New Kernel Uploaders

Andy Whitcroft apw at canonical.com
Thu Mar 12 19:09:37 UTC 2026


Today, the Kernel Uploaders Team[1] had an ad-hoc Matrix meeting on
#kernel:ubuntu.com with the following people in attendence:

Team Members:
  Andy Whitcroft                 ~apw                @apw:ubuntu.com
  Bethany Jamison                ~bjamison           @bjamison:matrix.org
  Edoardo Canepa                 ~ecanepa            @ecanepa:matrix.org
  Emil Renner Berthing           ~esmil              @esmil:matrix.org
  Juerg Haefliger                ~juergh             @juergh:matrix.org
  Kevin Becker                   ~kevinbecker        @kevinbecker:ubuntu.com
  Kleber Sacilotto de Souza      ~kleber-souza       @kleber-souza:ubuntu.com
  Kuba Pawlak                    ~kuba-t-pawlak      @kuba-t-pawlak:matrix.org
  Magali Lemes do Sacramento     ~magalilemes        @magalilemes:ubuntu.com
  Manuel Diewald                 ~diewald            @diewald:ubuntu.com
  Mehmet Basaran                 ~mehmetbasaran      @mehmetbasaran:ubuntu.com
  Phil Cox                       ~philcox            @philcox:matrix.org
  Stefan Bader                   ~smb                @esembee:matrix.org
  Timo Aaltonen                  ~tjaalton           @tjaalton:ubuntu.com

Applicants:
  Alessio Faina                  ~alessiofaina       @alessiofaina:ubuntu.com
  Alice Munduruca                ~cremfuelled        @cremfuelled:ubuntu.com
  Austin Rhodes                  ~warhodes           @warhodes:ubuntu.com
  Sarah Emery                    ~semerys            @semerys:ubuntu.com

Observers:
  Benjamin                                           @bentel_inside:matrix.org
  Cengiz Can                     ~cengizcan          @cengiz_io:matrix.org
  Hannah Peuckmann               ~hannsofie          @hannsofie:matrix.org
  Jacob Martin                   ~jacobmartin        @jacobmartin:ubuntu.com
  John Cabaj                     ~john-cabaj         @john-cabaj:matrix.org
  Kexy Biscuit                                       @kexybiscuit:matrix.org

This announcement and the meeting transcript is available in our
meeting repository[2].

[1] https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel-uploaders
[2] https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel-uploaders/+git/meetings/tree/20260311/?h=main

We reviewed the application[3] by Sarah Emery (~semerys)[4] for Kernel
Upload Rights.  After representations by the applicant and their
sponsors a vote was held as below:

  Andy Whitcroft                 +1
  Bethany Jamison                +1
  Edoardo Canepa                 +1
  Emil Renner Berthing           +1
  Kevin Becker                   +1
  Kleber Sacilotto de Souza      +1
  Magali Lemes do Sacramento     +1
  Manuel Diewald                 +1
  Mehmet Basaran                 +1
  Phil Cox                       +1
  Stefan Bader                   +1
  Timo Aaltonen                  +1

The application was unanimously approved; congratulations to Sarah
Emery.

[3] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/semerys/KernelUploadRightsApplication
[4] https://launchpad.net/~semerys

We reviewed the application[5] by Alice Munduruca (~cremfuelled)[6]
for Kernel Upload Rights.  After representations by the applicant and
their sponsors a vote was held as below:

  Andy Whitcroft                 +1
  Bethany Jamison                +1
  Edoardo Canepa                 +1
  Emil Renner Berthing           +1
  Kevin Becker                   +1
  Kleber Sacilotto de Souza      +1
  Kuba Pawlak                    +1
  Magali Lemes do Sacramento     +1
  Manuel Diewald                 +1
  Mehmet Basaran                 +1
  Phil Cox                       +1
  Stefan Bader                   +1
  Timo Aaltonen                  +1

The application was unanimously approved; congratulations to Alice
Munduruca.

[5] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/cremfuelled/KernelUploadRightsApplication
[6] https://launchpad.net/~cremfuelled

We reviewed the application[7] by Austin Rhodes (~warhodes)[8] for
Kernel Upload Rights.  After representations by the applicant and
their sponsors a vote was held as below:

  Andy Whitcroft                 +1
  Bethany Jamison                +1
  Edoardo Canepa                 +1
  Kevin Becker                   +1
  Kleber Sacilotto de Souza      +1
  Kuba Pawlak                    +1
  Magali Lemes do Sacramento     +1
  Manuel Diewald                 +1
  Mehmet Basaran                 +1
  Phil Cox                       +1
  Stefan Bader                   +1
  Timo Aaltonen                  +1

The application was unanimously approved; congratulations to Austin
Rhodes.

[7] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/warhodes/KernelUploadRightsApplication
[8] https://launchpad.net/~warhodes

We reviewed the application[9] by Alessio Faina (~alessiofaina)[10]
for Kernel Upload Rights.  After representations by the applicant and
their sponsors a vote was held as below:

  Bethany Jamison                +1
  Edoardo Canepa                 +1
  Emil Renner Berthing           +1
  Kevin Becker                   +1
  Magali Lemes do Sacramento     +1
  Manuel Diewald                 +1
  Mehmet Basaran                 +1
  Phil Cox                       +1
  Stefan Bader                   +1
  Timo Aaltonen                  +1

The application was unanimously approved; congratulations to Alessio
Faina.

[9] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/alessiofaina/KernelUploadRightsApplication
[10] https://launchpad.net/~alessiofaina

Congratulations to all of the successful applicants.  Enjoy your new
rights.  Andy Whitcroft (~apw) was tasked with adding them to the
~ubuntu-kernel-uploaders team and announcing these results.

-apw (on behalf of the ~ubuntu-kernel-uploaders team)



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