在剛剛結束的 ASF Annual Meeting 上，2022 年新任 ASF Member 及董事會成員誕生了。Apache 軟體基金會通過官方 blog 向大家公佈了新一任董事的選舉成果。Apache 軟體基金會孵化器導師，ALC Beijing 發起人，華為開源能力專家姜寧成為 Apache 軟體基金會新任董事。
以下是 SegmentFault 思否得到授權翻譯的，其在本次 Apache 軟體基金會董事會競選中的競選宣言。
我的 Apache 軟體基金會（簡稱 ASF）貢獻之旅始於 2006 年，成為基金會 Member 至今已有 10 餘年。我是 Apache Incubator（孵化器）的活躍的導師，幫助了 10 多個孵化的開源專案 [1]。兩年前，我在北京成立了 ALC (Apache Local Community，譯者注：Apache 軟體基金會本土社群)，希望能在中國推廣 Apache Way 和開源文化。事實上，我們已經取得了相當大的進展，在 2021 年，我們（ALC 北京）成功舉辦了 ApacheCon Asia。
如果我能夠成為董事會的一員，我希望能夠幫助 ASF 打破地域、文化、語言的障礙。
根據我 6 年多來在專案孵化上的指導經驗，我可以看出這些中國開發者參與 ASF 的障礙。
當我與當地的開發者交談時，我發現雖然他們中的大多數人每天都在使用 ASF 專案，卻只有少數人對這些專案做出了貢獻。這並不是因為他們對自己的程式設計技能沒有信心，而主要是由於文化差異。大家可能不習慣通過電子郵件列表的方式去接觸那些看不見的、不熟悉的 ASF 專案開發者。因此，為了讓這些開發者加入，當地的導師幫助和專案的線下聚會是至關重要的。
作為一個本地導師，我希望自己可以成為 ASF 和本地社群之間的橋樑，而不僅僅是為專案孵化提供 ASF 的指導。在 2018 年 [2] 和 2019 年 [3] ，當 Craig、Roman 和 Justin 訪問中國時，我舉辦了 Apache committer 上海線下聚會。這是一個很好的機會，讓當地的 Apache committer 和潛在的孵化專案與 ASF 工作人員進行直接對話。這些線下聚會非常成功，我們交流了大量關於社群建設的想法，並使這些開源專案直接受益。一個很好的證明是，ShardingSphere 和 APISIX 在這次見面會後立即找到了他們的專案孵化導師。
當我從 Community Dev 郵件列表中看到 Apache Local Community 的計劃時，我突然意識到，我可以做的事情還有很多。隨著越來越多的孵化專案加入到在北京舉行的同城聚會，建立本土社群的想法在我腦海裡閃現。這樣一來，本土的開源愛好者就可以通過舉辦活動、發表文章、製作播客等方式聚在一起。於是我在 2020 年發起了 ALC Beijing [4] ，並以導師的身份幫助建立了 ALC Shenzhen [5] 。通過在本土社群分享 ASF 的成功故事，我們激勵更多的開發者，優秀的大學生加入開源開發的隊伍中來。
與社群一起，我們可以做得比我想象的更多。去年，ALC Beijing 很榮幸地舉辦了 2021 年的 ApacheCon 亞洲大會 [6] 。在贊助商、會議主席和志願者的無數支援下，我們成功舉辦了這次會議。在這次會議上，有近 200 名演講者提供了 140 場會議，13 個主題演講，14 個分論壇。最終，我們吸引了約 30.7 萬名觀眾參加會議。通過舉辦 ApacheCon Asia 2021，ALC Beijing 在提高 ASF 的本土知名度方面邁出了一大步。看到會議籌備從零開始慢慢，我無法形容我是多麼的自豪，也無法形容我對得到大家慷慨幫助以及支援的感激之情。
ASF 一直是開發者們推動開源世界創新的聖地。我非常享受我在 ASF 的旅程，並希望把它帶到下一個階段。能夠被提名（成為 Apache 2022 新任董事會成員）是一個很大的榮譽，我期待著在 Apache 軟體基金會董事會中繼續為 ASF 服務。
註釋：
[1] https://whimsy.apache.org/ros...
[2] https://twitter.com/willemjia...
[3] https://twitter.com/willemjia...
[4] https://cwiki.apache.org/conf...
[5] https://cwiki.apache.org/conf...
[6] https://www.apachecon.com/aca...
附：姜寧老師本次競選宣言的英文原文
I started my contribution journey to ASF in 2006 and have been a member for more than 10 years. I’m an active mentor of Apache Incubator. I have helped 10+ podling projects[1]. 2 years ago, I started the ALC(Apache Local Community) Beijing with an ambition to promote the Apache way and the Open Source culture in China. In fact, we've made quite a progress, in 2021, we (ALC Beijing) held ApacheCon Asia successfully.
If I were to be a part of the board team, I’d like to help the ASF to break the barriers caused by geography, culture, language.
Based on my mentor experiences with podling projects for 6+ years, I can tell these obstacles that stop Chinese developers from getting involved with the ASF.
When I talk to local developers, most of them are using ASF projects on a daily basis. On the contrary, only a few of them contributed back to the projects. It's not because they are not confident with their programming skills, it is mostly due to the culture differences. ASF somehow seems far from them. Reaching out to invisible, unfamiliar developers through email，created this insecure feeling spontaneously. Therefore, to bring these developers onboard, local mentorship and project meetups are crucial.
As a local mentor, I consider myself as building the bridges between ASF and the local community instead of merely offering the ASF mentorship to the podling project. I held the Apache committer Shanghai meetup in 2018[2] and 2019[3] when Craig, Roman and Justin visited China. It was a great opportunity for local Apache committers and potential podling projects to have direct conversations with the ASF officers. These meetups are extremely successful we exchanged a great deal of sophisticated thoughts on community building. These meetups benefited projects directly. One good evidence is that ShardingSphere and APISIX found their proper incubating mentors immediately after those meetups.
When I heard about the Apache Local Community plan from Community Dev. I suddenly realized there is so much more I could do. As more podling projects joined together to hold the colocated meetups in Beijing, I was triggered by the idea of building a local community. In this way, local open source enthusiasts could get together by hosting events, publishing articles, and making podcasts, etc. So I started the ALC Beijing in 2020[4], and helped to set up the ALC Shenzhen as a mentor[5]. By sharing ASF successful stories within the local community we inspired more developers, talented college students to join open source development.
Along With the community we can do more than I can imagine. Last year, ALC Beijing was honored to hold the ApacheCon Asia 2021[5]. With the countless support from sponsors, track chairs and volunteers, we managed to host the conference successfully. There were 140 sessions provided by nearly 200 speakers, 13 keynotes, 14 tracks in this conference. By the end of it, we attracted about 30.7k audiences to attend the meeting. By holding ApacheCon Asia 2021, ALC Beijing has made a big step in boosting the local awareness of ASF. I cannot describe how proud I am seeing everything started from scratch, and how grateful I am for the generous help and support I received.
ASF has always been a magnificent place for programmers to boost innovation in the Open Source world. I truly enjoyed my journey with ASF and want to bring it to the next level. It's a great honor to have been nominated and I look forward to serving the ASF from the BoD.
[1] https://whimsy.apache.org/ros...
[2] https://twitter.com/willemjia...
[3] https://twitter.com/willemjia...
[4] https://cwiki.apache.org/conf...
[5] https://cwiki.apache.org/conf...
[6] https://www.apachecon.com/aca...
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