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MARKOV Solutions is the free-lance company of Mark Overmeer.

There are more areas in computer and work related activities which I touched during the years, but couldn't find a place in the other pages. Therefore a final bunch of mixed items.

My non computer/work related activities can be found on my personal pages.

I am (or was) involved in various organizations:

  • NLUUG, association for Open Source and Open Systems (originally the professional "Dutch Unix User Group") as secretary 2008-2012, website and all office tasks 2008-2022.
  • Facilitator of CACert hardware. In 2009-2013 as secretary of the Dutch foundation Oophaga, 2013-2022 as treasurer in the German Secure-U e.V.
  • Alumni-group of the Computing Science department NINJA of the Radboud University in Nijmegen. 1999-2023, most of the time as secretary.
  • Secretary of Foundation "Stichting Perl Promotie Nederland" SPPN (2004-2024)
  • Sole organiser of nine Dutch Perl Workshops (2004-2018)
  • Active member of the Amsterdam Perl Mongers (2000-2019)
  • Organisor of the Free Software Bazaar during SANE 2006
  • Member of the Dutch Informatics Society (Nederlands Genootschap van Informatici, NGI) in particular the groups "Oost" (Netherlands region East), ZIT (self-employed), and Management (2002-2008)
  • At the University: secretary of the study organization for Computing Science and Physics students "Marie Curie" (1987-1990).

natural languages

        reading   speaking   writing
Dutch ++ ++ ++
English ++ ++ ++
German ++ + -
French ? - --

various

  • During the 80s, I have designed and built a few computers based on the MC6809 processor, from the ground up: circuit design, print layouting, boot software, operating system.
  • Member of The Young Scientists (renamed to Technisch Creatief JeugdCentrum, TCJA) in Arnhem (1978-1995).

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