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I work for [http://redhat.com/ Red Hat] as an engineering manager.  I joined the company in February 2008 and until July 2010, I served as the [[Project Leader|Fedora Project Leader]] and chairman of the [[Board| Fedora Project Board]].  Nowadays in what little spare time I have, I dabble in the following bits:
You can find [[/Bio | my official bio here]].
* Help with the [[Insight]] project
* Merciless and sometimes foolhardy [[wiki gardening]]
* Give bits of advice and help to the [[FPL]] as a member of the "ex-FPL club"
* Work on my own [http://pulsecaster.org PulseCaster] project (it's [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/applications/Pulsecaster available in Fedora] of course!)
* Maintain Fedora [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/users/packages/pfrields?acls=commit packages]


I participate in the [http://fredlug.tux.org/ Fredericksburg (VA) Linux Users Group] (FredLUG), which meets twice monthly in my hometown.
I joined [http://redhat.com/ Red Hat] in February 2008, and until July 2010, I served as the [[Project Leader|Fedora Project Leader]] and chairman of the [[Board| Fedora Project Board]].  Starting in 2010, until launch in June 2014, I worked as a development coordinator for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.


I was a founding member of the [[Board|Fedora Project Board]] as a volunteer contributor, and served the community there from April 2006 to July 2007.
Since late 2013, I've been the manager of the [[Fedora Engineering]] team.  I spend most of my Fedora time providing light direction, internal and administrative support, and roadblock-clearing for the team members.  I see my job as helping them (1) be maximally successful at their jobs, and (2) develop as Red Hat associates and professionals.


== Active Documents ==
Nowadays in what little spare time I have, I dabble in the following Fedora bits:
 
* Editing and sometimes writing for the [[Magazine]] ([https://fedoramagazine.org direct link])
* [[/Drafts| Drafts and Downloads]]
* Give bits of advice and help to the [[FPL]] as a member of the "ex-FPL club"
 
* Work on my own [http://pulsecaster.org PulseCaster] project (it's [https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/pulsecaster available in Fedora] of course!)
These documents appear on the [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/ Fedora documentation] Web site and in [http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/docs.shtml Docs CVS].  These docs now have fantastic maintainers, but there may be bits of my old work floating around in them:
* Maintain Fedora [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/users/packages/pfrields?acls=commit packages]
* [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/ Installation Guide]
* [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/ Release Notes]  
* [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/jargon-buster/ Jargon Buster]  
* [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/translation-quick-start-guide Translation Quick Start Guide]
 
In the past, I've also worked on these (now obsolete) documents:
* Installation Guides for FC4, FC5
* SELinux FAQ for FC5
* Yum Software Management for FC3, FC4
 
== Package Maintenance ==
I maintain or co-maintain the following packages in [[PackageMaintainers| the Fedora package collection]]: [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/users/packages/pfrields Package listing]
 
I no longer maintain the following packages:
* {{package|drivel}} - dead upstream
* {{package|gnome-sudoku}} - moved into ''gnome-games''
 
== Obsolete Documents ==
 
These are deprecated because of changes over time to Fedora.  Currently these still appear in CVS, but may eventually become wistful memories.
 
* [http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewcvs/usb-hotplug/?root=docs USB-Hotplug Tutorial]
* Mirror Tutorial for FC2
* Web Publishing to docs.fedoraproject.org -- This subject is now covered in the [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/documentation-guide/ Documentation Guide].
 
== Self Introduction ==
 
Name: Paul W. Frields<br/>
Location: Fredericksburg, VA - USA<br/>
Profession: Engineering Project Manager<br/>
Company: [http://redhat.com/ Red Hat, Inc.]
 
=== Goals ===
 
==== As a Contributor ====
 
* Provide the odd low-maintenance package such as non-critical add-ons, where my programming skill (or lack thereof) is not a limiting factor.
* Approach issues from the perspective of a general productivity computer user so that Fedora maintains a welcoming environment for everyone.
* Be an example for others in dealing with other people in a constructive, friendly way at all times.
 
=== Skill Areas ===
 
HIGH:  bash, GNU make, DocBook XML, RHCE (RHL 7.1, RHEL 3 & 5), communication skills (writing, teaching, public speaking)


MEDIUM/LOW: XML/XSL/XSLT, Python, C/C++, GTK/GObject
I'm a member (inactive) in the [http://fredlug.info/ Fredericksburg (VA) Linux Users Group] (FredLUG), which meets twice monthly in my hometown.


== GPG Information ==
I was a founding member of the [[Board|Fedora Project Board]] as a volunteer contributor, and served the community there from April 2006 to July 2007.  I've been involved in the Fedora Project since 2003.


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Key fingerprint = 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233  5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717
sub  4096g/46D87F1F 1997-09-19</pre>


[[Category:Ambassadors from the USA]]
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Latest revision as of 17:03, 3 January 2018

Paul W. Frields
Paul W. Frields
Personal Information
Birthday:
Home: http://paul.frields.org/
Fedora-specific Information
FAS-Name: pfrields
Fedora-Mail: pfrields@fedoraproject.org
Miscellaneous Information
Private Mail:
GPG-Key: BD113717
IRC: stickster on Libera.chat in
#fedora-docs, #fedora-mktg, #fedora-admin, #fedora-advisory-board, #fedora-ambassadors, #fredlug (and others)
Badges (140)
Speak Up! Associate Editor Junior Editor Involvement Tanked! Flock 2013 Attendee Secretary General Pixel Ninja You can call me "Patches" (SCM II) You can call me "Patches" (SCM I) Junior Badger (Badger I) Mugshot Ambassador Packager Sponsor Bona Fide If you build it... (Koji Success II) If you build it... (Koji Success I) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing II) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing I) Nuancier Let Me Introduce Myself Like a Rock (Updates-Stable I) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable II) Flock 2013 Speaker Riddle Me This Bloggin' it! (Planet III) Bloggin' it! (Planet I) Bloggin' it! (Planet II) Tadpole with Legs Embryo Tadpole Froglet Egg Baby Badger Apex DevConf 2014 Attendee White Rabbit The Blessing of the FPL Bloggin' it! (Planet IV) Rockin' & Rollin' If you build it... (Koji Success III) Partners in Crime Heartbleed Buster Paranoid Panda Senior Editor White Hat Vacation Take this and call me in the morning Flock 2014 Speaker Flock 2014 Attendee Senior Badger (Badger II) Party Pirate Extra!  Extra! Junior Package Tagger (Package Tagger I) Junior Tagger (Tagger I) Badge Muse (Badge Ideas I) Corporate Drone Nuancier 21 Dancing with Toshio In Search of the Bull (Tester I) What goes around comes around (Karma I) Flock 2014 Organizer Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II) Readiness Let's do lunch! Master Editor Design Ninja You can call me "Patches" (SCM III) Fedora at RH Summit, 2015 Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) Clickbait (Fedora Magazine I) Clickbait (Fedora Magazine II) Bob Loblaw (Planet V) Macaron (Cookie I) Perceiving the Bull (Tester III) Flock 2015 Speaker DevConf 2015 Speaker Adult Frog Origin Chief Editor Websites.NEXT Chocolate Chip (Cookie II) Nom Nom Nom Flock 2015 Attendee Flock 2015 Organizer Nuancier F25 Top 100 Maestro Catching the Bull (Tester IV) Common Bugs Contributor Flock 2016 Speaker Nuancier F23 Clickbait (Fedora Magazine III) Old Yeller Top 500 Badge Muse (Badges Released I) Grandmaster Editor Black and White (Cookie III) Nuancier F24 Docs FAD 2016 Red Hat Summit 2016 Flock 2016 Organizer Master Badger (Badger III) Flock 2016 Attendee Community Messenger I Nuancier F26 Pizzelle (Cookie IV) Flock 2017 Organizer Steampunk Arcade Red Hat Summit 2017 Flock 2017 Attendee Board Member Telegraphist (Upstream Release Monitoring I) Nuancier F28 Rainbow (Cookie V) Helping Hand Council Member I Voted: Fedora 31 Red Hat Summit 2018 Fedora Podcast Interviewee What goes around comes around (Karma II) Rollercoaster Restaurant Long Life to Pagure (Pagure II) I Voted: Fedora 30 Long Life to Pagure (Pagure I) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure V) Parselmouth I Long Life to Pagure (Pagure VI) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure IV) DevConf.cz 2020 Attendee Long Life to Pagure (Pagure III) Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee United Packages of Fedora Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing III) nest-attendee-2020 I Voted: Fedora 33 Magazine Editor Nest Attendee 2021 Community Survey Taker 2023 I voted: Fedora 39
 

You can find my official bio here.

I joined Red Hat in February 2008, and until July 2010, I served as the Fedora Project Leader and chairman of the Fedora Project Board. Starting in 2010, until launch in June 2014, I worked as a development coordinator for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Since late 2013, I've been the manager of the Fedora Engineering team. I spend most of my Fedora time providing light direction, internal and administrative support, and roadblock-clearing for the team members. I see my job as helping them (1) be maximally successful at their jobs, and (2) develop as Red Hat associates and professionals.

Nowadays in what little spare time I have, I dabble in the following Fedora bits:

I'm a member (inactive) in the Fredericksburg (VA) Linux Users Group (FredLUG), which meets twice monthly in my hometown.

I was a founding member of the Fedora Project Board as a volunteer contributor, and served the community there from April 2006 to July 2007. I've been involved in the Fedora Project since 2003.