currently focused on healthcare.
My non-technical passions are Theatre (Shakespearean and modern) and Ballroom Dancing.
I have been coding in Perl since 1998, and have worked on Raku (nee Perl 6) since 2002.
I am a founding member of Atlanta PerlMongers, and have given numerous talks and classes at conferences, OSCON, and usergroups.
When Perl 6 metamorphosed to Raku, and there were calls for full separation from its Perl heritage, I was a voice for remaining as a single Perl&Raku community.
I spend ~8 hours per month in the Zoom meetings of the Raku Study Group, have written 100+ Raku and Perl solutions for RosettaCode, completed 64 Weekly Challenge tasks, and hacked or led 9 Hackathons.
My conference bios always include: "I eat, sleep, live, and breathe Perl!".<p>
# Why do you want to be a member of the TPRF Board?<p>
I am always watching for new and better ways to serve the Perl(-ish) community that has served me so well and for so long. For years, I restricted my contributions to the technical and educational. After unexpected success on the last two Conference committees, I find that my modest organizational and planning skills are also valuable. Becoming a member of the Board is a way to both expand my contributions and enable+encourage others to expand their own.<p>
# What existing TPRF initiative(s) are most important to you and why?<p>
Conferences, at the national level (like TPRC) and also regional (like Perl Oasis and Pittsburgh Perl Workshop); they are the life-blood of much of F/OSS, providing opportunities for attendees and cohesiveness for the community. YAPC/TPRC in particular is dear to me, since it was the source of so much of my growth as a speaker and teacher. Post-COVID, every face-to-face event is getting much less attendance. TPRF has been essential in enabling our past conferences, and I think will be key in the continuation of them in the future.<p>
# What goals would you like to see TPRF pursue in the future?<p>
I would like TPRF support for Working Groups, self-organizing multi-person co-operative endeavors, to do anything related to Perl and/or Raku. Over my years, many people have voiced to me intent/desire/opinion/direction on projects that might benefit the community. All were beyond TPRF's direct scope, but *might* have been given a "leg up" by TPRF infrastructure. I think we can smooth the path between having an idea, having it heard by peers, and having volunteers regularly working together on the idea. Too much vision and enthusiasm flowers and withers within single minds, that might have flourished in pre-seeded beds of collaboration.
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Comments (7)
I think Bruce would be a great board member for TPRF!
Bruce would be a great addition to the board!
I think Bruce will be a great addition to the Perl and Raku Foundation Board! His passion for the Perl and Raku languages, and the people who use them, shows in everything he does. He is brilliant, well-spoken, and genuinely one of the nicest people I know.
His idea for Working Groups really strikes a chord with me; I think that having the Board provide a space for idea-incubation like this would be an excellent step forward for both Perl and Raku.
Bruce would be an excellent addition to the TPRF board. Few people have been so dedicated to sharing their knowledge of Perl and Raku, or so giving of themselves for the community. Adding Bruce to the board would only give him a larger platform from which to do that.
If paid membership was a thing that allowed people to vote, I would vote for Bruce
I support Bruce Gray's candidacy!
GeekRuthie speaks my mind. I recommend Bruce without reservation.
