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I work for an MNC in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. I am an OpenSource Promoter.
I work for [http://redhat.com/ Red Hat] as an engineering operations 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]].  I also dabble in the following bits:
* The [[Docs Project | Documentation team]], as a writer, editor, and part-time balladeer
* Maintainer of fedora-release-notes and [[#Package_Maintenance|a few other useful packages]]
* Help with the [[Marketing]] team
* Merciless and sometimes foolhardy [[wiki gardening]]
 
I help drive the [http://fredlug.tux.org/ Fredericksburg (VA) Linux Users Group]  (FredLUG), which meets twice monthly in my hometown.
 
I was a founding member of the [[Board|Fedora Project Board]], and served the community there from April 2006 to July 2007.
 
== Active Documents ==
 
* [[/Drafts| Drafts and Downloads]]
 
These documents appear on the [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/ Fedora documentation]  Web site and in [http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/docs.shtml Docs CVS] . I have done authorial or editorial work on the following documents:
 
* [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]]:
* {{package|blogtk}} -- GNOME application for editing/maintaining blogs
* {{package|fedora-release-notes}} -- Release Notes for Fedora
* {{package|foremost}} -- Recover files by "carving" them from a raw disk
* {{package|nautilus-open-terminal}} -- Nautilus extension for an open terminal shortcut
* {{package|nautilus-search-tool}} -- A Nautilus extension that makes searching for files easier
* {{package|nautilus-sendto}} -- Nautilus context menu for sending files
* {{package|odfpy}} -- Python library for manipulating OpenDocument files
* {{package|opal}} -- Open Phone Abstraction Library
* {{package|perl-PatchReader}} -- Utilities to read and manipulate patches and CVS
* {{package|php-LightweightPicasaAPI}} -- A lightweight API for Picasa in PHP
* {{package|php-phpSmug}} -- PHP wrapper for the SmugMug API
* {{package|pioneers}} -- Turnbased board strategy game (colonize an island)
* {{package|python-mwlib}} -- MediaWiki conversion library for Python
* {{package|xmldiff}} -- Tree to tree correction between XML documents
* {{package|xmlstarlet}} -- Command Line XML Toolkit
* {{package|zikula}} -- Zikula is a free open source Web Application Framework
* {{package|zikula-module-News}} -- Manages news articles on your Zikula site
 
I no longer maintain the following [[Extras| Extras]] 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
 
Location: Fredericksburg, VA - USA
 
Profession: Engineering Project Manager
 
Company: [http://redhat.com/ Red Hat, Inc.]
 
=== Goals ===
 
==== As a Contributor ====
* Help develop a content management system to serve the needs of multiple teams such as the [[Marketing]] and [[Design]] teams.
* Provide the odd low-maintenance package such as non-critical add-ons, where my programming skill (or lack thereof) is not a limiting factor.
* Strive to provide a good example of 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++
 
== GPG Information ==
 
<pre>pub  1024D/BD113717 1997-09-19
Key fingerprint = 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233  5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717
sub  4096g/46D87F1F 1997-09-19</pre>
 
[[Category:Ambassadors from the USA]]

Revision as of 07:11, 31 January 2011

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

I work for Red Hat as an engineering operations manager. I joined the company in February 2008 and until July 2010, I served as the Fedora Project Leader and chairman of the Fedora Project Board. I also dabble in the following bits:

I help drive the Fredericksburg (VA) Linux Users Group (FredLUG), which meets twice monthly in my hometown.

I was a founding member of the Fedora Project Board, and served the community there from April 2006 to July 2007.

Active Documents

These documents appear on the Fedora documentation Web site and in Docs CVS . I have done authorial or editorial work on the following documents:

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 the Fedora package collection:

I no longer maintain the following Extras packages:

Obsolete Documents

These are deprecated because of changes over time to Fedora. Currently these still appear in CVS, but may eventually become wistful memories.

Self Introduction

Name: Paul W. Frields

Location: Fredericksburg, VA - USA

Profession: Engineering Project Manager

Company: Red Hat, Inc.

Goals

As a Contributor

  • Help develop a content management system to serve the needs of multiple teams such as the Marketing and Design teams.
  • Provide the odd low-maintenance package such as non-critical add-ons, where my programming skill (or lack thereof) is not a limiting factor.
  • Strive to provide a good example of 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++

GPG Information

pub   1024D/BD113717 1997-09-19
Key fingerprint = 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233  5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717
sub   4096g/46D87F1F 1997-09-19
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