Welcome, Felipe. I am with Civic Data Tech (https://civicdatatech.github.io/). A group working to promote standards in the United States. Cheers, Kas Stohr On Sun, Apr 5, 2026 at 6:51 PM Felipe Ribeiro <operarioribeiro@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you Adam, it is an honor to be with you. > > On Sun, Apr 5, 2026 at 10:43 PM W3C Community Development Team < > team-community-process@w3.org> wrote: > >> I would like to extend a warm welcome to our Group's newest Chair! >> >> >> >> Felipe Ribeiro began working with civic technology in 1998 when he was 14 >> and started working with a UNICEF programme called School City which >> allowed them to build free telecentres around São Paulo's slums and to >> bring educational technologies like Wiki and Plone to nearby schools. He >> has since contributed to countless projects with the free libre open-source >> software (FLOSS) community worldwide to help critically endangered >> communities, traditional knowledges leadership, and high-tech geeks to find >> local solutions for emergency cases. Nowadays, he develops civic >> policymaking at the United Nations. >> >> >> >> ---------- >> >> This post sent on Civic Technology Community Group >> >> >> >> 'Welcome to our New Chair' >> >> https://www.w3.org/community/civics/2026/04/06/welcome-to-our-new-chair/ >> >> >> >> Learn more about the Civic Technology Community Group: >> >> https://www.w3.org/community/civics >> >> >> -- Kas Stohr +1 646 554 7671
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