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I am currently the Thunderbird Sr. Community Manager, and invite you to [https://www.thunderbird.net/get-involved/ get involved in the great Thunderbird community]. You can reach me in one of the locations listed below.  
I am currently the Thunderbird Sr. Community Manager, and '''I invite you to [https://www.thunderbird.net/get-involved/ get involved in the great Thunderbird community]'''. As Community Manager I facilitate, promote and provide productive discussion forums, activities, and resources that enable the [https://www.thunderbird.net/get-involved/ community to work together] toward a more awesome Thunderbird. Catch me at @wsmwk:matrix.org, [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/user/wsmwk SUMO] or wayne [at] thunderbird.net and vseerror [at] fastmail.com.


For two decades I've done bug triage and QA, and worked on crash, dataloss, stability, search and performance issues to name a few. I use all update channels of Thunderbird: [https://www.thunderbird.net/download/esr/ esr], [https://www.thunderbird.net/download/release/ release], [https://www.thunderbird.net/download/beta/ beta] and [https://www.thunderbird.net/download/daily/ daily] (development builds). [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?login=wsmwk Bugzilla] fan. Frequently seen helping users in [https://support.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird Thunderbird Support], [https://connect.mozilla.org/ Connect], and [https://www.reddit.com/r/Thunderbird/ reddit]. Accessibility advocate. Volunteer 2001-2022. Volunteer Thunderbird Release Manager for almost a decade, responsible for releases and release management. Founding member of Thunderbird Council, and council member 2014-2020.
For two decades I've supported users and worked in various areas of Thunderbird: bug triage and QA, issues related to crashes, dataloss, stability, search and performance to name a few. Frequently seen helping users in [https://support.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird Thunderbird Support (SUMO)], [https://connect.mozilla.org/ Connect], and [https://www.reddit.com/r/Thunderbird/ reddit]. Accessibility advocate.
 
== How YOU can help ==
 
'''Please join us!'''
 
We are a vibrant and supportive community, whose members are eager to contribute to the evolution of Thunderbird, and volunteer to help others.  You can join us at [https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/group forums where we discuss improvements, plans and testing], and [https://connect.mozilla.org/ submit your ideas at Connect].
 
You can help other users in [https://support.mozilla.org/questions/thunderbird  support (SUMO)], [reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/Thunderbird), matrix and other locations. We have statistical insight about Thunderbird at [https://thunderbird.biterg.io/ Thunderbird Bitergia] and [https://stats.thunderbird.net Thunderbird stats].
 
You can try any (or all) of our Thunderbird update channels - [https://www.thunderbird.net/download/esr/ esr], [https://www.thunderbird.net/download/release/ release], [https://www.thunderbird.net/download/beta/ beta] and [https://www.thunderbird.net/download/daily/ daily (development builds)] - to help us test and improve Thunderbird. '''Come and learn''' more at [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/choosing-thunderbird-release-channel Release Channels].  
 
[https://www.thunderbird.net/participate/ We look forward to meeting you.]


== Where you can find me ==
== Where you can find me ==
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* Email: wayne [at] thunderbird.net and vseerror [at] fastmail.com (bugzilla)
* Email: wayne [at] thunderbird.net and vseerror [at] fastmail.com (bugzilla)
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* [https://github.com/wsmwk github]
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/wayne-mery-bb46517/ LinkedIn]
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* [https://superuser.com/users/763805/wsmwk superuser]
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== What I do ==
== Beyond Community ==
As Community Manager I facilitate, promote and provide productive discussion forums, activities, and resources that enable the [https://www.thunderbird.net/get-involved/ community to work together] toward a more awesome Thunderbird.


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<!-- '''Two big activities are [https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/planning/T3330d61e44b5f5dc/community-manager-greetings community office hours on (first and third Wednesdays], and [https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/planning/T715fcd8f189693c2/come-make-a-difference-bugday-wednesday-may-25 bugdays on second and fourth Wednesdays].''' -->
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[https://mzl.la/46RHEri My bug reports] [https://mzl.la/3shvcSz Past year]
[https://mzl.la/46RHEri My bug reports] [https://mzl.la/3shvcSz Past year]


== Misc ==
== History ==
 
Thunderbird volunteer 2001-2022, and Release Manager for almost a decade. [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?login=wsmwk Bugzilla] fan. Resurrected PalmSync add-on. Founding member of Thunderbird Council, and council member 2014-2020. Forty-five years in higher education doing mainframe and Windows servers, networking, SANs and VMWare, and backup systems. 


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== Interests ==


I'm happy to chat with others who have similar interests in: sailing ([https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-EhADEThqSOc%2FYD22dDEOYaI%2FAAAAAAAATL0%2F_hNGCu5edm4MKm-g0sX5Cd6uGxAKFpPqQCNcBGAsYHQ%2Fw1200-h630-p-k-no-nu%2Fh16-red-flying.jpg&tbnid=Hvb3ExbX1S4rHM&vet=10CAoQxiAoAWoXChMI4K_-8oGT_gIVAAAAAB0AAAAAEAc..i&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Ffuntosail.blogspot.com%2F2021%2F03%2Fclassic-hobie-16-survives.html&docid=xipgWhjv-7xEIM&w=720&h=499&itg=1&q=Hobbie%2016%20flying%20hull&client=firefox-b-1-d&ved=0CAoQxiAoAWoXChMI4K_-8oGT_gIVAAAAAB0AAAAAEAc Hobie catamaran]), all music, [https://ccsingers.org/ singing], trail running on Appalachian Trail (which have cost me teeth), anything involving water and woods. [http://www.lehigh.edu/~wsm0/ Personal home page with some of these items]. 


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