Florian Effenberger
Florian Effenberger | |
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Nationality | German |
Occupation | Executive Director at The Document Foundation |
Call sign | floeff |
Website | blog |
Florian Effenberger is Executive Director at The Document Foundation, the legal entity behind LibreOffice.[1]
OpenOffice, LibreOffice and The Document Foundation
He started his work on OpenOffice.org and eventually became Co-Lead of the Marketing Project in July 2007.[2] In January 2010, Effenberger was elected Lead,[3] a role he held until he stepped down in October 2010, in favor of his engagement with the group behind the LibreOffice fork.[4]
Florian Effenberger is one of the founders of The Document Foundation,[5] and one of its spokespersons.[6] He became Chairman of the Board in October 2011,[7] a role he held until February 2014.
At the founder of The Document Foundation, the association Freies Office Deutschland e.V.,[8] he holds a seat at the Supervisory Board and previously served in the Board of Directors.[9] In December 2012 The Document Foundation announced that Effenberger is now hired.[10] In March 2014, he was promoted Executive Director.[11]
Further reading
- "Interview on marketing free and open source software". Age of Peers. YouTube. 28 March 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- "Fellowship interview with Florian Effenberger". FSFE. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- "Interview with Florian Effenberger at FOSDEM". YouTube. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- "Interview: Florian Effenberger". LinuxVoice. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- "Podcast Season 2 Episode 12". LinuxVoice. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
References
- ^ "Selbstorganisation ist entscheidend" (in German). Die Stiftung. 12 November 2012. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ^ McCreesh, John. "New Marketing Project co-Lead". discuss@openoffice.org. The Mail Archive. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ^ McCreesh, John. "Proposed change of Marketing Project Lead". discuss@openoffice.org. The Mail Archive. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ^ "OpenOffice.org Council members resign". The H Open. Heinz Heise. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ^ "The Document Foundation Founders". The Document Foundation Founders. The Document Foundation. Archived from the original on 2 March 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ^ "The Document Foundation Contact Us". The Document Foundation Contact Us. The Document Foundation. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ^ "Document Foundation Board 2011: Final Results". Document Foundation Board 2011: Final Results. LWN.net. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ^ "The Document Foundation finally incorporated". The H Open. Heinz Heise. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ^ Goebel, Hartmut; Kleinert, Jan; Magnus, Nils. "Den Start in einen freien Beruf organisieren" (in German). Linux-Magazin. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ Vignoli, Italo (26 December 2012). "TDF in 2012: a summary". Blog. The Document Foundation. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ Vignoli, Italo (19 February 2014). "The New Board of Directors of the Document Foundation". Blog. The Document Foundation. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
External links
- Florian Effenberger on Twitter
- Florian Effenberger's presentations at SpeakerDeck