Core Contributor Nomination - Navin Karkera

[BrianMesick]

As per the Core Contributor Nomination Process , I would like to nominate OpenCraft’s @navin to be a core contributor!

Navin’s first community contribution to Open edX (that I could find) was in March 2022. Since then, he has merged the following in the openedx org:

• 9 commits in taxonomy-connector
• 4 commits in course-discovery
• 4 commits in xblock-skill-tagging
• 4 commits in openedx-events
• 12 commits in edx-platform
• 1 commit in edx-configuration
• Created event-bus-redis (with something like 45 commits)

At least one commit each across 4 different Tutor repos, and probably some other things I missed.

Access Sought

I’d like to start him off with merge rights to the following repos:

• edx-platform
• openedx-events
• event-bus-redis

Conduct and Caliber

Navin has been a joy to work with on the redis event bus project, and others I have talk to have expressed similar feelings. He has written several ADRs and worked across a wide swath of the ecosystem. I’d love to see his experience on the event bus help drive the adoption of that tech forward.

Commitment

As a member of OpenCraft, Navin would be committing to 20 hours / month.

Comment Period
For this nomination to pass, Navin needs 5 positive votes and no unaddressed objections by June 9, 2023, a little over two weeks from this posting.

[Felipe (Felipe Montoya)]

I have worked with Navim in some of those requests and I think the his Conduct and Caliber of contributions was generously demonstrated. I vote yes to this nomination.

[jill (Jillian Vogel)]

Enthusiastic !
@navin shows attention to detail and care across projects that affect many interlocking repositories, and the quality of his communication and code is top knotch. Navin will make a great addition to the CC program

[gabrieldamours (Gabriel D'Amours (OpenCraft) - opencraft.com/help)]

I also fully support Navin’s nomination. His contributions, solid developer skills and great communication make him a solid candidate for the Program

[antoviaque (Xavier Antoviaque (OpenCraft) - opencraft.com/help)]

Definitely! @navin is a great contributor to every project he joins - thanks for nominating him as core contributor @BrianMesick, the Open edX project should benefit well from getting more contributions from @navin , and the ability to review & merge more quickly should speedup the development of the current projects he works on.

[braden (Braden MacDonald (OpenCraft) - opencraft.com/help)]

from me!

[mgmdi (Maria Grimaldi)]

Absolutely yes! Thank you so much for your work!

[BrianMesick]

Thanks for the feedback all! @navin has passed with 7 approvals (including mine) and no dissents. Congrats @navin!

[navin (Navin Karkera)]

Thank you @BrianMesick for nominating me and everyone for your kind words. It would be an honor for me to become a core contributor.