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<title>FSFE elects new President and Vice President</title>
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<h1>FSFE elects new President and Vice President</h1>
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<p>Matthias Kirschner and Alessandro Rubini are FSFE's new
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President and Vice President. They were elected last week in Bucharest during
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FSFE's General Assembly, while Reinhard Müller was re-elected as Financial
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Officer. They will serve FSFE in those positions for the upcoming two
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years.</p>
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<p>Matthias Kirschner is an FSFE employee since 2009. He started using
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GNU/Linux in 1999 and realised that software is deeply involved in all aspects
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of our lives. Matthias is convinced that this technology has to empower society
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rather than restrict it. While studying Political and Administrative Science he
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convinced the FSFE to accept him as the FSFE's first intern in 2004. Since then
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he has been helping other organisations, companies and governments to
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understand how they can benefit from Free Software -- which gives everybody the
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rights to use, study, share and improve software -- and how those rights help
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to support freedom of speech, freedom of press, or privacy.</p>
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<p>Matthias loves spending time with his baby son, and in his spare time assists in
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wilderness first aid seminars, enjoys comics like XKCD and Transmetropolitan,
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Monty Python, and Die Ärzte.</p>
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<p>Alessandro Rubini is an electronic engineer and holds a Ph.D. in computer
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science. He installed Linux 0.99.14, is an active Free Software user and
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developer, and author of the book "Linux Device Drivers". After his Ph.D. he
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left the university as he did not want to just write articles. He now works as
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an independent consultant in the area of industrial use of GNU/Linux, mainly on
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device drivers and embedded system as well as on microcontrollers and PCB
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design. Recently he has been working with CERN within the White Rabbit
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project, aimed at sub-nanosecond synchronisation of I/O cards. He enjoys
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working with CERN, as they have a policy to publish all their work as Free
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Software and Free Hardware.</p>
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<p>Alessandro was already a member of the Free Software Foundation Europe from
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2001 to 2006 and recently joined FSFE again. He felt that FSFE is the right
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place to have positive and constructive discussions about Free Software. Beside
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his volunteer engagement in FSFE and in other Free Software organisations, he
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is an active boy scout, likes cycling, is father of two children, and listens
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to white noise during work.</p>
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<blockquote><p>"I am happy to welcome both Matthias and Alessandro to their new
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roles," says Executive Director Jonas Öberg, "both have been instrumental in
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shaping the organisation into its current form and I look forward to the
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expertise they will bring as we go about empowering users to control
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technology."</p></blockquote>
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