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The following is a list of different jobs and the e-mail addresses to use in order to contact the people responsible for those tasks. Please be made aware that mails sent to some of these addresses are publicly archived, especially but not limited to those with the term <q>lists</q> in the mail domain part. <div class="tip"> In the following list, <q>current</q> is used for positions that are transitional (elected or appointed with a certain expiration date). </div> <ul class="toc"> <li><a href="#officers">Officers</a></li> <li><a href="#distribution">Distribution</a></li> <li><a href="#commsoutreach">Communication and Outreach</a> <ul> <li><a href="#data-protection">Data Protection team</a></li> <li><a href="#publicity">Publicity team</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="#support">Support and Infrastructure</a></li> <li><a href="#memberships">Membership in other organizations</a></li> </ul> <a name="officers"></a> <h3>Officers</h3> <ul> <li><a name="leader" href="../devel/leader">Leader</a> — <<a href="mailto:leader@debian.org">leader@debian.org</a>>      current Andreas Tille <li><a name="tech-ctte" href="../devel/tech-ctte">Technical Committee</a> — <<a href="mailto:debian-ctte@lists.debian.org">debian-ctte@lists.debian.org</a>> — <a href="https://lists.debian.org/e236c0a0-3194-0a26-b6d8-545647ec887c@debian.org">appointment mail</a> — <a href="https://lists.debian.org/20210311203400.6f222e25@commodore.bluemosh.com">appointment mail</a> — <a href="https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/?m=YfaAsRdS/EdTdJbo@bluemosh.com">appointment mail</a> — <a href="https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/?m=20230109175630.28c4b941@defiant.bluemosh.com">appointment mail</a> — <a href="https://lists.debian.org/20230703181918.75fd085a@adjutant">appointment mail</a> — <a href="https://lists.debian.org/ZiucdsA1PSXaxwMi@an3as.eu">appointment mail</a>      current Sean Whitton (chair)      current Christoph Berg      current Helmut Grohne      current Matthew Vernon      current Matthew Garrett      current Stefano Rivera      current Timo Röhling      current Craig Small <li><a name="secretary" href="../devel/secretary">Secretary</a> — <<a href="mailto:secretary@debian.org">secretary@debian.org</a>> — <a href="https://lists.debian.org/20240209184107.0b6ee14c@defiant">appointment mail</a>      current Kurt Roeckx </ul> <a name="distribution"></a> <h3>Distribution</h3> <ul> <li><a name="devel" href="../devel/">Development Projects</a> — <<a href="mailto:debian-devel@lists.debian.org">debian-devel@lists.debian.org</a>> <li><a name="ftpmaster" href="https://ftp-master.debian.org/">FTP Archives</a> — <<a href="mailto:ftpmaster@debian.org">ftpmaster@debian.org</a>> — <a href="https://lists.debian.org/1511172581.3130639.1178259472.01A2D970@webmail.messagingengine.com">delegation mail</a> <ul> <li><a name="ftpmasters">FTP Masters</a> —      member Thorsten Alteholz (delegate)      member Ansgar (delegate)      member Joerg Jaspert (delegate)      member Luke W. Faraone (delegate; they/them)      member Mark Hymers (delegate) <li><a name="ftpassistants">FTP Assistants</a> —      member Bastian Blank      member Luca Falavigna      member Paul Tagliamonte      member Scott Kitterman      member Sean Whitton <li><a name="ftpwizards">FTP Wizards</a> —      member Mike O'Connor </ul> <li><a name="backports" href="https://backports.debian.org/">Backports</a> — <<a href="mailto:backports-team@debian.org">backports-team@debian.org</a>> — <a href="https://lists.debian.org/20110706145100.GA13459@upsilon.cc">delegation mail</a> <ul> <li><a name="backports-team">Backports Team</a> —      member Alexander Wirt (delegate)      member Rhonda D'Vine (delegate) </ul> <li><a name="release">Release Management</a> — <ul> <li><a name="release-team" href="https://release.debian.org/">Release Team</a> — <<a href="mailto:debian-release@lists.debian.org">debian-release@lists.debian.org</a>> — <a href="https://lists.debian.org/b9368017-03f6-ec15-c5ee-56208ba0969f@debian.org">delegation mail</a>      member Emilio Pozuelo Monfort (delegate)      member Adam D. Barratt (delegate)      member Julien Cristau (delegate)      member Cyril Brulebois (delegate)      member Ivo De Decker (delegate)      member Jonathan Wiltshire (delegate)      member Graham Inggs (delegate)      member Paul Gevers (delegate)      member Sebastian Ramacher (delegate) <li><a name="qa" href="https://qa.debian.org/">Quality Assurance</a> — <<a href="mailto:debian-qa@lists.debian.org">debian-qa@lists.debian.org</a>> <li><a name="installer">Installation System Team</a> — <<a href="mailto:debian-boot@lists.debian.org">debian-boot@lists.debian.org</a>> <li><a name="live" href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianLive">Debian Live Team</a> — <<a href="mailto:debian-live@lists.debian.org">debian-live@lists.debian.org</a>> <li><a name="cd" href="../CD/">CD/DVD/USB Images</a> — <ul> <li><a name="cd-production">Production</a> — <<a href="mailto:debian-cd@lists.debian.org">debian-cd@lists.debian.org</a>>      member Philip Hands      member Raphaël Hertzog      member Steve McIntyre      member Andy Simpkins      member Mattias Wadenstein      member Andrew Cater </ul> <li><a name="testing">Testing</a> — <<a href="mailto:debian-testing@lists.debian.org">debian-testing@lists.debian.org</a>> </ul> <li><a name="cloud" href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Cloud">Cloud Team</a> — <<a href="mailto:debian-cloud@lists.debian.org">debian-cloud@lists.debian.org</a>> — <a href="https://lists.debian.org/20240209184003.2230ee17@defiant">delegation mail</a>      member Thomas Lange (delegate)      member Ross Vandegrift (delegate)      member Bastian Blank (delegate) </ul> <a name="commsoutreach"></a> <h3>Communication and Outreach</h3> <ul> <li><a name="data-protection">Data Protection team</a> — <<a href="mailto:data-protection@debian.org">data-protection@debian.org</a>> — <a href="https://lists.debian.org/1528227688.412908.1397547576.57703279@webmail.messagingengine.com">delegation mail</a>      member Jonathan McDowell (delegate; he/him)      member Tollef Fog Heen (delegate)      member Matthew Vernon (delegate) <li><a name="publicity" href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Publicity">Publicity team</a> — <<a href="mailto:debian-publicity@lists.debian.org">debian-publicity@lists.debian.org</a>> — <a href="https://lists.debian.org/20231129120954.54569982@lapcloud">delegation mail</a>      member Anupa Ann Joseph (delegate)      member Donald Norwood (delegate)      member Jean-Pierre Giraud (delegate)      member Joost van Baal-Ilić (delegate) Press Contact — <<a href="mailto:press@debian.org">press@debian.org</a>> <li><a name="website" href="../devel/website/">Web Pages</a> — <<a href="mailto:debian-www@lists.debian.org">debian-www@lists.debian.org</a>>      member Rhonda D'Vine      member Kåre Thor Olsen      member Paul Wise      member Laura Arjona Reina      member Carsten Schoenert      member Thomas Lange <li><a name="planet" href="https://planet.debian.org/">Planet Debian</a> — <<a href="mailto:planet@debian.org">planet@debian.org</a>>      member Benjamin Mako Hill      member Joerg Jaspert      member Jordi Mallach <li><a name="outreach" href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Outreach">Outreach</a> — <<a href="mailto:outreach@debian.org">outreach@debian.org</a>> — <a href="https://lists.debian.org/20231123211555.23c72696@lapcloud">delegation mail</a>      member Abhijith PA (delegate)      member Antonio Terceiro (delegate)      member Lucas Kanashiro (delegate; he/him)      member Nilesh Patra (delegate)      member Sruthi Chandran (delegate; she/her) <li><a name="community" href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Community">Community</a> — <<a href="mailto:community@debian.org">community@debian.org</a>> <<a href="mailto:antiharassment@debian.org">antiharassment@debian.org</a>> — <a href="https://lists.debian.org/YeG6RzLnjBzS65vx@bluemosh.com">delegation mail</a>      member Steve McIntyre (delegate; he/him)      member Luke W. Faraone (delegate; they/them)      member Andrew Cater (delegate; he/him) To send a private message to all the members of the Community Team, use the OpenPGP key <a href="community-team-pubkey.txt">817DAE61E2FE4CA28E1B7762A89C4D0527C4C869</a>. <li><a name="debconf" href="https://www.debconf.org/">DebConf Committee</a> — <<a href="mailto:debconf-committee@debian.org">debconf-committee@debian.org</a>> — <a href="https://lists.debian.org/20230910101902.7cc61891@lapcloud">delegation mail</a>      member Antonio Terceiro (delegate)      member Bernelle Verster (delegate)      member Gunnar Wolf (delegate)      member Nattie Mayer-Hutchings (delegate)      member Sruthi Chandran (delegate)      member Stefano Rivera (delegate) <li><a name="partners" href="../partners/">Partner Program</a> — <<a href="mailto:partners@debian.org">partners@debian.org</a>>      member Daniel Lange      member Jonathan Carter      member Laura Arjona Reina      member Thomas Lange <li><a name="donations-hardware" href="../donations#equipment_donations">Hardware Donations Coordination</a> — <<a href="mailto:hardware-donations@debian.org">hardware-donations@debian.org</a>>      member Bernd Zeimetz      member Martin Zobel-Helas      member Benjamin Mako Hill      member Rob Bradford </ul> <a name="support"></a> <h3>Support and Infrastructure</h3> <ul> <li><a name="bugs" href="https://bugs.debian.org/">Bug Tracking System</a> — <<a href="mailto:owner@bugs.debian.org">owner@bugs.debian.org</a>>      member Don Armstrong      member Blars Blarson      member Josip Rodin      member Colin Watson <li><a name="lists" href="../MailingLists/">Mailing Lists Administration and Mailing List Archives</a> — <<a href="mailto:listmaster@lists.debian.org">listmaster@lists.debian.org</a>>      member Alexander Wirt      member Cord Beermann      member David Moreno Garza      member Don Armstrong      member Martin Zobel-Helas      member Pascal Hakim      member Hanno Wagner <li><a name="nmfrontdesk" href="../devel/join/newmaint#FrontDesk">New Members Front Desk</a> — <<a href="mailto:nm@debian.org">nm@debian.org</a>> — <a href="https://lists.debian.org/20210309115941.388475b1@commodore.bluemosh.com">delegation mail</a>      member Jonathan McDowell (delegate; he/him)      member Mattia Rizzolo (delegate)      member Santiago Ruano Rincón (delegate)      member Tobias Frost (delegate)      member Pierre-Elliott Bécue (delegate)      member Sam Hartman (delegate)      member Stuart Prescott (delegate)      member Nicolas Dandrimont (delegate) <li><a name="dam" href="../devel/join/newmaint#DAM">Debian Account Managers</a> — <<a href="mailto:da-manager@debian.org">da-manager@debian.org</a>> — <a href="https://lists.debian.org/YhtGLlghl4F45AbI@bluemosh.com">delegation mail</a>      member Enrico Zini (delegate)      member Joerg Jaspert (delegate)      member Jonathan Wiltshire (delegate)      member Nicolas Dandrimont (delegate)      member Stuart Prescott (delegate) To send a private message to all DAMs, use the OpenPGP key 57731224A9762EA155AB2A530CA8D15BB24D96F2. <li><a name="keyring" href="https://keyring.debian.org/">Keyring Maintainers (OpenPGP)</a> — <<a href="mailto:keyring-maint@debian.org">keyring-maint@debian.org</a>> — <a href="https://lists.debian.org/1535701657.2203656.1492256048.477439EA@webmail.messagingengine.com">delegation mail</a>      member Gunnar Wolf (delegate)      member John Sullivan (delegate)      member Jonathan McDowell (delegate; he/him) <li><a name="security" href="../security/">Security Team</a> — <<a href="mailto:team@security.debian.org">team@security.debian.org</a>>      member Alberto Garcia      member Alessandro Ghedini      member Andres Salomon      member Aron Xu      member Florian Weimer      member Markus Koschany      member Moritz Muehlenhoff      member Salvatore Bonaccorso      member Sebastien Delafond      member Thijs Kinkhorst      member Yves-Alexis Perez <li><a name="policy" href="../doc/debian-policy/">Policy</a> — <<a href="mailto:debian-policy@lists.debian.org">debian-policy@lists.debian.org</a>> — <a href="https://lists.debian.org/1534924310.3924040.1482221768.47BABED0@webmail.messagingengine.com">delegation mail</a>      member Russ Allbery (delegate)      member Sean Whitton (delegate) <li><a name="dsa" href="https://dsa.debian.org/">System Administration</a> — <<a href="mailto:debian-admin@lists.debian.org">debian-admin@lists.debian.org</a>> — <a href="https://lists.debian.org/20230208210632.0a409418@defiant.bluemosh.com">delegation mail</a> This is the address to use when encountering problems on one of Debian's machines, including password problems or you need a package installed.      member Adam D. Barratt (delegate)      member Aurelien Jarno (delegate)      member Héctor Orón Martínez (delegate)      member Julien Cristau (delegate)      member Luca Filipozzi (delegate)      member Paul Wise (delegate)      member Pierre-Elliott Bécue (delegate)      member Peter Palfrader (delegate)      member Tollef Fog Heen (delegate) If you have hardware problems with Debian machines, please see <a href="https://db.debian.org/machines.cgi">Debian Machines</a> page, it should contain per-machine administrator information. <li><a name="mirrors" href="../mirror/">Mirrors</a> — <<a href="mailto:mirrors@debian.org">mirrors@debian.org</a>>      member Peter Palfrader      member Julien Cristau      member Adam D. Barratt <li><a name="dns">DNS Maintainer</a> — <<a href="mailto:hostmaster@debian.org">hostmaster@debian.org</a>> <li><a name="pts" href="https://packages.qa.debian.org/">Package Tracking System</a> — <<a href="mailto:owner@packages.qa.debian.org">owner@packages.qa.debian.org</a>>      member Raphaël Hertzog <li><a name="treasurer" href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Treasurer">Treasurer</a> — <<a href="mailto:treasurer@debian.org">treasurer@debian.org</a>> — <a href="https://lists.debian.org/20160416194934.GD2171@halon.org.uk">delegation mail</a> — <a href="https://lists.debian.org/YhvdjOE02CVIasWu@bluemosh.com">appointment mail</a>      member Brian Gupta (delegate)      member Philipp Hug (delegate)      member Hector Oron (delegate)      member Daniel Lange (delegate) <li><a name="salsa" href="https://salsa.debian.org/">Salsa administrators</a> — <<a href="mailto:salsa-admin@debian.org">salsa-admin@debian.org</a>> — <a href="https://lists.debian.org/Zl6g5uXgE2Ye4n5z@an3as.eu">delegation mail</a>      member Alexander Wirt (delegate)      member Joerg Jaspert (delegate)      member Thomas Goirand      member Antonio Terceiro </ul> <a name="memberships"></a> <h3>Membership in other organizations</h3> <ul> <li><a name="org-gnome">GNOME Foundation</a> — <li><a name="org-lpi">Linux Professional Institute</a> — <li><a name="org-linux-mag">Linux Magazine</a> —      role Advisory Council <li><a name="org-linuxbase">Linux Standards Base</a> — <li><a name="org-freestandards">Free Standards Group</a> — <li><a name="org-oasis-open">OASIS: Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards</a> — <li><a name="org-osi">Open Source Initiative</a> — </ul> Debian is a member of the above list of organizations, either directly or through <a href="https://www.spi-inc.org/">SPI</a>. 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