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Keynote: Welcome Remarks - Robin Bender Ginn, Executive Director, OpenJS Foundation
Robin Bender Ginn
Executive Director, OpenJS Foundation
Robin Bender Ginn is the Executive Director for the OpenJS Foundation.
A
Oh
welcome
I'm,
actually
Robin,
not
Robert,
so
minor
details,
but
yeah
welcome
everybody.
We
are
so
thrilled
to
have
you
in
beautiful
wintry
Montreal,
it's
a
beautiful
city.
So
thank
you
for
hosting
us
all.
The
folks
who
are
local
and
before
I,
get
started.
First.
I
wanted
to
thank
all
of
our
sponsors
here
today,
in
particular
our
diamond
sponsor
Google.
Thank
you,
Google
and
our
platinum
sponsor
Microsoft
Azure.
So
thank
you
to
all
our
sponsors
today
and
just
I
want
to
give
a
few
brief
housekeeping
notes
before
we
get
started.
A
If
you
don't
know
or
if
you
haven't
seen
yet,
the
sponsor
Showcase
is
on
the
fifth
floor
in
room
five
eleven.
So
this
is
where
you'll
have
all
your
coffee
breaks
and
lunch
and
there's
also
plenty
of
working
space
if
you
want
to
catch
up
on
email
or
have
some
meetings
with
folks
who
meet
on
the
floor,
Wi-Fi
information
there's
a
link
on
the
schedule
on
the
back
of
your
badge
and
finally,
last
but
not
least,
please
get
to
know
our
event.
A
A
So
people
are
really
surprised
to
learn
that
over
95%
of
the
world's
websites
depend
on
JavaScript
I'm.
So
really
most
people
are
using
JavaScript,
whether
they
know
it
or
not,
and
today
JavaScript
continues
to
hold
the
top
ranking
among
many
developer
surveys.
So,
for
example,
the
github
octa
verse
that
was
just
release
has
JavaScript
as
the
most
popular
by
repo
contributions
and
again
it's
a
top
programming
language
in
red
Munk
in
their
language
survey.
A
So
no
doubt
this
is
an
ecosystem
that
is
undeniably
large,
but
it
which
really
makes
it
sometimes
difficult
for
emerging
technologies
and
new
projects
to
really
breakthrough
and
assess
market.
So
the
challenge
for
us
all
is
how
do
we
keep
JavaScript,
trustworthy
and
modern
with
this
huge
user
base?
It
truly
is
a
humbling
and
an
awesome
responsibility,
and
so
this
is
where
the
open
J's
foundation
plays
a
role
when
a
technology
becomes
like
really
super
important
and
many
people
depend
on
it.
A
It's
often
donated
to
a
foundation,
so
it
can
be
sort
of
cared
for
in
a
neutral
home
and
the
open,
J's
foundations
knew
but
were
really
built
on
years
of
experience.
As
you
know,
when
the
J's
foundation
and
the
node
Foundation
came
together,
we
really
took
and
built
from
the
best
of
both
worlds
and
really
created
this
new
wonderful
thing
and
in
fact,
I
kind
of
go
way.
Back
with
the
node
foundation.
A
I
was
part
of
the
original
open-source
team
at
Microsoft
that
helped
create
the
node
foundation,
because
we
knew
that
putting
node
under
a
neutral
foundation
would
really
help
increase
its
contributions
and
set
it
up
for
further
success.
And,
as
you
know,
node
is
now
10
years
old
and
it's
everywhere,
including
many
great
apps
and
companies
that
you
know
and
love,
and
one
of
my
favorite
examples
is
NASA.
Nasa
uses
node
and
JavaScript
for
spacesuit
solutions,
and
it
helps
keep
astronauts
safe.
Just
like
Jessica
and
Christina
did
last
month,
so
I
think
that's
pretty
cool.
A
So,
at
the
node
foundation
we
have
over
30
of
the
most
important
open-source
JavaScript
projects
that
are
really
critical
to
the
web
and
Beyond,
including
appium
dojo,
jquery,
node
and
web
pack,
and
our
projects
are
in
the
top
100
javascript
libraries
that
provide
a
variety
of
solutions
and
include
many
of
the
frameworks
and
dev
tools
for
a
modern
web.
And
if
you
don't
no,
you
may
not.
You
may
think
you
don't
need
jQuery,
but
really
it's
still
widely
used
today
and
are
really
our
members
make
it
happen.
A
They
provide
the
financial
support
and
the
a
lot
of
the
governance
leadership
that
really
it
drives
our
organization
forward.
So
thanks,
if,
if
any
of
you
are
in
here,
raise
your
hand
if
you
remember
and
if
you
ever
have
questions
find
these
folks
they're,
really
an
essential
part
of
our
organization
great
so
we've
had
a
great
year
since
March
when
we
reformed
and
we've
welcomed
some
really
awesome
incubation
projects
to
the
organization.
A
Now
the
incubation
project
is
when
a
project
is
going
is
joins
the
foundation
they
kind
of
go
through
an
onboarding
checklist
before
they
join
so
node
version
manager.
Nvm
was
our
first
project,
we
welcomed
and
if
you
know
why
mbm
is
a
widely
used
method
to
install
nodejs
and
manage
multiple
versions,
and
recently
google
brought
amp
to
the
foundation.
Now
amp
is
used
in
30
million
domains
and
billions
of
pages
and
what
it
does
is
it
helps
websites
have
pages
that
load
more
quickly
and
it's
implemented
in
Google
and
in
Bing
and
Pinterest
and
Pantheon.
A
So
that
was
pretty
exciting
and
recently
FASTA
file
and
FASTA
Phi
is
partially
sponsored
by
NIR
form.
So
we
thank
them
and
fast.
If
I
is
one
of
the
one
of
the
great
developer
experiences
that
helps
provide
a
great
experience
with
low
overheads,
so
that
was
pretty
cool
and,
if
you
don't
know
faster,
Phi
is
used
in
car
to
go
and
Vectra
and
many
other
apps.
A
Awesome
so
it
sounds
like
you
all
know,
electron,
that's
pretty
awesome.
Electron
really
is
an
easy
way
to
build
cross-platform
desktop
apps
and
Wow.
Is
it
widely
used
we're
talking,
Skype
Visual
Studio
code,
slack
twitch?
What's
happened?
More
an
electron
was
developed
initially
by
github
in
2013,
but,
as
you
all
know,
it's
really
maintained
by
several
people
across
many
organizations
today.
So
that's
pretty
exciting.
A
The
last
year,
they've
moved
to
more
of
an
open
governance
model
that
I
talked
earlier
and
I'll
talk
more
about
sort
of
that
neutral,
I'm
decision-making
process
and
we're
just
excited
and
honored
that
they've
really
kind
of
put
the
trust
in
the
foundation
to
move
this
project
forward,
and
today,
I
really
want
to
especially
thank
some
of
the
project,
leads
Jacob
groundwater
and
John
Kleinschmidt
from
Microsoft
and
Felix
rice,
Birgit
slack.
So
thanks
thanks.
A
A
We've
created
kind
of
some
policies
and
process
that
really
prioritized
stability
and
openness.
All
of
our
conversations
as
much
as
possible
are
held
in
the
open,
you're
all
welcome
to
join.
We
publish
our
calendar
it's
on
YouTube
if
you
want
to
catch
up
on
what
we've
been
doing,
and
we
really
encourage
decision
making
at
all
levels
and
you'll
also
see
a
lot
of
our
members
working
actively
in
the
standard
space,
equi
and
the
w3c
and
more
so,
that's
really
important
as
well,
and
since
we
became
an
umbrella
organization.
A
One
of
our
big
goals
was
to
really
create
a
governance
process
that
gave
a
strong
voice
to
our
projects.
We
have
a
great
board
that
sets
our
vision.
We
have
a
cross
project
Council
that
guides
some
of
the
technical
governance
and
we
have
an
amazing
staff
that
supports
our
projects
with
marketing
and
legal
program
management.
In
all
these
events
around
the
world
that
bring
people
together.
A
So
you
know
I'm
new
here
I'm
kind
of
on
my
third
month,
but
in
a
way
it
sort
of
was
like
stepping
into
an
extended
family.
Much
like
you
know,
if
you
work
a
lot
in
the
open-source
community,
but
people
since
I
left
Microsoft
still
like
to
say
Robin.
Wasn't
it
hard
working
on
open
source
at
Microsoft
ten
years
ago,
and
the
answer
is
a
little,
but
mostly
no
I
mean
the
community
has
always
been
so
welcoming,
but
really
truly
I
learned.
So
many
lessons
from
the
people
I
met
on
the
way.
A
Wonderful
words
of
wisdom
and
one
of
my
favorite
was
from
Jean
Pelle.
Who
is
my
boss
at
the
time,
and
he
would
always
tell
us
team
one
plus
one
equals
three
and
that's
when
the
value
of
being
together
is
better
than
being
apart.
So
that
really,
you
know,
is
sort
of
shaping
how
I
think
about
how
we
work
at
the
open,
J's
foundation.
A
A
A
However,
the
foundation
really
has
a
solid
footing
and
a
start
and
I
made
a
lot
of
amazing
people
to
carry
the
JavaScript
ecosystem
forward
and
carry
it
in
the
future
and
actually
miles
is
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
soon
about
the
future
of
JavaScript.
So
this
week,
I
challenge
all
of
you
to
dig
in
on
some
of
these
issues
that
I've
just
covered
collaborate,
learn
from
each
other
and
remember
that
one
plus
one
equals
three
and
really
truly
invite
you
to
help
shape
the
future
of
JavaScript.
A
The
rewards
you
make
will
be
things
that
you
discover
about
yourself,
like
I
did
in
my
journey
with
open
source
and
the
the
wisdom
that
you
share
with
your
new
friends
in
the
JavaScript
community,
one
last
announcement
before
I
close
and
introduce
miles.
We
are
announcing
our
date
for
our
2020
conference,
not
quite
sure
the
name
yet.
But
it's
going
to
be
the
global
conference
for
open
J's
foundation.
It's
June
and
Austin,
so
that'll
be
super
cool.