diff --git a/docs/history.md b/docs/history.md index 6b5d952..7a9ecd5 100644 --- a/docs/history.md +++ b/docs/history.md @@ -1,4 +1,30 @@ # History -This section describes how the team came to be, where our roots are and how we got to know eachother. -In general this document should point out the timeline when each person, with which project, came to the team. \ No newline at end of file +This section gives an overview when which person became a member of our team and how IT4C became to be. + +It all began ~2017, when [Alex](people/alexander-friedland.md), who made the initial website for the DEMOCRACY project, met with [Ulf](people/ulf-gebhardt.md) in Karlsruhe to evaluate the state of election methods available in universities at given time. Ulf started to work with DEMOCRACY and when the project had its public appearance [Wolle](people/wolfgang-huss.md) made contact to work with the project as an influencer. + +## Human Connection + +Most of us met again 2019 at Human Connection. This time all as developers to implement the envisioned social network. [Wolle](people/wolfgang-huss.md) was first, followed by [Alex](people/alexander-friedland.md) and [Ulf](people/ulf-gebhardt.md). While Ulf left for DEMOCRACY again, Hannes volunteered and Moriz joined the Team, till the project ended 2020 as Human Connection and was transformed into Ocelot.social. + +## Ocelot.social - end of Human Connection + +In the last quater of 2020 Human Connection was ended as a project and the source code was republished under the name Ocelot.social. [Wolle](people/wolfgang-huss.md), [Alex](people/alexander-friedland.md), [Ulf](people/ulf-gebhardt.md) and Moriz continued on the project and released wir.social to keep ocelot alive. + +## Gradido + +In 2021 most of the team joined the Gradido project. As always our scout [Alex](people/alexander-friedland.md) was first, followed by [Ulf](people/ulf-gebhardt.md), who was residing in Norway at the time. Soon after Moriz joined up and Hannes came on board in Summer 2021. +When Ulf went on a trip to Italy [Wolle](people/wolfgang-huss.md) could finally be convinced to join, soon followed by [Mathias](people/mathias-lenz.md). + +## Yunite.me + +During 2022 the Yunite-Team approached the team to get a new social network going based on ocelot-social. The new network was release on 01.11.2022 under the name yunite.me. + +## Trouble at Gradido + +With the end of the year 2022 the financial situation within the Gradido project became more dire, which lead to reduced hours for the team and [Wolle](people/wolfgang-huss.md) becoming a volunteer rather then a paid contributor. + +## IT4C + +With the start of 2023 the IT4C brand name and [website](https://www.it4c.dev) was established to allow the whole team to present themselves and the team as a whole. \ No newline at end of file