FINOS Debrief 19 March 21

<p>In this episode of the podcast, we're excited to share the news about a recent award, welcome a new Associate Member, highlight the great work of our community and offer you a new channel to collaborate and network. We've also picked out some "good first issues" for those of you looking to get more involved with FINOS projects. Find all of this information and more at <a href="https://www.finos.org/">finos.org</a>.</p> <h3>TOSHA ELLISON RECOGNIZED IN WATERS TECH AWARDS</h3> <p>We're delighted that Tosha Ellison, FINOS Chief Operating Officer, has been recognized as the "Vendor Partnership or Alliance Professional of the Year" in the Waters Technology Women in Technology &amp; Data Awards 2021.</p> <p><a href="https://finos.org/blog/waters-women-in-technology-and-data-award-winner-2021-finos-tosha-ellison" rel="noopener"><strong>Read More</strong></a><strong> | </strong><a href="https://www.waterstechnology.com/awards-rankings/7804016/women-and-technology-data-awards-2021-all-the-winners" rel="noopener"><strong>Full Award Listing</strong></a></p> <h3>NEW ASSOCIATE MEMBER: OPENUK</h3> <p>We're pleased to share that OpenUK has recently joined FINOS as an Associate Member &amp; we're looking forward to working together.</p> <p><a href="https://openuk.uk/" rel="noopener"><strong>Open UK</strong></a></p> <h3>FINOS ANNOUNCES NEW COMMUNITY SLACK</h3> <p>The FINOS Slack provides our Community another public channel to discuss work in FINOS and open source in finance more generally.</p> <p><a href="https://finos.org/blog/finos-announces-new-community-slack" rel="noopener"><strong>More Info &amp; How to Join</strong></a></p> <h3>COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT - MARK GUERRIERO</h3> <p>We would like to recognize the contributions <strong>Mark Guerriero of Deutsche Bank</strong> has made to the Waltz Project.</p> <p><a href="https://finos.org/community-spotlight/community-spotlight-mark-guerriero-mar-21" rel="noopener"><strong>Read Mark's Community Spotlight</strong></a><strong> | </strong><a href="https://github.com/finos/waltz" rel=