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'''"What would ya say ya ''do'' here?"'''
'''"Stuff that Greg did for Red Hat or Fedora at various times'''


= Red Hat duties =
= Red Hat duties =


* Current: New Hire Orientation -- I've explained "the open source way" to over 1500 new Red Hat employees since 2004
* New Hire Orientation -- I explained "the open source way" to over 1500 new Red Hat employees, 2004-2010.
* Current: Editor of [http://opensource.com/education opensource.com/education]
* Editor of the Education Channel for [http://opensource.com/education opensource.com], 2009-2010.
* Current: Owner of Red Hat's strategy in higher education
* Architect of Red Hat's strategy in higher education, 2008-2010, including the creation of the [http://teachingopensource.com/index.php/POSSE Professor's Open Source Summer Experience], a weeklong intensive bootcamp that immerses professors in open source projects.
** Primary Author/Editor of [http://teachingopensource.com/index.php/Textbook_Release_0.8 Practical Open Source Software Engineering], a textbook-in-progress for CS professors
* Primary Author/Editor of [http://teachingopensource.com/index.php/Textbook_Release_0.8 Practical Open Source Software Engineering], a textbook-in-progress for CS professors
** Creator of the [http://teachingopensource.com/index.php/POSSE Professor's Open Source Summer Experience], a weeklong intensive bootcamp that immerses professors in open source projects
** Co-creator of [http://teachingopensource.org teachingopensource.org], an organization dedicated to helping professors teach open source in their classrooms
* Community Liaison to the One Laptop Per Child Project, 2008-2009.  Examples of work:
* Community Liaison to the One Laptop Per Child Project, 2008-2009.  Examples of work:
** http://lwn.net/Articles/305687/
** http://lwn.net/Articles/305687/
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* Contributing editor for "Red Hat Magazine", 2004 - 2007.  A personal favorite:  
* Contributing editor for "Red Hat Magazine", 2004 - 2007.  A personal favorite:  
** http://www.redhat.com/magazine/007may05/features/patents/
** http://www.redhat.com/magazine/007may05/features/patents/
* Voice of "Ask Shadowman", Red Hat Magazine, 2004 - 2007. (People still send email missing their Shadowman column.) Some personal favorites:
* Voice of "Ask Shadowman", Red Hat Magazine, 2004-2007.  Some personal favorites:
** http://magazine.redhat.com/2007/01/11/ask-shadowman-web-20/
** http://magazine.redhat.com/2007/01/11/ask-shadowman-web-20/
** http://www.redhat.com/magazine/003jan05/departments/ask_shadowman/
** http://www.redhat.com/magazine/003jan05/departments/ask_shadowman/
** http://www.redhat.com/magazine/025nov06/features/ask_shadowman/?intcmp=bcm_edmsept_007
** http://www.redhat.com/magazine/025nov06/features/ask_shadowman/?intcmp=bcm_edmsept_007
* Executive director of the [http://magazine.redhat.com/2007/07/27/red-hat-high-2007-after-graduation-day-what-next/ Red Hat High] program, 2006 - 2007
* Executive director of the [http://magazine.redhat.com/2007/07/27/red-hat-high-2007-after-graduation-day-what-next/ Red Hat High] program, 2006-2007
* Fedora Project Leader, 2005-2006
* Fedora Project Leader, 2005-2006
* Engineering Manager, [http://www.redhat.com/red_hat_network/ Red Hat Network], 2001-2004
* Engineering Manager, [http://www.redhat.com/red_hat_network/ Red Hat Network], 2001-2004
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= Fedora Governance =
= Fedora Governance =


I was responsible for building the Fedora governance model as it currently exists; the goal has always been to build a structure that empowers non-RH employees to work as effectively in the Fedora community as Red Hat employees do.  Results are mixed, but generally positive.  :)
I was responsible for building the Fedora governance model as it currently exists; the goal was to build a structure that empowers non-RH employees to work as effectively in the Fedora community as Red Hat employees do.  Results have been mixed, but generally positive.  :)


Principles I've come to live by:
Principles I lived by during my tenure as FPL:


# If it can't be run effectively by a non-Redhatter, then it shouldn't bear the Fedora name.
# If it can't be run effectively by a non-Redhatter, then it shouldn't bear the Fedora name.
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* Organized the first six FUDCons [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon (Fedora User and Developer Conferences)
* Organized the first six FUDCons [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon (Fedora User and Developer Conferences)
** [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon/FUDCon1 Boston 2005]
** [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon/FUDCon1 Boston 2005]
** [Khttp://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon/FUDCon2 Karlsruhe 2005]
** [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon/FUDCon2 Karlsruhe 2005]
** [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon/FUDCon3 London 2005]
** [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon/FUDCon3 London 2005]
** [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon/FUDConDelhi2006 Delhi 2006]
** [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon/FUDConDelhi2006 Delhi 2006]
** [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon/FUDConBoston2006 Boston 2006]
** [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon/FUDConBoston2006 Boston 2006]
** [http://barcamp.org/FudconBoston2007 Boston 2007] (first BarCamp-style FUDCON)
** [http://barcamp.org/FudconBoston2007 Boston 2007] (first BarCamp-style FUDCON)
* Current leader of the [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Cloud_SIG Fedora Cloud Special Interest Group]
* Founder of the [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Cloud_SIG Fedora Cloud Special Interest Group]
* Founded the [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/SteeringCommitteeHistory#Members_of_the_original_FESCo_.28Feb_2005_-_Jun_2006.29 Fedora Engineering Steering Committee], February 2005 (originally the Fedora Extras Steering Committee)
* Founder of the [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/SteeringCommitteeHistory#Members_of_the_original_FESCo_.28Feb_2005_-_Jun_2006.29 Fedora Engineering Steering Committee], February 2005 (originally the Fedora Extras Steering Committee)
* Established the [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Archive:Docs_Project_Steering_Committee_charter Fedora Documentation Team] and appointed Karsten Wade at its head, April 2005
* Established the [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Archive:Docs_Project_Steering_Committee_charter Fedora Documentation Team] and appointed Karsten Wade at its head, April 2005
* Established the [Fedora Marketing Team https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2005-May/msg00008.html] and appointed Colin Charles as its head, May 2005
* Established the [Fedora Marketing Team https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2005-May/msg00008.html] and appointed Colin Charles as its head, May 2005

Revision as of 09:04, 4 August 2011

"Stuff that Greg did for Red Hat or Fedora at various times

Red Hat duties

Fedora Governance

I was responsible for building the Fedora governance model as it currently exists; the goal was to build a structure that empowers non-RH employees to work as effectively in the Fedora community as Red Hat employees do. Results have been mixed, but generally positive.  :)

Principles I lived by during my tenure as FPL:

  1. If it can't be run effectively by a non-Redhatter, then it shouldn't bear the Fedora name.
  2. It's okay for the community to be disappointed -- but it's never okay for the community to be surprised.

Stuff I've done:

Other Governance Experience

Keynotes / Presentations / Interviews

  • Upcoming: Presentation at POSSCON, April 2010
  • Interview with LinuxQuestions.org from May 2009
  • Interview with Armen Zambrano at SIGCSE 2009 (flash video)
  • Interview at GOSCON, the government open source conference in Washington DC, 2009 (flash video)
  • Interview with Paul Frields about Fedora 10, December 2008 (flash video)
  • Interview with Phoronix, March 2006
  • Keynote at Linuxfest Northwest, 2006

Doing my best to track all of these down. It'll take a while.  :)