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For nm.debian.org, at 2023-09-27:
I support Ambady Anand S <ambadyanands@disroot.org>'s request to become a Debian Developer, non-uploading.
I have worked with Ambady Anand S in organizing various events
since 2016 and I consider them as having sufficient technical competence.

He was responsible for maintaining website for DebConf23 and also was very active in other teams too. He is a very vocal free software and Debian advocate. We together organized various MiniDebConfs, DebUtsavs, Debian release parties, install fests etc 

I have personally worked with Ambady Anand S <ambadyanands@disroot.org>
(key CB7F020B7A3CDD78940A2E70A642818597C4D1CF) for 7 years, and I know Ambady Anand S
can be trusted to be a full member of Debian, right now.

Signed with key 71DD C5C6 BE86 9A46 41D7 79FE C7EA 1BE1 574D ED5D

srud

2023-09-27

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For nm.debian.org, at 2023-09-27:
I support Ambady Anand S <ambadyanands@disroot.org>'s request to become a
Debian Developer, non-uploading. I have worked with Ambady Anand S in DebConf23
local organizing team and in Free Software Community of India (FSCI) for many
years and I consider them as having sufficient technical competence. He was
active in debconf23 website team, day trip coordination, front desk and many
other teams. He also maintains many services provided by FSCI, like poddery.com
and codema.in.

I have personally worked with Ambady Anand S <ambadyanands@disroot.org>
(key CB7F020B7A3CDD78940A2E70A642818597C4D1CF) for many years, and I know
Ambady Anand S can be trusted to be a full member of Debian, right now.

Signed with key D308 63E2 6020 E543 F471 9A83 8F53 E019 3B29 4B75

praveen

2023-09-27

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For nm.debian.org, at 2023-10-02:
I support Ambady Anand S <ambadyanands@disroot.org>'s request to become a Debian
Developer, non-uploading. I have worked with Ambady Anand S on various
occasions over many years. We were in DebConf23 local team, permanent members of
FSCI. 

At FSCI he maintain services like codema (loomio server), poddery(diaspora
instance with xmpp and matrix) etc. and he is very persistent on keeping these
services well. 

He together with Kannan and their team's work on transforming Janayugam, a
daily newspaper in Kerala to Free Software from proprietary software is quite
famous

A true programmer built from the Free Software world who has strong commitment
to Free Software philosophy. I consider them as having sufficient technical
competence.

I have personally worked with Ambady Anand S <ambadyanands@disroot.org>
(key CB7F020B7A3CDD78940A2E70A642818597C4D1CF) for 6 years, and I know Ambady
Anand S can be trusted to be a full member of Debian, right now.

Signed with key EF13 EA26 A698 FF35 FD7C 902E 863D 4DF2 ED9C 28EF

abhijith

2023-10-02

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Log

Date	Author	Action	Content	Public
2023-10-02 08:10	abhijith	add_statement	Added a new statement	yes
2023-10-02 08:10	nm@debian.org	req_approve	New statement received, the requirement seems satisfied	yes
2023-09-27 10:44	praveen	add_statement	Added a new statement	yes
2023-09-27 10:44	nm@debian.org	req_approve	New statement received, the requirement seems satisfied	yes
2023-09-27 10:30	srud	add_statement	Added a new statement	yes
2023-09-27 10:30	nm@debian.org	req_approve	New statement received, the requirement seems satisfied	yes