Haikel Guemar

Self Intro

Name: Haïkel Guémar
nicknamed: Karl
Location: Lyon, France
I use RH/Fedora as my main OS for about 4 years
I'm finishing my MSc in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science in l'Université Lyon 1.

Email/jabber: karlthered_gmail_com
Website: http://www.darkenphoenix.free.fr currently empty
Weblog: http://www.darkenphoenix.free.fr/weblog/ in French
On IRC: mostly on #fedora-fr, sometimes on #fedora-devel as Karl_le_Rouge or Karl_iBook
Languages: French, English, I understand quite well Spanish but I hadn't speak it for years.

Fedora Collection as packager.
Fedora Usability as hacker (python, pygtk).
Welcoming new users (assistance through irc, forums, writing some documentation)
Fedora Ambassador (Lyon, France).
- With ambassadors PierreYvesChibon, BenoîtMarcelin, we wrote articles for LinuxIdentity (French Magazine) to cover Fedora 7 upcoming release. (Publication expected in June). I'd like to thank ambassadors JohanCwiklinski, ThomasCanniot, MaximeCarron for their support.
- Partipate to Fedora Lyon Monthly meetings (informal Local Fedora User Group).
- Organization of a FedoraProject presence in JDLL 2007 (19-20 October) along with ambassadors BenoîtMarcellin, MaximeCarron and some fellow guys. JDLL (Journées Du Logiciel Libre| Free Software Days) hosts meetings between Free Software related actors (companies, associations, projects etc.) and public, many conferences.

JDLL 2007 will focus on two thematics:

"Les libertés individuelles et les logiciels libres" ("Individual rights and Free Software")
"Les logiciels libres pour tous et toutes" ("Free Software for everyone" NB: Free as in free speech)