Introduction to TDF Membership
2021-09-25, 15:30–16:00 (Europe/Berlin), Room 1

Members are a crucial part of The Document Foundation. Therefore, we welcome and value all contributions, be it in development, documentation, infrastructure, design, translation, quality assurance, or marketing. This session is for you if you are interested in learning why you should be a member and how the membership application works. We will also share about the role of the Membership Committee and what we are currently focused on.

An early adopter from the StarOffice days, he joined Progetto Linguistico Italiano OpenOffice during the 2009 Conference in Orvieto, and has been part of OpenOffice.org community until LibreOffice was born. Training and support are his most common activities and he's been working on LibreUmbria and LibreDifesa projects as a teacher.

He is a founder of LibreItalia, where he's also been in the Board of Directors. His contributions are mostly speaking at conferences, some translations, and user support on the Italian and international mailing lists, G+ community. Certified Trainer and Migration Expert from February 2015.

Muhammet Kara is from Turkey, member/translator/developer/advocate of various FOSS projects since early 2000s, and he has been contributing to LibreOffice in various ways since 2016, including code contributions, translation, QA work, marketing/advocacy, taking part in the Design Team as a developer.