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NB Community Docs Contribution Coordinator: Varun Nischal

Hi all,

I have a very important news item for the NetBeans Community. As of today, May 1, the NetBeans Community Docs program has a new Contribution Coordinator: Varun Nischal. He replaces Amit Kumar Saha, who, after a very successful tenure as Contribution Coordinator, move into employment at Sun Microsystems India. Amit has left some very big shoes to fill, but I'm confident that Varun has the right feet to fill them.

Varun is a Computer Science undergraduate in his pre-final year and the Campus Sun Club Coordinator. As coordinator, he has organized various events related to NetBeans, meant to increase the adoption of NetBeans IDE on his campus. Also, during the Code For Freedom Contest, Varun pioneered a Mentoring Program for contributing docs to the Community Docs program, conducting a few sessions as well, giving insight into the Community Docs program. Varun also blogs, and NetBeans is a frequent topic for his blog. Varun was recently awarded by Sun Microsystems for being a Significant Contributor to the NetBeans Community during the Code For Freedom Contest.

Varun has been involved in the Community Docs program for a while now. He has made several contributions:

• Resizing Components in GUI Matisse Builder
• Troubleshooting NetBeans Startup
• Getting Started with NetBeans Docs
• Checking out from CVS and Doing Headless Builds

These contributions show just how dedicated Varun is to the NB Community Docs program. Join me in welcoming Varun to his new position. He will be there to help you whenever you need help or have questions. I really look forward to working with Varun, as I'm certain you all are.

Next week, I'll blog more about Varun. See you tomorrow.

--James

Posted at 09:00AM May 01, 2008 by branajam in NetBeans  |  Comments[4]