X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?p=web%2Fgag.com;a=blobdiff_plain;f=bdale%2Findex.mdwn;h=906f7e739417bfaa12e40e1ce00a9f949dfd4066;hp=8fd66471f6fad1bfb9bac8b1322a8f57caa4500c;hb=b9434bad30e604b397e812ba311723cdbf0d28d7;hpb=96dd3a726689b70955ba8a4db1d20932afd2e3b7 diff --git a/bdale/index.mdwn b/bdale/index.mdwn index 8fd6647..906f7e7 100644 --- a/bdale/index.mdwn +++ b/bdale/index.mdwn @@ -4,26 +4,32 @@ Bdale Garbee, KB0G Welcome to my "new" personal home page. After retiring at the end of August, 2012, from my long-held position as -[HP](http://hp.com) Open Source & Linux Chief Technologist... I was recruited -to return in September of 2014 and am now an +[HP](http://hp.com) Open Source & Linux Chief Technologist... I worked +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) -in Martin Fink's Office of the CTO at -[Hewlett Packard Enterprise](http://hpe.com), where I drive open source -strategy and advocacy for the company. During my retirement, from September -through December of 2013, I worked part-time for [Samsung](http://samsung.com) -as Senior Adviser to the Open Source Group that is part of Samsung Research -America. +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 [Aleph Objects](http://alephobjects.com). +the [FreedomBox Foundation](http://freedomboxfoundation.org), and the +[Linux Professional Institute](http://lpi.org). I'm also a member of the +[Evaluation Committee](https://sfconservancy.org/about/eval-committee/) +for the [Software Freedom Conservancy](https://sfconservancy.org). I served for a decade as President of -[Software in the Public Interest](http://spi-inc.org). +[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 many -years as Chairman of the Debian Technical Committee. I continue to maintain +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 various [packages](http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=bdale@gag.com) for Debian. @@ -153,14 +159,16 @@ found: * 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