part-time for [Samsung](http://samsung.com) as Senior Adviser to the Open
Source Group that is part of Samsung Research America. In September of 2014,
I was recruited back to HPE and served for 25 months as an
-[HPE Fellow](http://h20195.www2.hp.com/v2/GetDocument.aspx?docname=c04839247)
+[HPE Fellow](http://www.hp.com/united-states/Bdale-Garbee-External-Bio-V2.pdf)
in Martin Fink's Office of the CTO at what became
[Hewlett Packard Enterprise](http://hpe.com), driving open source
strategy and advocacy for the company. At the end of September 2016, I
returned to early retirement... and am now enjoying "Retirement v2.0".
-I serve on the boards of the [Linux Foundation](http://linuxfoundation.org)
-the [FreedomBox Foundation](http://freedomboxfoundation.org), and
-[Aleph Objects](http://alephobjects.com).
+I serve on the boards of
+the [Software Freedom Conservancy](https://sfconservancy.org),
+the [FreedomBox Foundation](http://freedomboxfoundation.org),
+the [Linux Professional Institute](http://lpi.org),
+and [Amateur Radio Digital Communications](http://ampr.org).
I served for a decade as President of
[Software in the Public Interest](http://spi-inc.org), and as a member of
the board of directors for some time before that.
+I also served for several years on the board of the
+[Linux Foundation](http://linuxfoundation.org).
+
I remain actively involved in the [Debian](http://debian.org) project,
where I served for a year as the elected Debian Project Leader, and for nearly
a decade as Chairman of the Debian Technical Committee. I continue to maintain
"Level 3 certification", and am a federally-licensed user of
low explosives, which means I'm authorized to buy, store, and fly the largest
motors currently available in the rocket hobby. My personal confirmed
-flight altitude record is 21,654 feet above ground, my highest recorded
-acceleration is 86 g, and I've flown a rocket to beyond Mach 2.2. I served
-on the committee that defined the [Tripoli Mentoring Program](http://www.tripoli.org/Certifications/TripoliMentoringProgram/tabid/322/Default.aspx), and am
+flight altitude record is 32,635 feet above ground, my highest recorded
+acceleration is 86 g, and I've flown a rocket to beyond Mach 3.1. I served
+on the committee that defined the [Tripoli Mentoring Program](http://www.tripoli.org/TMP), and am
proud that my son aced the test to become one of the earliest TMP
participants. My current focus combines rocketry with my electronics
background and strong interest in radio, see the
* [Cabell Garbee](http://www.garbee.net/~cabell), Bdale's brother, restores
neat old vehicles as a hobby.
-* [Allen B. Loyd](href="http://sites.google.com/site/allenloyd/Home),
+* [Allen B. Loyd](http://sites.google.com/site/allenloyd/Home),
one of Bdale's first cousins, has a site documenting his theatrical set
designs, paintings, and other fun stuff.
* [Space Machine & Engineering Corp](http://space-machine.com),
* Many of his papers were gifted to the
[University of Virginia Library](http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/uva-sc/vivadoc.pl?file=viu00129.xml)
* There are scholarships in his name at
- [VMI](http://www.vmiaa.org/AA/Alumni%20Association/Scholar.html) and
- [Hollins](http://www.hollins.edu/admissions/scholarship/need_based.htm)
+ [VMI](http://www.vmi.edu/media/content-assets/documents/human-resources/Faculty-Handbook.pdf) and
+ [Hollins](http://www.hollins.edu).
I've been asked from time to time if I'm any relation to the Barksdale for whom
[Barksdale Air Force Base](http://www.barksdale.af.mil) was named. My parents
tell me they believe
-[Eugene Hoy Barksdale](http://www.barksdale.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4409) was my third cousin twice removed.
+[Eugene Hoy Barksdale](http://www.barksdale.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4409)
+was my third cousin twice removed. I had the chance to visit the base museum
+in the fall of 2016, and I must say I'm proud of his accomplishments!
<
Encrypting email is good. My currently preferred public key is
<pre>
-pub 4096R/C095D941 2009-07-26
- Key fingerprint = 8470 F20B 0625 9218 7CBA 7BB3 3A93 6196 C095 D941
-uid Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
-uid Bdale Garbee <bdale@debian.org>
-sub 4096R/166755FB 2009-07-26
+pub rsa4096 2019-10-21 [SC]
+ 1E0B AAD8 5C22 32A1 B3CE 92EB B704 7105 830B 9FA1
+uid [ unknown] Bdale Garbee <bdale@debian.org>
+uid [ unknown] Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
+sub rsa4096 2019-10-21 [E]
</pre>
You should be able to fetch that key from any of the major keyservers.
projects / web / gag.com / blobdiff