[Group Request] New Chapter in Nairobi Kenya (East Africa)

[onai254]

City or location name for your CNCG

Cloud Native Nairobi | Kenya

What country do you want to start your community group in?

Kenya

Tell us about yourself. List your name, email, company, GitHub URL, LinkedIn URL, and CNCF Slack workspace name (or if you need to be invited), and a required profile link on community.cncf.io

Ian Kiprotich
UzaPoint
https://github.com/onai254
https://www.linkedin.com/in/iankiprotich/
Ian Kiprotich in CNCF Slack
https://community.cncf.io/u/m9tmx6/#/about

Tell us about your co-organizer. List their name, email, company, GitHub URL, LinkedIn URL, and CNCF Slack workspace name (or if they need to be invited), and a required profile link on community.cncf.io

Stephen Munyao Wambua
FinSense
https://github.com/steve2030
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-wambua-devops/
Stephen Wambua in CNCF Slack
https://community.cncf.io/u/mg2cq5/#/about

Tell us about your co-organizer. List their name, email, company, GitHub URL, LinkedIn URL, and CNCF Slack workspace name (or if they need to be invited), and a required profile link on community.cncf.io

Alvin Ndungu
Tandem solution
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alvin-ndungu
https://github.com/alvo254
Alvin Ndungu in CNCF Slack
https://community.cncf.io/u/mbcbvx/

If you already run a meetup, please link it here

https://nairobidevops.org/

What is your mission statement or objective for this new chapter?

Our mission is to cultivate collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning within the cloud-native ecosystem by organizing impactful CNCF events. We aim to empower individuals, create platforms for shared knowledge, and open doors to growth and development. This initiative is driven by a genuine desire to give back to the community that has profoundly shaped our journeys

Code of Conduct

• I/We agree to follow the CNCF Code of Conduct

Where organizers reside

• I/We confirm I/we am/are local to or live near the city of the above-proposed chapter.

Organizers companies/affiliations

• I/We agree if there is more than one organizer now or onboarded in the future, the majority come from different companies

Inclusive

• I/We agree. To assure this, I/we have recently completed the Inclusive Open Source Community Orientation (LFC102) course

Vendor Neutral

• I/We have read what vendor-nuetrality means, and agree that the main content of our meetups will remain vendor-nuetral

Agree to use CNCG branding

• I/We agree to use the CNCG logo in my/our chapter and social branding

Registration through CNCF platforms

• I/We agree to host free registration in the main CNCF platform

Remain an active chapter

• I/We agree to have a meetup at least once every 90 days, or else communicate reasoning for upcoming inactivity.

Collaboration with other chapters

• I/We acknowledge the CNCF right to approve additional chapters in my area based on this criteria

Aim to have a diverse representation of speakers in your meetups

• I/We will do our best to host diverse speakers throughout the year