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Florian Effenberger
Florian Effenberger's picture from the website of The Document Foundation
NationalityGerman
OccupationExecutive Director at The Document Foundation
Call signfloeff
Websiteblog.effenberger.org

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

  1. ^ "Selbstorganisation ist entscheidend" (in German). Die Stiftung. 12 November 2012. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  2. ^ McCreesh, John. "New Marketing Project co-Lead". discuss@openoffice.org. The Mail Archive. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  3. ^ McCreesh, John. "Proposed change of Marketing Project Lead". discuss@openoffice.org. The Mail Archive. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  4. ^ "OpenOffice.org Council members resign". The H Open. Heinz Heise. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  5. ^ "The Document Foundation Founders". The Document Foundation Founders. The Document Foundation. Archived from the original on 2 March 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  6. ^ "The Document Foundation Contact Us". The Document Foundation Contact Us. The Document Foundation. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  7. ^ "Document Foundation Board 2011: Final Results". Document Foundation Board 2011: Final Results. LWN.net. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  8. ^ "The Document Foundation finally incorporated". The H Open. Heinz Heise. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  9. ^ Goebel, Hartmut; Kleinert, Jan; Magnus, Nils. "Den Start in einen freien Beruf organisieren" (in German). Linux-Magazin. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  10. ^ Vignoli, Italo (26 December 2012). "TDF in 2012: a summary". Blog. The Document Foundation. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  11. ^ Vignoli, Italo (19 February 2014). "The New Board of Directors of the Document Foundation". Blog. The Document Foundation. Retrieved 7 September 2014.

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