Deb Nicholson

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Cambridge, MA

Deb Nicholson wants to make the world a better place with technology and social justice for all. After many years of local political organizing, she started handling outreach for the Free Software Foundation and became an enthusiastic free software activist. She likes talking to developers about software patents, to project maintainers about leadership and to activists about free software. She is currently the Community Outreach Director at the Open Invention Network and the Community Manager at GNU MediaGoblin. She also serves on the board at Open Hatch, a.k.a. Free Software's Welcoming Committee. She lives with her husband in Cambridge, Massachusetts—surrounded by a community of food nerds and noisy musicians.

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Can we talk about ageism?

The free and open source community has been having a lot of conversations about diversity, especially gender diversity, over the last few years. Although there is still plenty…

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Can we talk about ageism?

I'd like to see us continuing to value the people who are part of our communities as they age as well as doing a great job of welcoming new people regardless of age. Additionally, I think there's a real opportunity for us to bring in people who are looking for second careers.

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Nominate a free software community contributor in Cascadia

"North America" here means the continent, rather than "Northern America" which would indicate an alarmingly quiet acquisition.