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{{Admon/note | This page will be changing soon. | I'm joining [http://redhat.com Red Hat] as the new [[Fedora Project Leader]] starting Monday, July 12.  You'll find more information here shortly about me and my work in the Fedora Project.}}
My name is Jared Smith.  I'm a big Linux geek.  I enjoy systems administration, relational databases, web programming, and VoIP.  I eat too many donuts, and don't blog as regularly as I should.  I've managed small systems and large-scale networks (over 6500 servers and 800 network devices).  As a college freshman, I once stuffed 26 jumbo marshmallows in my mouth to win a contest.  Oh, and I wrote a book for O'Reilly on Asterisk and the future of telephony.  For all the nitty gritty details, see http://www.jaredsmith.net/about/.  I currently work for Endurance International (the parent company of web hosting firms such as Bluehost and Host Gator) doing open source outreach and technical oversight.
 
My name is Jared Smith.  I'm a big Linux geek.  I enjoy systems administration, relational databases, web programming, and VoIP.  I eat too many donuts, and don't blog as regularly as I should.  I've managed small systems and large-scale networks (over 6500 servers and 800 network devices).  As a college freshman, I once stuffed 26 jumbo marshmallows in my mouth to win a contest.  Oh, and I wrote a book for O'Reilly on Asterisk and the future of telephony.


== Contact ==
== Contact ==
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* '''Email''': [mailto:jsmith-AT-fedoraproject-DOT-org Jared's Email]
* '''Email''': [mailto:jsmith-AT-fedoraproject-DOT-org Jared's Email]
* '''IRC''': jsmith (in #fedora-docs, #fedora-admin, #asterisk-docs)
* '''IRC''': jsmith (in #fedora-docs, #fedora-admin, #asterisk-docs)
* '''GPG key''': Key ID 8B670B7A
* '''GPG key''': Key ID 210BDF5A
* '''Fedora Account''': jsmith
* '''Fedora Account''': jsmith
* '''Blog''': http://www.jaredsmith.net/


== Activities within Fedora ==
== Activities within Fedora ==
* I help out with the Fedora Docs project, and generally make a nuisance of myself.  I have a lot of experiece with DocBook publication toolchains, such as Publican.  I've also helped out on the Fedora Infrastructure team, mostly around the Fedora Talk server.  (I have *lots and lots* of experience with Asterisk and voice over IP.)
* I was the [[FPL|Fedora Project Leader]] for two years.
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* I help out with the Fedora Docs project, and generally make a nuisance of myself.  I have a lot of experiece with DocBook publication toolchains, such as Publican.   
<!-- Add info about general Asterisk experience, and specifically how it applied to Fedora Talk -->
* I've also helped out on the Fedora Infrastructure team, mostly around the Fedora Talk server.  (I have *lots and lots* of experience with Asterisk and voice over IP.)
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* I do my best to report bugs when I find them, and work with those responsible to ensure the problems get solved.
<!-- Link to a self introduction somewhere in the project: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/infrastructure/2008-February/003614.html ... should work nicely -->
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== Goals as the Fedora Project Leader ==
== Goals as the Fedora Project Leader ==


* Oversee the entire Fedora Project -- if it's in Fedora, ultimately I'm accountable for it.
* Oversee the entire Fedora Project -- if it's in Fedora, ultimately I'm accountable for it.
* Act as a catalyst within the community to improve communications and encourage excellent behavior
* Act as a catalyst within the community to improve communications and encourage excellent behavior
* Work with the Fedora Program Manager [[user:poelcat|John Poelstra]], Fedora Engineering Manager [[user:spot|Tom "Spot" Callaway]], and the Community Architecture team to make sure that Fedora is making constant, substantial progress in its mission to advance free and open source software.
* Work with the Fedora Program Manager [[user:JohnPoelstra|John Poelstra]], Fedora Engineering Manager [[user:spot|Tom "Spot" Callaway]], and the Community Architecture team to make sure that Fedora is making constant, substantial progress in its mission to advance free and open source software.
* Chair the [[Board| Fedora Project Board]], and ensure that the Board is effectively advising and guiding the Fedora Project where needed.
* Chair the [[Board| Fedora Project Board]], and ensure that the Board is effectively advising and guiding the Fedora Project where needed.
* Be an effective bridge between the external volunteer contributor base and the contributor community inside Red Hat, such as RHEL engineers.
* Be an effective bridge between the external volunteer contributor base and the contributor community inside Red Hat, such as RHEL engineers.
* Lower contributor barriers to the absolute minimum, and encourage others to get involved in FOSS through Fedora.
* Lower contributor barriers to the absolute minimum, and encourage others to get involved in FOSS through Fedora.
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== Education Background ==
Jared graduated in 2001 from Utah State University with a degree in Computer Engineering.
His fondest memory of his USU education involves a course taught by [http://digital.cs.usu.edu/~allan/ Professor Stephen J. Allan]:
"The class was something like "Unix Basics" or something boring like that, but the teacher made the assignments interesting, by forcing you to work with others in the class to solve a problem. A typical assignment might go something like this: 'Joe, you write an awk script to take this file I give you and transform it to look like this -- Susie, you take that, and use grep and sed to do this to it, Jared -- you take that and write a Perl script to do this...' and so on. So not only did we learn the tools, we had to communicate our expectations and assumptions with the other members of our team."
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== Badges ==
To hightlight some of the work I've done in Fedora, here are the badges I've accumulated:
{{ #fedorabadges: jsmith }}

Revision as of 20:39, 25 March 2014

Jared Smith
Jared Smith
Fedora Information
FAS name: jsmith
Fedora email: jsmith@fedoraproject.org
IRC nick: jsmith
IRC channels: #fedora-docs, #asterisk-doc, #asterisk-dev, #asterisk-bugs (and others)
Fedorapeople page: https://jsmith.fedorapeople.org
Badges (183)
Speak Up! Junior Editor Flock 2013 Attendee Involvement Tanked! Crypto Panda You can call me "Patches" (SCM I) If you build it... (Koji Success I) Bona Fide You can call me "Patches" (SCM II) If you build it... (Koji Success II) Junior Badger (Badger I) Mugshot Ambassador FUDCon Cusco Nuancier Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing II) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing I) Embryo Like a Rock (Updates-Stable I) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable II) Flock 2013 Speaker Bloggin' it! (Planet III) In Search of the Bull (Tester I) Bloggin' it! (Planet I) Bloggin' it! (Planet II) Baby Badger Tagger (Tagger II) Senior Tagger (Tagger III) Junior Tagger (Tagger I) Tadpole Tadpole with Legs Egg White Hat Apex Secretary General Take this and call me in the morning No Longer a Ronin Novice (Wordsmith I) Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II) Vacation Associate Editor Let Me Introduce Myself Sensei Proven Packager White Rabbit The Blessing of the FPL Froglet If you build it... (Koji Success III) Flock 2014 Speaker Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) Helping Hand Flock 2014 Attendee What goes around comes around (Karma I) Senior Badger (Badger II) Dancing with Toshio Party Pirate Science (Kernel Tester I) Flock Paparazzi Nuancier 21 Corporate Drone Def Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) What goes up... (Koji Failure I) Readiness Shellshocked Fedora Docs FAD 2014 Perceiving the Bull (Tester III) What goes around comes around (Karma II) Flock 2015 Attendee What goes up... (Koji Failure II) You can call me "Patches" (SCM III) FUDCon Managua The Panda Is In Package Tagger (Package Tagger II) FUDCon Pune 2015 Speaker FUDCon Pune 2015 Attendee Junior Package Tagger (Package Tagger I) Senior Package Tagger (Package Tagger III) Macaron (Cookie I) DevConf 2015 Attendee Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) OSCON 2015 Attendee Telegraphist (Upstream Release Monitoring I) Nuancier (F22) Origin Science (Kernel Tester II) Flock 2015 Speaker Delivery Chocolate Chip (Cookie II) FUDCon Cordoba 2015 Speaker Nom Nom Nom Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F23) If you build it... (Koji Success IV) You can call me "Patches" (SCM IV) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing III) FUDCon Cordoba 2015 Attendee Corporate Shill Nuancier F23 Def Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F23) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build I) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build III) Partners in Crime Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build II) Master Badger (Badger III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build V) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build IV) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VI) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VII) What goes up... (Koji Failure III) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable III) What goes up... (Koji Failure IV) Black and White (Cookie III) Senior Editor Master Editor The Last Argument of Kings Badge Muse (Badge Ideas I) Top 25 Top 100 Top 500 Fedora 24 Change Accepted Patches (SCM V) Flock 2016 Attendee Nuancier F24 All your $arch are belong to us (Koji Success V) The cat came back... Krakow Brews! Chief Editor Community Messenger I Security Team Nuancier F25 Nuancier F26 Hindenburg (Koji Failure V) Adult Frog Steampunk Arcade Binary Star Flock 2017 Attendee Rollercoaster Restaurant Fedora Mindshare FAD 2018 F28 i18n Test Day Participant Meeting of the Minds Pizzelle (Cookie IV) Fedora Docs FAD 2018 Fedora Podcast Interviewee Flock 2018 Attendee It's a Cake Thing Catching the Bull (Tester IV) I Voted: Fedora 29 Flock 2019 Attendee Parselmouth I Long Life to Pagure (Pagure II) Fedora Advocate You’re on a boat! Badge Junkie (Badger IV) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure I) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure III) I Voted: Fedora 30 I Voted: Fedora 31 I Voted: Fedora 32 Long Life to Pagure (Pagure IV) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure VI) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure V) F32 i18n Test Day Participant Lets have a party Fedora 33 I Voted: Fedora 33 DevConf.cz 2021 Attendee nest-attendee-2020 I Voted: Fedora 34 Lets have a party Fedora 34 Magazine Editor Community Survey Taker I Nest Attendee 2021 Community Survey Taker 2023 I Voted: Fedora 35 I Voted: Fedora 36 IoT Working Group Member I voted: Fedora 37 Museum Visitor Community Survey Taker 2022 Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee Creative Freedom Summit 2023 Attendee I voted: Fedora 38 I voted: Fedora 39 Let's have an anniversary party (Fedora 39)
 

My name is Jared Smith. I'm a big Linux geek. I enjoy systems administration, relational databases, web programming, and VoIP. I eat too many donuts, and don't blog as regularly as I should. I've managed small systems and large-scale networks (over 6500 servers and 800 network devices). As a college freshman, I once stuffed 26 jumbo marshmallows in my mouth to win a contest. Oh, and I wrote a book for O'Reilly on Asterisk and the future of telephony. For all the nitty gritty details, see http://www.jaredsmith.net/about/. I currently work for Endurance International (the parent company of web hosting firms such as Bluehost and Host Gator) doing open source outreach and technical oversight.

Contact

Activities within Fedora

  • I was the Fedora Project Leader for two years.
  • I help out with the Fedora Docs project, and generally make a nuisance of myself. I have a lot of experiece with DocBook publication toolchains, such as Publican.
  • I've also helped out on the Fedora Infrastructure team, mostly around the Fedora Talk server. (I have *lots and lots* of experience with Asterisk and voice over IP.)
  • I do my best to report bugs when I find them, and work with those responsible to ensure the problems get solved.


Badges

To hightlight some of the work I've done in Fedora, here are the badges I've accumulated:

Speak Up! Junior Editor Flock 2013 Attendee Involvement Tanked! Crypto Panda You can call me "Patches" (SCM I) If you build it... (Koji Success I) Bona Fide You can call me "Patches" (SCM II) If you build it... (Koji Success II) Junior Badger (Badger I) Mugshot Ambassador FUDCon Cusco Nuancier Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing II) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing I) Embryo Like a Rock (Updates-Stable I) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable II) In Search of the Bull (Tester I) Bloggin' it! (Planet III) Flock 2013 Speaker Bloggin' it! (Planet I) Bloggin' it! (Planet II) Baby Badger Tagger (Tagger II) Senior Tagger (Tagger III) Junior Tagger (Tagger I) Tadpole Tadpole with Legs Egg Apex White Hat Vacation Take this and call me in the morning Associate Editor Novice (Wordsmith I) Secretary General No Longer a Ronin Proven Packager Let Me Introduce Myself White Rabbit Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II) Sensei If you build it... (Koji Success III) The Blessing of the FPL Flock 2014 Speaker Helping Hand Froglet Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) Dancing with Toshio What goes around comes around (Karma I) Senior Badger (Badger II) Party Pirate Science (Kernel Tester I) Flock 2014 Attendee Flock Paparazzi Nuancier 21 Def Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) What goes up... (Koji Failure I) Shellshocked Readiness What goes around comes around (Karma II) Fedora Docs FAD 2014 Corporate Drone Perceiving the Bull (Tester III) Flock 2015 Attendee What goes up... (Koji Failure II) FUDCon Managua The Panda Is In You can call me "Patches" (SCM III) FUDCon Pune 2015 Attendee FUDCon Pune 2015 Speaker Package Tagger (Package Tagger II) Junior Package Tagger (Package Tagger I) DevConf 2015 Attendee Senior Package Tagger (Package Tagger III) Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) Macaron (Cookie I) OSCON 2015 Attendee Origin Science (Kernel Tester II) Nuancier (F22) Delivery Flock 2015 Speaker Chocolate Chip (Cookie II) Telegraphist (Upstream Release Monitoring I) Nom Nom Nom Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing III) FUDCon Cordoba 2015 Speaker Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F23) If you build it... (Koji Success IV) You can call me "Patches" (SCM IV) FUDCon Cordoba 2015 Attendee Nuancier F23 Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build I) Def Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F23) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build III) Corporate Shill Partners in Crime Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build II) The Last Argument of Kings Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build V) What goes up... (Koji Failure III) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable III) Black and White (Cookie III) Master Badger (Badger III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build IV) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VI) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VII) Senior Editor What goes up... (Koji Failure IV) Master Editor Top 100 Top 25 Badge Muse (Badge Ideas I) Top 500 Fedora 24 Change Accepted Patches (SCM V) Flock 2016 Attendee Nuancier F24 All your $arch are belong to us (Koji Success V) The cat came back... Krakow Brews! Security Team Community Messenger I Nuancier F25 Hindenburg (Koji Failure V) Nuancier F26 Fedora Mindshare FAD 2018 Steampunk Arcade Adult Frog Binary Star Chief Editor Flock 2017 Attendee F28 i18n Test Day Participant Pizzelle (Cookie IV) Flock 2018 Attendee Fedora Podcast Interviewee Meeting of the Minds Fedora Docs FAD 2018 It's a Cake Thing Flock 2019 Attendee Parselmouth I Badge Junkie (Badger IV) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure I) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure III) Rollercoaster Restaurant Catching the Bull (Tester IV) I Voted: Fedora 29 You’re on a boat! Long Life to Pagure (Pagure II) Fedora Advocate I Voted: Fedora 30 I Voted: Fedora 31 Long Life to Pagure (Pagure VI) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure V) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure IV) F32 i18n Test Day Participant Lets have a party Fedora 33 I Voted: Fedora 33 I Voted: Fedora 32 DevConf.cz 2021 Attendee nest-attendee-2020 Magazine Editor Community Survey Taker I I Voted: Fedora 34 Lets have a party Fedora 34 I Voted: Fedora 36 Nest Attendee 2021 I Voted: Fedora 35 Museum Visitor Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee Community Survey Taker 2022 I voted: Fedora 38 Creative Freedom Summit 2023 Attendee IoT Working Group Member I voted: Fedora 37 I voted: Fedora 39 Let's have an anniversary party (Fedora 39) Community Survey Taker 2023